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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Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster to release postmortem book on MMORPGs
Raph Koster is certainly a well-known name in the MMORPG industry who has spent his career working on titles such as Ultima Online, Star...
Camelot Unchained begins the one-month countdown to beta
Hope you're not tired of hearing about the Great Coming of Camelot Unchained's first beta test because we get the feeling that City State...
Players rage over the bots and hacks still allegedly plaguing Black Desert
Frustration and rage is bubbling over on the Black Desert forums, where players are venting about the ongoing issues of botting and hacks -...
Secret World Legends preps first anniversary event, delays next mission pack
If there's one thing that the Secret World Legends team does really well, it's keeping upcoming content, well, a secret. It can't help itself...
Bless Online apologizes for poor game balance while players find novel ways to break the game
Is there any possible redemption for Bless Online? This disastrous soft launch has many players throwing up their hands and demanding refunds (not to...
The MOP Up: Fractured Lands has fun in the apocalypse (June 3, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Citadel: Forged With Fire to wipe servers in the name of progress, retains 10 legacy worlds
You know how it goes: Sometimes you are forged with fire, and sometimes you are forged with server wipes. Both are equally painful, but...
Jukebox Heroes: Six musical themes for upcoming MMORPGs
Usually in Jukebox Heroes I'm looking back at current and sunsetted MMORPGs, but this week I thought I'd change things up a bit by...
One Shots: The crane… the crane…
I love crane machines. Yes, I know they're a total scam, but I won something in one once, and I can't help but throwing...
Defiance 2050 gives you a quick overview of its four base classes
Assuming that you're both a freeloader and will be poking your head into Defiance 2050 this summer, you'll have exactly four options for classes...
Worlds Adrift starts work on countering PvP griefing, but tells players to get better
Who would have ever thought that the tranquil-looking Worlds Adrift would become a raucous griefer's paradise? Apparently not the developers, who were, we guess,...
The Game Archaeologist: The rebirth of The Realm Online
Debuting in 1996, The Realm Online (or, as it is sometimes shortened, The Realm) became one of the first online RPGs to overlay graphics...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO story you like to tell?
MMORPGs are story machines. I don't just mean that they're games in which the writers tell you a bunch of tales, although that is...
Battle Bards Episode 121: Myst Online
The world’s first, best, and only MMORPG music podcast is back to venture into a rather obscure title, Myst Online! The Battle Bards delve into...
PUBG’s Sanhok map enters the final testing stretch
As PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds runs its new and highly anticipated Sanhok map through a fourth round of testing, players can at least be consoled with...
Chronicles of Elyria won’t let players be Batman villains
Feeling a little behind on Chronicles of Elyria's progress? Scoot your little butt over to the May wrap-up community journal, in which Soulbound Studios...
Amazon posts and retracts a July 2018 release date for Fallout 76
This past week's announcement of Fallout 76 -- Bethesda's newest entry in the post-apocalyptic series -- has just about everyone in the gaming community...
Crowfall’s going to keep you hooked with its zippy plant picking
Have you ever given much thought to harvesting in MMOs? Probably not much, if we're all honest. Yet gathering plants can fill an important...
Destiny 2 hints at fall expansion, wastes players’ time with glitched strike drops
The future of Destiny 2 will be revealed next week, as Bungie takes the stage on June 5th at noon EST to talk about...
ZeniMax apologizes for Elder Scrolls Online spyware, says it was ‘erroneously added’ and will be removed
Hey who here loves - nay, adores - officially sanctioned spyware? Lots of hands staying in laps, we see. You all sure? You aren't...
