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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Cozy multiplayer life sim Spellfarers conjures up an early access launch
Grab your trusty spell books, phone a friend for support, and take a trip on your favorite flying broom (or high-speed internet line) right...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 41 adds birding hobby and hard tack crafting event today
Look to the skies and you may see Lord of the Rings Online's new hobby taking flight! That's right, today's Update 41 adds the...
The Daily Grind: Would you warn your past self against getting attached to an MMO that would die?
Is ignorance bliss? Perhaps, but perhaps not -- especially if it might save yourself some time and heartbreak in the end.
Today I want to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 478: Ultima Online finds its stones
Justin and Bree discuss the WoW War Within prepatch and Ultima Online's New Legacy, followed by a mailbag catch-up segment on AI, holidays, release timing, and MMO complexity.
Pearl Abyss shows off Black Desert’s eye candy during the Paris Olympics
Since all eyes are on Paris this summer during the 2024 Olympics, Pearl Abyss is taking advantage of the increased foot traffic in the...
Lord of the Rings Online’s two new progression servers, including an EU-based one, launch Thursday
While Boromir once famously said, "One does not simply log into Mordor," that's exactly what's going to happen this Thursday. Standing Stone Games announced...
RuneScape founder’s MMO Brighter Shores hints at detective profession en route to Q3 launch
It's been a couple months since we last checked in with Brighter Shores, the RuneScape-inspired MMO by Andrew Gower that promised to get here...
PSA: APB Reloaded is shutting down console-to-PC character transfers on Friday
You might not recall this, but at the start of the year, Little Orbit made the shocking announcement that it would be shuttering the...
VR MMO Zenith strives for ‘a more sustainable vision’ as it shuts down three servers
The days certainly appear to be numbered for Zenith now that its studio confirmed that it's moving the virtual reality MMO into maintenance mode....
Extraction shooter Arena Breakout: Infinite is coming to early access ‘soon’
Are you sitting slouched in your gaming chair and feeling the void in your life where an extraction shooter should be? Then sit up...
The MOP Up: Perfect World’s co-CEOs tap out
GamesIndustry is reporting that the two co-CEOs of Perfect World have been replaced as CEOs but remain as directors: "Perfect World CEO Xiao Hong...
The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s
Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...
Hearthstone apologizes for the past 18 months, shares ‘Fun, Focus, and Fearless’ vision
While Hearthstone's brand-new Perils in Paradise expansion should be the talk of the game these days, Blizzard is instead doing damage control over an...
One Shots: Retrofuturism for rent
Here's your two-step process to make anything old look all futurey like something out of the Jetstons. Step one: Take a normal thing. Step...
The Daily Grind: Are there any old favorite MMOs you’ve simply stopped revisiting?
Most of us know quite well the phenomenon of how beloved MMOs get so deeply entrenched in our psyche that we end up leaving...
Warcraft Rumble touches grass with the Cenarion Family, which you can earn in this week’s event
This summer's all about the Druids in Warcraft Rumble. Blizzard's mobile RTS released Season 7 this week, and with it, the first members of...
RuneScape is getting its own comic book miniseries this fall
Sure, your MMO is cool, but does it have its own comic book? Oh pipe down, City of Heroes players. We hear you. Anyway,...
Homestead Online is an indie MMO that embraces character persistence, permadeath, and base building
An indie MMORPG developer is asking for help to test out a brand-new title that's still in its early days. This would be Homestead...
Global Chat: Looking back at 15 years of World of Warcraft blogging
Fifteen years is a huge chunk of time to devote to both a video game and an ongoing blog covering it, but that's exactly...
LOTRO invites everyone to play Hide-and-Seek on the new Mordor server today
If you're awake and have had your second breakfast already, you might be in time to check out an afternoon stress test for Lord...
