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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Genshin Impact joins forces with McDonald’s in a new cross-promotion
You know you've made some sort of, er, impact as a video game if McDonald's is teaming up with you for a cross-promotion, so...
Blizzard teases an Overwatch 2 x World of Warcraft collaboration
In just a few days, Blizzard will reveal what will undoubtedly be an interesting collaboration between two of its most popular properties: Overwatch 2...
Tower of Fantasy teases next week’s update with secrets, bike rentals, and paper airplanes
An update is coming to anime-styled Tower of Fantasy next week, as the team's been teasing some of the features coming with Version 4.3...
LOTRO devs tease housing estate system, reveal a ‘SMITE-like’ project abandoned a decade ago
In a dev video this past week, Lord of the Rings Online's lead designer said that plans for that MMO in 2025 are "in...
Star Trek Online brings back its ‘historical museum’ for franchise’s birthday
Star Wars fans certainly know the importance of May the 4th, but did you know that there's a counterpart in the Star Trek fandom?...
The MOP Up: Albion Online patches Paths to Glory and talks up mounts
Albion Online's third patch for Paths to Glory came out last week, an update which "includes balance changes, Destiny Board improvements based on your...
World of Warcraft’s latest guide highlights how solo-friendly this MMO has become
Hopefully in 2024, there's not as much of a stigma for the player who wants to experience an MMORPG largely solo. World of Warcraft...
One Shots: The concert that ended the world
Poor Ragnaros. This World of Warcraft dude's been trying to live up to his namesake by trying to destroy the world for the past...
LOTRO Legendarium: The easiest LOTRO virtues to get as a low-level character
One of the most important yet easiest to overlook parts of your character's growth in Lord of the Rings Online is investing into virtues,...
Wayfinder ‘stealth releases’ its Quality of Life 2 patch for Steam and PS5
What's perhaps better than a quality-of-life update that promises to improve your overall experience in a game? It's when that patch surprises you by...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO enemies have the best ‘personalities?’
When you play MMOs for a long time and enjoy observing different aspects of them, you're going to notice mobs beyond abstract loot piñatas...
Lord of the Rings Online devs talk expansion development in new video series
MMORPG expansions don't appear out of thin air, although it might appear so from the player side of things. Two developers behind Lord of...
World of Warcraft tests 20th anniversary event and new Dracthyr class combos
A day after hyping its upcoming 20th anniversary event, World of Warcraft began testing its next big patch on the PTR.
This is a pretty...
Open world MMO Past Fate focuses on optimization with its recent closed alpha patch
It's looking dubious that Ivy North Games' Past Fate will make its formerly stated goal of an early access release by the end of...
Wayfinder returns to the PlayStation store with the Echoes update
While Wayfinder fans on the PC got to enjoy (or at least, experience) the sweeping Echoes relaunch back in June, PlayStation 5 fans have...
World of Warcraft previews its super nostalgic fall 20th anniversary event
You World of Warcraft players have finished up The War Within by now, yes? No? Well, all y'all better get on top of that...
Monsters & Memories introduces a brand-new crafting system and UI
Throwback MMO Monsters & Memories posted its late summer report to fans following this interesting project (and last weekend's stress test). Niche Worlds Cult...
Casually Classic: The five World of Warcraft mods I use as a non-modder playing The War Within
Generally, I don't use mods for MMORPGs. Or most video games. It's not that I take some high-minded principled stand against them; I have...
World of Warcraft readies The War Within’s Season 1 while WoW Classic tests Rage of the Firelands
Despite what that goofy demon hunter once said, Blizzard does want you to be prepared for everything that's happening in the World of Warcraft...
The Daily Grind: What long-term MMO goal are you still working toward?
I once was given the advice that things worth having usually take a lot of effort and work to obtain, so suck it up,...
