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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WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery ‘is cruising along’ as Blizzard delays Phase 4
Remember when WoW Classic's Season of Discovery was the new hotness that had everyone's attention? That era seems to have passed -- at least...
LOTRO celebrates Christmas in June, outlines major Lore-master changes
Whether you're feeling hot or cold this summer, Lord of the Rings Online has a festival for you. Today the MMO is releasing Update...
The Daily Grind: What MMO task or objective has you saying, ‘Yeah, screw that!?’
There's a quick and efficient mental calculation that happens anytime I'm in an MMO and I'm presented with an attractive goal to pursue (usually...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 471: A Gold Road to the promised Tarisland
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland, Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road, Corepunk's alpha, WoW Classic Cataclysm, SWTOR, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on industry jargon, IGN's buying spree, and Embracer.
Co-op RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 readies official modding support for this fall
For a select slice of the Baldur's Gate 3 community, this fall's Patch 7 will be the update they've been waiting for since the...
Monsters & Memories invites you to another stress test tomorrow
It's a test for the test over at throwback MMO Monsters & Memories. The team at Niche Worlds Cult announced that it's running an...
Tarisland counts 3M pre-registrations, opens lore site prior to global launch
We're just a couple weeks away from a major global MMO launch in the form of Tarisland, and it's all hands on deck in...
Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning rogue server adds new live event, revamps dungeons
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning continues to bolster its reputation of being one of the hardest-working rogue server teams out there by pumping out...
World of Warcraft arrives on GeForce NOW’s cloud service, as Blizzard confirms support on the forums
Do you like yourself some cloud gaming? If so, there's a good chance you've investigated or used GeForce NOW's cloud platform, where a single...
The MOP Up: My Time at Sandrock will make you a proper Monster Whisperer
To start off our small news roundup this weekend, let's head over to co-op farm sim My Time at Sandrock, where the devs talked about...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s enormous new Neaths zone
Do you remember when you were a kid and you got to poke around and explore a cool place? You'd eagerly run around it,...
One Shots: Stargazing for incoming asteroids
Now that you've got the Jurassic Park hymn playing in your head from today's headline picture, you're prepared to romp around with dinos, stick...
Guild Wars 2 embraces summer with a new line of… beach wear
Believe it or not, the summer season is here -- and it's best you start dressing like it! To help you out in that...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Update 41 plans monster play reward track, birding hobby, and coop crafting event
Yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online dev stream was a particularly informative one as SSG's Orion made an appearance to talk about what's coming...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer predictable or proc-based classes more?
I've been having such a blast in Pandaria Remix these past couple weeks, in part because it's allowed me to reconnect with one of...
Blizzard throws anniversary celebrations for Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal
How can you top one birthday celebration? By stacking another one on top of it, of course. And that's the two-hellbirds-with-one-stone approach that Blizzard...
Fallout 76 counts 20 million players as franchise interest continues to spike
It turns out that a whole lot of people are willing to crawl out through the fallout... the Fallout 76, that is. The impact...
TERA Console pushes out a new battle pass and Sorcerer buffs
TERA is dead -- long live TERA Console? We suppose it's better than nothing, but every time news about the Xbox or PlayStation version...
Mortal Online 2 improves new player experience and adds guild finder in latest patch
Ruthless PvP fans in Mortal Online 2 may lift their bloodied axes to the sky and rejoice at the arrival of Patch 2.0.5 this...
Casually Classic: Three questions I have for WoW Classic’s probable Pandaria
Oh hey, Cataclysm Classic is here. You can absolutely sense the palpable excitement and community buzz over it, much the same way you can...
