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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RIFT extends its server transfer period before next month’s merges
The countdown clock is ticking toward next month's RIFT server merges in which a trio of worlds will be folded into other realms. While...
World of Warcraft GDC presentation claims ‘record post-launch stability and growth’ for Dragonflight
The World of Warcraft community is abuzz about a new Blizzard GDC 2024 presentation that relays some trends -- if not specific numbers --...
The MOP Up: Co-op RPG Stolen Realm launches with ‘frictionless’ multiplayer
Turn-based RPG Stolen Realm launched on Steam, Xbox, and Switch: "Play Stolen Realm solo, or in co-op with up to six heroes, as you...
One Shots: One corgi to rule them all
Deep in the fires of Mt. Doom, a terrible and mighty creation is being forged. One that if, left unchecked and unpetted, could spell...
LOTRO Legendarium: My 11 favorite zones in LOTRO
This week I put my chin on my fists and thought super-hard about the following question: What column could I write that would be...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the most sympathetic or tragic MMO dungeon boss?
Usually when we come to a boss in a dungeon, we see it as a plus-sized obstacle that's between us and advancement and loot....
Elder Scrolls Online crosses $2B in customer spending, revives Jester’s Festival for April Fools’ day
When you look at the high risk of making and running MMORPG, a reasonable question arises: Why would any studio undertake such a project?...
Marvel Snap’s big feature patch adds graveyards, custom borders, and undo turn
Marvel Snap's first big feature drop of 2024 is here, bringing with it several much-requested quality-of-life improvements to the multiplayer card battler.
Second Dinner released...
Eternal Tombs, the MMO with live GMs, preps for its closed beta in April
In less than two weeks, Eternal Tombs will be hosting its first publicly accessible playtest -- and Triune Studios wants to set proper expectations...
Global Chat: EverQuest hits the quarter-century mark
There's no way that The Ancient Gaming Noob would miss out on EverQuest's 25th anniversary: "So there is a lot going on if you...
LOTRO stuffs lockboxes with more goods while nerfing legacy items
It's a minor patch day for Lord of the Rings Online -- and a slightly unusual one at that.
Update 39.1 arrived on Wednesday with...
Tarisland’s new Twelve Monarchs raid is ‘now live,’ whatever that means
Tarisland's marketing team clearly is operating in a parallel dimension where this fantasy MMORPG already released because it's inviting fans to "jump in now"...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most uncomplicated MMO to play?
Listen, I appreciate depth and complexity in games that are designed well. I like having a bevy of choices in an MMORPG to keep...
Super Mario Maker community races to beat every level before the servers close
Right now there's a race on that's drawing ever more attention -- and it may come down to the wire.
For the past six years,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 462: Awaiting Brighter Shores
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest's 25th birthday, Brighter Shores' announcement, Star Citizen's 1.0 tease, SWTOR's date night patch, Elder Scrolls Online's DLC, and LOTRO's Update 39, with adventures in ESO and LOTRO, plus two mailbag topics relating to the crafting show.
Sony pauses production on its floundering PSVR2s while it tries to sell off stock
Digital storm clouds are forming on the horizon of Sony's virtual reality headset: Bloomberg reports that the company put a hard pause on the...
PUBG Mobile hands over the keys to Bentley Motors automobiles
Clearly, we all peel out of our mansions in the morning whilst driving this year's model from Bentley Motors. But just on the off...
LOTRO addresses questions about server transfers, the instance finder, and level bloat
With Update 39 and the Spring Festival pushed to the servers this past week and a meetup at PAX East happening in the coming...
Tencent’s Tarisland begins its next round of player testing… in China
The next phase of Tarisland's testing has begun overseas as Tencent announced on Discord that the Chinese test is now underway.
As part of this...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World sells a monster 25M copies
Capcom's Monster Hunter World is a force of nature unto itself, with the boss-slaying game topping 25 million units sold and setting a record...
