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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LOTRO promises more details about upcoming 64-bit servers in January
As Standing Stone Games' dev team spins down for the holidays, one final 2024 LOTRO stream came out of the studio last week tidying...
Throne and Liberty addresses pain points of overwhelming dailies and janky combat
It's not just the end of the year for Throne and Liberty; it's also the end of the MMO's launch year here in the...
PSA: Diablo IV is free to play through the end of the year
In a move that by no means is counter-programming to Path of Exile 2's recent early access launch, Blizzard announced that it is making...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...
One Shots: Striding boldly through fields of sunflowers
With the chill of winter and color leeching out of nature during this month, it's certainly nice to be able to visit warmer seasons...
Star Wars: The Old Republic touts 2024’s modernization efforts, updates, and Mac beta
Compared to some of the cadence of the big dogs in the MMO genre, Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be producing the...
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy wearing winter outfits in MMOs during the holidays?
With winter setting in and Christmas right around the corner, there's no better time in my opinion to be wrapping up your virtual avatar...
Winter holiday events around the MMORPG world, 2024 edition
As the year winds down, it's a good time to throw another log on the virtual fireplace, heat up your favorite beverage, and settle...
Casually Classic: Putting a cap on WoW Classic’s crazy 2024 run
While it got overshadowed by World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary this year, WoW Classic's fifth birthday was a thing that happened as well. It...
The Daily Grind: Do you stick to a uniform naming convention in MMOs?
Names are always a contentious and personal topic for MMORPGs, as they are our "face" by which others know us. And there are really...
MMO studio NCsoft inks deals to publish ‘time survival’ shooter and medieval strategy RPG
The growth of Korean developer and publisher NCsoft seemingly knows no bounds, especially at the tail end of 2024 as additional deals have surfaced...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play
Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.
Wayfinder pumps out a quality-of-life patch with nightmare mode and Eventide holiday event
Planning to spend some holiday free time hopping around in Wayfinder's pocket realms? You might find a few more surprises since the last time...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s early access launch weekend saw over 2300 concurrent Steam players
After years of development, tragedy, course changes, and a few moments of controversy, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is now out in the wild...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Fallout 76’s plans for 2025 include ghoul players, fishing, and a Big Bloom event
With 20 "milestone" patches and 21 million players to date, Fallout 76 clearly overcame its troubled beginnings to become a strong live service game....
One Shots: Fully furnished and in need of a yard sale
Hey look, everyone, it's RimaHadley! Welcome back to the big leagues, AKA "that goofy Sunday column where we get to stream our games, one...
Skull and Bones tries again with its Great Shadow world event after bugs forced it offline
Ubisoft is sheepishly trying again with a big patch feature in Skull and Bones after having to take a brand-new world event offline earlier...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s run in 2024
How do we sum up the entire year of Lord of the Rings Online? That's always a hard task, but if I had to...
The Daily Grind: Do certain seasons of the year bring you back to MMOs?
As the years start to flicker by faster, I've observed that certain seasons tend to bring out different gaming desires and habits in my...
