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 will finally implement story mode raids starting with The War Within
It's taken a mighty long time to get here and years upon years of players begging for it, but come this fall, World of...
Star Trek Online preps an ‘endless’ Borg gauntlet for next week’s episode
Antsy starship captains are about to have their hands very full when next week's Unparalleled episode drops into their waiting hands in Star Trek...
LOTRO squashes a pesky spider (and other bugs) with Update 40.0.1
Who doesn't want to see a few bugs squashed in an MMO -- especially if said critter had too many legs for comfort? Lord...
The Daily Grind: Are there any small indie MMO projects you’re cheering on?
If making an MMORPG in today's climate is a risky proposition, it must be doubly so for small outfits with limited resources and hype....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 470: Pandaria re-re-remix!
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Pandaria Remix, Diablo IV Loot Reborn, Wayfinder Echoes, Nightingale, Wagadu Chronicles' sunset, and MMO studio Q1 financials from around the industry, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and Farm Together 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO intro music.
RuneScape surveys players on 2025 plans while locking a YouTuber in an OSRS dungeon for 51 days
Just because Jagex put out a roadmap for RuneScape's development through the remainder of 2024 doesn't mean that the studio can't adjust and maneuver...
New World hosts a community-themed event to bide time until June’s big reveal
If you've gotten past your grudge against New World for bleeping its secret plan reveal, the fantasy MMO actually is running a neat little...
Fortnite plans a Fallout-themed crossover for next weekend
These days it appears that Fortnite is conducting an experiment to see how many wildly disparate franchises and IPs it can shove into its...
Lord of the Rings Online begins a weekly quest rollout this Wednesday
If a new legendary reward track, mini-underground zones, and a supporter pack isn't enough to sate your hunger for new Lord of the Rings...
Victorian survivalbox Nightingale adds its offline mode this week
From our perspective here at MOP, generally we like to see online RPGs evolve toward becoming expansive MMOs over time. However, once promising Victorian...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator can’t quit tinkering with the game
Stardew Valley's creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a...
WoW Classic relives every single Cataclysm patch via video
One does wonder about the strategic logic of Blizzard activating a highly anticipated "remix" event that repurposes one of World of Warcraft's most beloved...
One Shots: Hell’s welcoming committee
One Shot announcement time, everybody! Gather around, shush up, listen.
I am not a mind reader. I do not have one of those NCIS computers...
LOTRO Legendarium: Moria, Gundabad, and LOTRO’s lessons on underground design
In late 2008, Lord of the Rings Online released its first and highly touted expansion, Mines of Moria, featuring the iconic Dwarven underground kingdom...
EverQuest is running a TLP free play weekend in advance of next week’s new servers
One of the most popular activities in EverQuest's sphere is taking part in the classic MMO's time-locked progression (TLP) servers. Unfortunately, these special ruleset...
The Quinfall outlines 50 projects for June’s closed beta test
Turkish-developed The Quinfall is gearing up for its second closed beta test, this one taking place in June.
Curious onlookers and interested fans wondering what's...
Fallout 76 vs Fallout 4: Which is better to play in 2024?
Growing up as a computer gaming geek, I've been quite the Fallout nerd since 1997 (and, arguably, since Wasteland in 1988). Other than Tactics,...
Beloved Dungeons and Dragons Online dev Quentin Cantor leaves SSG
The word is starting to get around that Dungeons and Dragons Online recently saw one of its beloved developers depart Standing Stone Games. Quentin...
Full-loot PvP MMO Abyss finally rolls into early access after several delays
It's been a slightly bumpy road between initial announcement and early access release -- including a flirtation with NFTs and several delays -- but...
Tower of Fantasy enters a virtual world on May 28
May 28th brings the next big addition to online RPG Tower of Fantasy with the arrival of Version 4.0. This introduces players to a...
