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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Fortnite kicks off Battle Royale Season 2
Christmas or a new season of battle royale? With Fortnite, both are feasible, desirable, and doable.
The nominally zombie-themed survival builder kicked off Battle Royale...
Mabinogi doles out chain slash weapons while Hyper Universe offers free play weekend
You know how your parents told you never to play with knives? Well, they never said anything about long whips with razor blades on...
Christmas happenings in DCUO, Overwatch, Worlds Adrift, and Neverwinter
Faster than the snow can come down and the heating bills go up are all of the holiday events that are streaming into, well,...
Duke Nukem and Serious Sam headline Wild Buster’s early access
Hack-and-slash Wild Buster is here to kick butt and chew gum -- and it's all out of gum.
InselGames' MMOARPG entered Steam early access today,...
SWTOR gradually responds to Update 5.6 credit exploit
A severe credit exploit that popped up following last week's Game Update 5.6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic has led to massive disruptions...
RIFT would like to sell you a random mount for $100
We were talking on the podcast this week about how Trion Worlds tends to aggressively pursue different revenue streams in its MMOs -- and...
Crowfall brings in the Assassin and Ranger for today’s Pre-Alpha 5 test
Even games that haven't technically launched yet are getting into the whole pre-holiday MMORPG frenzy. Take Crowfall, for example: Instead of kicking their feet...
Battle Bards Episode 111: Cabal Online 1 and 2
The Battle Bards are always up for a musical bargain, and on today’s episode, they’ll deliver two MMORPGs for the price of one (sitting)!...
Shroud of the Avatar creates the quintessential cozy inn, changes up free trial offerings
When travelers wander in to Shroud of the Avatar's Release 49 later this week, they'll find that one watering hole looks much improved than...
Titan Quest lives on in current-gen consoles
To be completely honest with you, I never really thought that we would be reporting in 2017 about a Diablo clone that released in...
Paragon Chat invites City of Heroes refugees for a holiday soirée
Paragon Chat has put out the batsignal to City of Heroes fans still missing their favorite MMO -- saying that they don't have to...
Perfect Ten: 20 upcoming MMOs to watch in 2018
It has become a long-standing tradition as Massively OP and our former site that we like to end the year by creating a list...
Trion deals with DDOS attacks while ArcheAge dives into its Maelstrom update
Trion Worlds is reporting "intermittent" attacks on its Dallas hub over the last day that are causing connectivity issues for some of its online...
H1Z1 preps first-ever free week and holiday outfit
Ever been curious about original-flavor H1Z1 and its battle royale sauce? You can try it out without having to drop any money during the...
The Daily Grind: What should SWTOR do to pull out of its funk?
Is it just me, or does Star Wars: The Old Republic seem to be in a serious funk this year? I mean, the game...
Warframe celebrates the season with gift-giving and caroling
Is it better to give or to get at Christmas? With Warframe, the answer this year is "both."
The sci-fi shooter welcomes Tennobaum this week...
SWTOR delivers anniversary gifts, runs a holiday bonus XP event, and patches in a new warzone
Happy birthday SWTOR!
It has been six years since BioWare's MMORPG launched, and that means plenty of presents for everyone. In addition to previous year's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 148: Vampires, kobolds, and pirates
Justin and Bree discuss MOP's December awards, DDO, Secret World Legends, Path of Exile, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, RIFT, and Blade and Soul, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs and love for Champs Online.
Anarchy Online and Age of Conan host an arrested development sale
Just because an MMORPG's development has been put into suspended animation doesn't mean that profit still can't be made! To wit, check out Funcom's...
Lord of the Rings Online’s big raid patch arrives sans raid
Well, this is an awkward situation for all involved. Lord of the Rings Online released Update 21.3 on Monday, which was supposed to patch...
