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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Dungeons and Dragons Online announces Sharn: City of Towers expansion and Tiefling race
At GenCon this weekend, Standing Stone Game announced a special surprise for Dungeons and Dragons Online fans:Â a brand-new expansion.
Sharn: City of Towers is coming...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are the best for occasional play?
As a longtime fan of MMOs, I struggle with one serious factor when it comes to playing them: time. It's not just finding time...
Vainglory brings its mobile MOBA fun to PC after becoming richer than kings
With so many MOBA games out in the field, it's pretty easy to overlook ones that happen to be on mobile. That would be...
Citadel: Forged With Fire reignites today
It's almost like a brand-new game altogether.
Tomorrow will witness a massive revamp for the multiplayer magic sandbox Citadel: Forged With Fire. The team has...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2018: Acti-Blizz sees revenue jump, massive engagement without big releases
Even in a quarter that didn't see a single major product or expansion release, Activision Blizzard made even more money than it did the...
Gamers played a Star Citizen web game to earn a chance at a medical ship variant
Players who would like to roleplay the fantasy of being a high-tech emergency medical rescue service can get their chance with Star Citizen's Apollo...
World of Warcraft’s newest cinematic shows a Horde deeply divided
With World of Warcraft players deeply divided on the build-up to Battle for Azeroth -- especially in light of a recent war crime committed...
MMO Community Roundup: Battle for Azeroth bookclub, Secret World fashion show, Ashes of Creation map investigation, and RuneScape Classic preservation
The communities for MMORPGs are what keep these games vibrant and awesome, and today we want to shine a spotlight on various projects and...
RuneScape gives away a ton of free stuff through Twitch Prime
Jagex is revving up one of its biggest RuneScape promotions in recent memory. From now through September 6th, anyone with access to Twitch Prime...
AdventureQuest 3D readies an epic pirate vs. ninja showdown
Are we really just a month away from September already? That means that there is practically no time to get in our International Talk...
Revelation Online plans to join the Steam parade
Not wanting to be left out of the party -- and the expected profits -- of joining up with Steam, Revelation Online has announced...
Closers Online decks players out in sizzling cybernetic fashion, hands out free goodies
There really isn't an MMO out there that embraces its anime nature more than Closers, gratuitous swimsuit poses and all. And when there's a...
Stardew Valley finally rolls out its multiplayer mode
After a long, long build up to this moment, it is finally here: Stardew Valley has multiplayer, it's live, and you can enjoy it...
MMO Business Roundup: Steam activity in decline, Sea of Thieves hits 5M players, MapleStory M downloaded 3M times
Time for a quick-and-dirty roundup of some industry news that appeals to the numerologists among our reading audience!
We'll start with a look at Steam,...
Riot Games continues to tease the possibility of an MMORPG
What is Riot Games up to these days? The League of Legends studio is intentionally stirring up community interest over its future plans, first...
Ex-World of Warcraft Lead Chris Metzen urges fans ‘don’t panic’ over the current storyline
It's been a fun week watching the World of Warcraft community freak, rage, and despair over the latest chapter of the Battle for Azeroth...
Secret World Legends adds super-challenging faction missions
It's not quite a full-fledged content update, but no Secret World fan has ever complained at the addition of new missions to the game....
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
The Daily Grind: Is Fallout 76 an MMO?
We all know that the definition of "MMORPG" and "MMO" have been stretched, twisted, and interpreted in vastly different ways over the years based...
Seed gives its first development update since January
Hot on the heels of its pre-alpha teaser, the sandbox space colony MMO Seed is celebrating the progress that it has made in 2018...
