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

Runes of Magic smothers players with love, kisses, and Valentine’s bonuses

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How do you link together the romantic affection of Valentine's Day and the hardcore adventuring lifestyle? We're not quite sure, but Runes of Magic...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 504: The legacy MMO devs leave behind

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Justin and Bree remember Project Gorgon's Sandra Powers, with discussion on EVE Online's roadmap, World of Warcraft's Undermine(d), No Man's Sky's and Worlds II, plus adventures in LOTRO, Project Gorgon, WoW Classic, and The Sims 4, and of course mailbag topics on removing and adding things to MMOs to make them better and identifying the major features MMOs just won't do.

EverQuest gives a big ol’ smooch to the return of Erollisi Day

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As the page of this year's tome turns to February, so too does EverQuest's thinking turn to love and romance. The fantasy MMO kicked...

Skull and Bones’ February patch addresses faults in aiming, taunting, and job board contracts

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We were just talking on the podcast about how much we appreciate it when developers add explanatory notes in patches, and lo and behold,...

Lord of the Rings Online continues to test its new raid and clarify server transfer questions

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February is shaping up to be a very busy month for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with the coming of Update 43 and...

Multiversus’ game director on the shutdown: ‘Nobody wanted this outcome’

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The shockwaves of bummer continue to ripple throughout the Multiversus community and development team following last week's announcement that the Warner Bros battler is...

Necesse sees over 200K players flood into its free play weekend, posts roadmap to release

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Last week's free play weekend turned out to be a smash hit for the early access sandbox Necesse, as indie studio Fair Games reported...
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Dungeons and Dragons Online’s 2025 producer’s letter and roadmap are en route this month

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Dungeons and Dragons Online's community continues to be in a holding pattern for this year's big producer's letter. And while SSG won't commit to...

APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth servers are down unexpectedly due to network issues

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Hope you didn't have plans to dive into one of Little Orbit's MMOs today because both APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth went down unexpectedly...

The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator isn’t quite done with the game yet

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Stardew Valley hasn't reached the end of its development cycle. So when will Stardew Valley's creator stop working on the game? "If I feel like it's...

Brighter Shores works on better combat and two side quests while making QoL improvements

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Listen, we're not going to sit here and make a case that Brighter Shores has the most engaging MMO combat. Honestly, it's pretty far...

One Shots: Prop painting is a contact sport

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If you go to an art school where they teach the art of Pictomancy, you're going to want to stash those small, fine brushes...

LOTRO Legendarium: How well does Lord of the Rings Online fulfill class fantasy?

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It was several World of Warcraft expansions ago -- Legion, most likely -- that the development team at Blizzard really got worked up over...

The Daily Grind: Do you miss the wild unknowns of the early MMO era?

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When I think back to the computing and gaming era of the late '90s and early 2000s, I feel a sense of appreciation from...

War Thunder offers snake decals for Lunar New Year and bans over 4800 accounts since December

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Lunar New Year may be over, but War Thunder operators can benefit from the holiday for a few more days to come. From now...

Early access survivalbox Valheim teases its Deep North biome with a new video

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When one thinks of Vikings in their natural habitat, it's probably one reminiscent of the Nordic landscape. But head toward the Arctic a bit...

Sandbox MMO Pax Dei is razing inactive housing plots again as it launches on GeForce Now and EGS

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With the early access boom firmly in its rearview mirror, Pax Dei is turning its attention to the necessary work of clearing out long-abandoned...

MMO Hype Train: The odd allure of Eternal Tombs’ live game masters

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For a lot of MMORPG players, there are certain keywords that prove to be deal-breakers if we hear them in conjunction to an upcoming...

World of Tanks and Warships won’t let the Lunar New Year slip by without engaging

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The end of January isn't meant to be dull in Wargaming's titles, as both World of Tanks and World of Warships Legends are observing...

Naddic’s Closers Online promises an informative developer’s note after Lunar New Year

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The support staff for anime MMORPG Closers Online is taking some downtime to observe the Lunar New Year, but once that's over, the title...

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