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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World of Warcraft cites ‘significant combat advantage’ for today’s War Within leveling nerf
Just because it's a brand-new expansion and era for World of Warcraft doesn't mean that old Blizzard isn't still lurking around. Indeed, the Fun...
The Daily Grind: Which landscape tropes in MMOs have you rolling your eyes?
We've talked about general MMO tropes in this space before, but it's not often that we see people call out online games and their...
Cozy co-op camping van game Outbound smashes through its modest Kickstarter goal
Ever dream of owning your own camping van and striking out on wilderness adventures -- but then balk at the sticker price of such...
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria launches its co-op survival experience on PC and console
Channel your inner (or outer?) Dwarf and dig into the newly released Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which arrives on Steam and...
Mobile online RTS Rival Kingdoms sunsets after eight years of operation
The white flag has gone up, the soldiers have laid down their arms, and the nearly decade-old conflict on mobile devices is now at...
NetEase-published Fragpunk brings team shooter action with card power-ups
Looking for a new twist on the old team shooter games? How about a hero-focused FPS title that features card power-ups that "bend the...
LOTRO dev addresses PvP (im)balance after Update 41’s glory-seeking feature
The small incredibly vocal PvP community in Lord of the Rings Online has a few words for Standing Stone Games after the studio attempted...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale on WoW’s missteps: ‘We should have listened more’
While Dragonflight proved to be a turning point for World of Warcraft after two expansions of downward trajectory, Blizzard Vice President Holly Longdale says...
Lord of the Rings Online says its free Dragon and Storm dungeon arrives this week
Update 41.2 is scheduled to arrive in Lord of the Rings Online this coming Wednesday, bringing with it a new free dungeon for all...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil eases you into its tropical apocalypse
Survival sim Fractured Veil's devs made lore a priority with its August update, saying, "We’ve been hard at work on another round of bug...
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
One Shots: Cue techno chocobo theme
When I drive around and look at the sea of boring cars with mostly the same shapes in the same four colors, I can...
Corepunk wipes its Alpha 4 a second time, says it’ll keep this build online through the end of October
Following a second full wipe of its fourth alpha to address a character bug, Corepunk's Artificial Core said that it hopes to continually run...
LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet failure of LOTRO’s birding hobby
The past month of Lord of the Rings Online's operation has been one of the busier summer months in this game's history. Update 41...
The Daily Grind: Are you MMO friends with people in other countries?
One of the truly neat social side effects of MMOs is that you get to connect with people all around the world and learn...
PSA: Gigantic Rampage Edition is now free to grab and enjoy on EGS this week
One of our favorite underdog shooters is now more accessible than ever before, thanks to Gigantic Rampage Edition becoming free on the Epic Games...
Amazon boss: ‘We’re still trying to find the hook’ for the new Lord of the Rings MMO
With 10 titles currently in development, Amazon Games Studio is clearly hoping to diversify into success before sinking into unprofitability. One of the bigger...
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
Lord of the Rings Online continues testing on its Dragon and Storm instance
A second round of testing is underway for Lord of the Rings Online's "The Dragon and the Storm" special dungeon. If you're interested in...
Funcom-published co-op sandbox Aloft targets a fall 2024 release
The well of creativity for survival sandboxes hasn't dried up yet, for better or for worse, and Funcom is determined to get in on...
