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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RuneScape parties on The Beach and heralds the new Sanctum of Rebirth dungeon
Having a hard time getting out to an actual shoreline this summer? RuneScape offers the next best thing with its summer event on The...
Microsoft prepares price hikes for Xbox Game Pass this fall
If you've been using Xbox Games Pass to access your MMOs and other online games, steel yourself for a significant price hike. Microsoft is...
The Daily Grind: Do you make your own fun in MMOs when you run out of content?
This summer, my wife and I told our children that they don't get any "screen time" until after dinner each day. They initially struggled...
Mount & Blade II’s Bannerlord Online MMO mod posts 2024 roadmap with castle sieges and clan revamps
Bannerlord Online is a prime example of how a community can take a good thing -- in this case, the medieval battle sim Mount...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 475: The Legend of Ralph Lobster
Justin and Bree discuss Raph Koster's Stars Reach, Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, Daybreak's purchase of Singularity 6 and Palia, Nexon's The First Descendant, and Guild Wars 2's housing, with a mailbag topic on the legend of Ralph Lobster.
Fantastic Pixel Castle’s Project Ghost is still years out, but plans public playtest for ‘fairly soon’
Fantastic Pixel Castle announced that Project Ghost recently crossed its second prototype milestone, with the first happening back in April, and the studio is...
Corepunk wraps up its 50,000 player alpha 3 test: ‘Better than the last one’
The third major alpha for Corepunk is officially history, as Artificial Core wrapped up the test and thanked players for their help in identifying...
Last Epoch stresses QOL improvements coming with its Harbingers of Ruin update
We're on the cusp of receiving Last Epoch's anticipated Patch 1.1: Harbingers of Ruin, which is scheduled to arrive on July 9th. While you...
The MOP Up: Elsword welcomes Lithia to its combat roster
Elsword's roster recently expanded to include the sparkplug character of Lithia: "A real 'gem' of a character and a glittering addition to the stylish...
LOTRO’s progression server stress test last week crashed in a useful way
Last week's stress test for one of Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers resulted in a resounding crash as over 200 players...
One Shots: Lava picnics and asbestos bikinis
Some days I feel like MMORPGs are an excuse for us to do everything our moms told us to avoid. Jump off a cliff?...
Dune Awakening shows off character creation process, preps for persistent beta
When you get your hands on Dune Awakening, what kind of character are you planning to roll? To help you make that decision, Funcom...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six ideas LOTRO totally should steal from other MMOs
It's only natural for people who play multiple MMOs or are aware of what's happening in other titles to foster a sense of envy....
The Daily Grind: Are you hooked on that ‘new character smell’ in MMOs?
Oh man oh man, I do love that new character smell in MMOs. It's about one of my all-time favorite things for online gaming...
EverQuest II producer’s letter sheds light on August’s Immeasurable Menagerie update
You know, we've got to give Daybreak some credit for really upping the profile of the EverQuest games this past year. Case in point,...
Ashes of Creation is ‘close’ to Alpha 2, shows off server meshing tech
If there are two things that we know for certain about Ashes of Creation's second alpha test, it's that (1) Intrepid Studios really loves...
Whatever happened to ‘nostalgic’ 2-D MMO Kakele Online?
If you are thirsty for some old school MMO vibes in a more modern package and don't mind dipping into the shallow end of...
Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance
Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...
The Game Archaeologist: World of Warcraft in the 1990s
MMORPGs don't pop out of nowhere, ex nihilo, to suddenly be enjoyed by players across the globe. Good ones take several years, dozens of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best character select screens?
With The War Within pre-patch arriving in late July, World of Warcraft's character select screen is getting a huge makeover to allow you to...
