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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Fallout 76 signs on Inon Zur for another musical tour of duty in the wasteland
It's hard to imagine a Fallout game these days without the haunting and beautiful score of video game composer Inon Zur. Fortunately, players this...
League of Legends Lead Designer Ghostcrawler moves to an unnamed project
Let's play connect-the-dots today and see if we can see a picture forming over at Riot Games, shall we? Back in July, its co-founder...
City of Titans explains costume unlocking
A recent post by the City of Titans team in which it briefly mentioned "costume unlocks" for the upcoming superhero MMO got the community's...
World of Warcraft makes some big last-minute class adjustments before Battle for Azeroth
As the final few days count down before Battle for Azeroth drops, World of Warcraft's developers are making some significant last-minute class adjustments to...
Red Dead Redemption 2’s gameplay video makes the west look like an activity-packed theme park
Considering that Wild West Online is a wild dud these days, players looking for multiplayer western action are turning their eyes to Red Dead...
TERA soars high with next week’s gloomy dragons and flight missions
Hope you don't have plans for next Tuesday, because TERA is bringing its big sky guns to bear for a major content update.
The Guardians...
The Overwatch Summer Games are back
You've been training for this moment all year long, and by "training" we mean "aggressively burping while sitting in your comfortable office chair." You're...
Battle royale hit Fortnite kicks off its beta on (some) Android devices
Llamas, shopping carts, burgers, and golf: It's never a dull moment around Fortnite. And now the insanely popular battle royale game has a new...
Guild Wars 2 has all the activities going on right now
Perhaps to distract MMO players from next week's Battle for Tyria (or whatever) expansion, Guild Wars 2 is really cranking out all sorts of...
Legends of Aria eyes October for Steam early access
The Legends of Aria team sounds as if it has a lot on its plate right now. The team posted a road to launch...
Black Desert to show off its sizzling new graphics and music on Saturday
Black Desert is about to look and sound even more incredible than it already does, and you'll be able to check it out as...
RIFT datamining discovers a new companion system
A brand-new feature has been datamined on RIFT's test server, with players trying to figure out what this system entails.
It's called Planar Disciples, perhaps...
Lord of the Rings Online hypes up dragons, 64-bit client, and Minas Morgul
Last week's GenCon in Indy turned out to be a surprising source of information for fans of Standing Stone Games. First we found out...
Jace Hall confirms that he’s H1Z1’s new PC lead, promises the sky
The rumors and hints are true: Monolith's Jace Hall has made the jump over to Daybreak to take on the position as PC lead...
Nexon’s financials hint at an upcoming western release for Moonlight Blade
We have been waiting for a long, long time to see if and when Nexon would be bringing the mega-hit Moonlight Blade over from...
Elder Scrolls Online hosts free play weekend, hands out freebies, and outlines PvP updates
Have any grand plans for this weekend? If you have nothing better to do, why not take a trip to Tamriel and enjoy some...
EVE Online disables part of Abyssal Deadspace’s gameplay for testing
Now we are not looking specifically in your direction, but there are rumors that you are such an epic EVE Online player -- so...
The Cycle starts closed alpha testing this weekend
Looking for a game with bite-sized persistent experience? The Cycle may fit into this very specific niche, offering 20-minute free-for-all PvP matches where players...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO features that deserve widespread adaptation
You know what gets me excited about upcoming MMOs? It's certainly not the list of expected systems and features that have since become standard...
Extensive Kotaku exposé uncovers a ‘culture of sexism’ at League of Legends developer Riot Games
The internet is ablaze over an in-depth report at Kotaku that uncovers a "culture of sexism" that is allegedly running rampant through Riot Games....
