Justin Olivetti

Justin Olivetti
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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.

Personal blog: BioBreak
Twitter: @sypster
Go punkin' when you get the blues

Fortnite hits 8.3 million concurrent players

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Belaying any claims that it's last year's fad or on the way out, Fortnite has surged forward to cross the 8.3 million threshold. And...

One Shots: Winter is… here!

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As I'm prepping this column, we're in the middle of a nice early November snowstorm. I'm sort of wondering where fall went and why...

Valiance Online promises bi-weekly news updates going forward

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With the first phase of its crowdfunding campaign a success, Valiance Online looks ahead to the next steps for this superhero MMORPG. The creation...

The Game Archeologist: Halo Universe

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Since its debut on Xbox back in 2001, the Halo franchise has been a massive powerhouse and a mainstay for shooter fans. To date,...

NCsoft Q3 2018: NCsoft sales continue downward slide while online PC sales trend up

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Slides may be fun when you're a kid, but they're not something you want to see when you're a multinational games corporation that's operating...

The Daily Grind: What MMO festival reward do you use year-round?

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MMORPG holidays are funny events because while we kill ourselves to get thematic costumes, toys, mounts, and other goodies, the second the event is...
SO many things.

Jukebox Heroes: RuneScape’s orchestral album

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I have been saying for years that RuneScape has a truly impressive yet overlooked body of video game music. To my knowledge, it's the...

Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to its first progression server

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It's time to go back to the Shire once again. Today, Lord of the Rings Online opened up its first "legendary" progression server, Anor. Subscribers...

Smilegate MMORPG Lost Ark finally, finally starts Korean beta testing

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You know that we've been anticipating, slavering, and hoping for Lost Ark for so long that when the Korean beta kicks off, it's a...
Set sail for bees.

Blizzard corrects itself on new World of Warcraft race/class combos

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Hope you weren't planning on making a Zandalari Warlock in World of Warcraft, bub, because it ain't gonna happen. Blizzard admitted to a little faux...

Chronicles of Elyria marches forward to alpha testing

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Ever take stock of things and realize that it's been a long time since you last checked in on a developing MMO? If that's...
SHOUT!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 195: April fools at BlizzCon

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Justin and Bree cover the BlizzCon mess, Diablo Immortal, WoW Classic, WoW's content plans, Torchlight Frontiers, Shroud of the Avatar, Old School RuneScape, and LOTRO's legendary server, with a mailbag question on noobing it up in WoW.
Everyone is very mature.

The Daily Grind: What makes a game feel like an MMO to you?

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Bethesda is at it again. Years after its subsidiary bent itself over backwards to protest that Elder Scrolls Online wasn't an MMO, the gaming...

Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege

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Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...

Amazon’s New World gives a peek into the eerie Weaver’s Fen

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If you haven't figured it out by now, Amazon's New World isn't going to feature nonstop lush golf course landscapes. The supernaturally tainted game...

The MOP Up: TERA opens SEA server and delivers Deathwrack to consoles

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It was a pretty big week for action combat MMO TERA, starting with the delivery of the four-dungeon Deathwrack update to Xbox One and...

One Shots: A star is born

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It's time for another amazing Fashion Week here at One Shots! It's like Shark Week, only with sleeker looks and less chum. Last time,...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to prep for legendary servers

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With progression servers on the way for... sometime... this month, many players (myself included) are planning out their brand-new adventures through Middle-earth. There's certainly...

The Daily Grind: What makes for a satisfying MMO dungeon crawl?

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When I cast my mind back to my childhood, the word "RPG dungeon" conjured up very specific images of being trapped far underground with...

BlizzCon 2018: Diablo fans go into full-fledged meltdown mode over Immortal

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It's hard to imagine a more perfect storm of nerdrage than the one that Blizzard concocted at BlizzCon this Friday. Sorely neglected Diablo fans...

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