Justin Olivetti
Senior Reporter
A casual gamer and long-time MMO fan, Justin is often heard yelling, "Player housing for all!" in the Massively Overpowered offices. In addition to news, he tackles LOTRO Legendarium for LOTRO, The Perfect Ten, Jukebox Heroes, the retrospective Game Archaeologist series, One Shots, and the Massively OP podcast.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 511: Heroes shall arise
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening's monetization, Guild Wars 2 expansion delay, Marvel Heroes' rogue server, the decline of extraction RPGs (and demise of Seekers of Skyveil), and new MMOs Crosswind and Spirit Crossing, with adventures in LOTRO, World of Warcraft, and Sims 4.
DC Universe Online’s latest Day of Reckoning chapter, Aftershock, arrives with cross-faction leagues
The Day of Reckoning saga continues to play out in DC Universe Online, as the superhero MMO patches in Aftershock today.
"Prepare for the arrival...
Blizzard will rez hardcore WoW Classic characters after a DDOS wiped out OnlyFangs streamers
A fascinating firestorm of events and controversy erupted in WoW Classic's hardcore scene over the past 24 hours, starting with a DDOS attack that...
Evercore Heroes admits that it ‘should have waited a little longer’ before putting out a demo
Last month's run of a demo for co-op roguelike Evercore Heroes was largely a positive experience for the studio, but it still admits that...
RuneScape polishes quests while Old School RuneScape goes Sailing
Have you ever felt as though your feedback was heard by an MMO studio? Some RuneScape players are going to answer in the affirmative...
The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks
When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...
LOTRO Legendarium: The virtuous world of Middle-earth
There are plenty of fantasy brands out there to suit any preference. If you arranged them on a spectrum, you might start at cozy...
One Shots: Light pollution over Bree
Are you under the assumption that light pollution is the sole product of the modern era? You've obviously never visited Lord of the Rings...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO spring festival fanatic?
As I type this, the weather abruptly shifted from shivery winter to the warmth of spring in the span of a week, with flowers...
LOTRO resumes 64-bit server transfers, but only to the roleplay servers as it works on ‘peak population concerns’
The trials, travails, and transfers of Lord of the Rings Online continue as the playerbase continues to move over to the four new 64-bit...
Mabinogi celebrates its 17th anniversary with gifts and a roadmap sneak peek
A very happy birthday goes out to Nexon's Mabinogi, the surprisingly full-featured anime MMORPG sandbox that's been operating for an impressive 17 years now!...
WoW Classic’s 20th anniversary servers are already up to Phase 3
It might only be March, but WoW Classic's newest servers are already barreling into their third phase of content.
Phase 3 landed on the servers...
Black Desert sneezed and the Atoraxxion: Orzekea update came out
Get ready for a new Scrabble word champion because Black Desert released Atoraxxion: Orzekea today with the climax of its Ancient Stronghold saga. The...
New World and Throne & Liberty get small mid-week bug fix patches
Let's put this MOP Newswagon into fourth gear and catch up with a couple of mid-week updates for Amazon's leading MMOs.
First up is Throne...
Hearthstone prepares for the Emerald Dream by refreshing its rewards track
Hearthstone is about to head into its next expansion on March 25th, but there are some housekeeping duties to be performed before this happens....
Perfect Ten: Short but mighty playable MMO races
I like short races in MMOs. Not exclusively, but if there is an option to go small or go home, you can bet that...
Casually Classic: Are the new WoW Classic servers actually a Burning Crusade ‘waiting room?’
When Blizzard abruptly announced last November that it was launching the 20th anniversary servers -- WoW Classic Classic -- the studio gave many assurances...
Overwatch 2 collaborates with Kpop’s Le Sserafim (again) and previews Freja this weekend
Overwatch 2 is betting big on Korean cross-appeal as it hosts another collaboration with girl group Le Sserafim this month. The team shooter is...
The Daily Grind: What was the ‘silver age’ of your MMORPG?
We're all familiar with the term "golden age" -- the absolute height of a particular genre or property when it sat on the top...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 510: Defiance defies the odds
Justin and Bree discuss the return of Defiance, the sale of Pokemon Go, World of Warcraft's housing, BlizzCon 2026, and Pantheon's PvP, with adventures in WoW and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic on Dungeon Fighter Online and other deep-cut MMOs.
