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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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,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 483: Singing the Blues Protocol
Justin and Bree discuss the demise of Blue Protocol, WoW's War Within launch, RuneScape's sub fee hike, and Wizard101's console ambitions, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMO cosmetic gear, Ultima Online as a survival game, and sticking to a vision as MMOs age.
Last Epoch is getting a ‘full cycle refresh’ with September’s Imperial Uprising event
Looking for a helpful onramp into Last Epoch but are feeling a little behind right now? The playing field should be leveled next month...
Eternal Tombs schedules its next pre-alpha test for September 11th
Surfacing after a month-and-a-half of radio silence, hardcore MMO Eternal Tombs announced that it's holding its next pre-alpha test next week on September 11th.
The...
Lord of the Rings Online’s devs tease ‘so many plans’ for player housing
Back in early August, Lord of the Rings Online fan site Deco du Milieu hosted a player housing Q&A with members of Standing Stone...
Corepunk halts pre-orders, says ‘level of interest in the project has exceeded […] expectations’
Corepunk's Artificial Core announced last night that it is shutting down pre-orders for the MMOARPG - but not out of a sense of impending...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era:
"New engine,...
One Shots: Save the teddy bear, save the world
In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
