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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A Tale in the Desert prepares for its ninth iteration
Aside from being a social/crafting MMO with absolutely no combat, A Tale in the Desert's biggest claim to fame is its sporadic reboot...
Torchlight Frontiers is hoping to keep you busy for a long, long time
On a recent episode of the Massively OP podcast, Bree and I both expressed how much we are looking forward to Torchlight...
Fallout 76’s latest patch hit like an A-bomb (and not in a good way)
With an improved new player experience, balance changes, and better power armor, you would think that Fallout 76's latest patch would be received...
Join the MMO blogging scene with Blaugust 2019
For a few years now, the advent of August doesn't just mean hot weather and a countdown to school days: It also means that...
Champions Online’s new serial story continues with a city-wide search
In this, the bizarro timeline of the real world where Champions Online actually produces new playable content on a weekly basis, Cryptic pushed...
Ashes of Creation is bringing back battle royale, demos mayoral caravans
Development continues apace on Ashes of Creation as the crowdfunded MMO creeps toward its Alpha One test. To help get there, Intrepid Studios...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offering is filling your summer hours?
We're only now in the middle of July, but so far it feels as though summer 2019 has been a non-stop rollercoaster of great...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 229: Adventures in Albion Online
Justin, Samon, and Bree discuss Daybreak, the new LOTR MMO Amazon is co-developing, EVE Online's comms blackout, Caravan Stories, and City of Heroes, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Percival update.
Torchlight Frontiers’ huge Beast Buddies patch is delayed to next week
When we look at how Echtra Games creates and celebrates huge patches for Torchlight Frontiers while that MMO is still in alpha testing,...
Star Trek Online’s newest batch of ships include Romulan and Dominion offerings
If you ever feel like stirring the pot over in the Star Trek Online community, just point out that one of the game's...
Caravan Stories delays its PlayStation 4 launch
You know what? We spoke too soon.
What looked like an imminent launch for the cute-looking but largely overlooked Caravan Stories is going...
Realm of the Mad God gets invaded by aliens and readies a remaster
So here's an MMO that we haven't talked about on Massively OP since, um, 2017? Hey, there are a lot of games out there,...
World of Warcraft: Free game time, race to raid first, and hotfixes
Curious about World of Warcraft's latest content update, but you are on the fence about whether to resubscribe or not? You may...
The MOP Up: DayZ gets ready to test GameZ battle royale
DayZ might well have helped to spawn the crazy popular battle royale genre, but its slower survival style of gameplay hasn't been able...
Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion....
One Shots: How to lose a staring contest
I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy...
Ubisoft’s Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is resurrected — as a mobile game
Back in 2016, Ubisoft's The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot finished a somewhat lackluster two-year run... and that was that. Or so...
LOTRO Legendarium: Five essential roleplaying tools for living in Lord of the Rings Online’s Middle-earth
While you can and will find roleplaying active in many MMOs, there's something very conducive to Lord of the Rings Online's design and...
Caravan Stories’ open beta and launch are right around the corner
If you're fortunate enough to have a PlayStation 4, then you are invited into the exclusive realm of Caravan Stories when it...
The Daily Grind: Which online game has a personality that mirrors yours?
Intentionally designed or not, every MMO and online game exudes a personality, and no two are exactly alike. It might be the cheerful anarchy...
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