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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The Daily Grind: What are your plans for this week’s Tarisland launch?
In a way, I feel sorry for Tarisland trying to muscle its way into an already overcrowded summer gaming season. But you know what?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 473: How do you define an MMO?
Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online Equinox, EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions and progression servers, New World Aeternum, and Wayfinder's relaunch, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, WoW, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on balancing news coverage, Once Human, and defining MMOs.
Rejoice: Diablo IV buffs classes across the board and nerfs The Pit
In all virtual worlds, there are buffs and there are nerfs. Both are inevitable, but you generally like to see the former and dread...
Crowdfunded superhero MMORPG City of Titans improves its Mac OS version
Here's some uplifting news for City of Titans fans and Kickstarter backers who've been using Mac OS: The dev team improved that version of...
Solarpunk life sim Loftia talks about its sun, moon, and stars
In a game that describes itself as "solarpunk," you'd rightly expect that Loftia is giving serious attention to making sure that its skybox is...
Torchlight Infinite is getting a revamp with next month’s Season 5
XD Games' Torchlight Infinite may be a good game, but is it good enough? The studio doesn't think so, not yet, which is why...
Blue Protocol celebrates its first Japanese anniversary, but no word yet on a western release
The hope that Blue Protocol will see a 2024 release is fading mightily, especially following an anniversary livestream in which Bandai Namco failed to...
The MOP Up: Temtem goes neon as it spins down development
Temtem's Patch 1.7 arrived with the start of its Neon Reverie season, the game's last as development starts to spin down: "To close it...
One Shots: When the cuteness dug too deep
In this past week's adventures, Utakata claimed to have plumbed the great depths and mysteries of Khazad-dûm... with a mouse-person. I don't remember that...
PlanetSide 2 addresses its recent Sunderer Rework blunder
If you're going to be stuck in status limbo, it helps to at least show signs that you're still alive and kicking. So good...
Combat game show The Finals goes on world tour — and to ancient Kyoto
Virtual game show The Finals spread its reach to all corners of the globe -- and to all corners of time -- with the...
LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?
You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...
The Daily Grind: What uncommon crafting skills would you like to see in MMOs?
Just as how MMOs tend to skew toward a standard array of generic classes, so to do these games' crafting systems seem to be...
Space survival sim Planet Crafter crosses one million units sold
Following its launch in early April, indie survival sim Planet Crafter announced that it's just crossed one million units sold to date.
"Today we are...
Elder Scrolls Online stocks up for a crafting revival, plans next anniversary event in Italy
Just because it's summer doesn't mean you get to loaf off and do nothing. Here comes Elder Scrolls Online to tell you to get...
‘Multiplayer conquest adventure’ MMO Havenhold readies an alpha test for next week
If you like a good dose of martial arts with side portions of PvP and coop PvE, then we're here to put Havenhold on...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Myth Drannor expansion is coming next month
Clearly, Summer 2024's theme is "Let's see how much MMO stuff we can pack into three months!" Joining this effort is Dungeons and Dragons...
Global Chat: So many questions about Guild Wars 2’s housing
With the news that Guild Wars 2 is adding homesteads in its next expansion, Nerdy Bookahs is not alone in asking a whole ton...
Here’s how to get in on Friday’s Monsters and Memories four-hour stress test
Monsters & Memories isn't fooling around as it prepares for a full weekend playtest later this month. The retro-styled MMO already had one limited...
Tarisland has officially launched in China ahead of next week’s global rollout
Even though Tarisland's big global debut isn't scheduled until next week, Tencent's anticipated fantasy MMO already launched in its target country of China. The...
