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
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Chronicles of Elyria lays out one of its servers’ history in an animated video

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If your favorite part of the Lord of the Rings films was the exposition-heavy introduction, then Chronicles of Elyria has a treat for you...

Lord of the Rings Online is heading to Northern Mirkwood, Erebor, and Minas Morgul

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Don't get too comfortable in Mordor just yet, because Lord of the Rings Online is preparing to send its players to the far reaches...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 145: Farewell Marvel Heroes and Master X Master

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Justin and Bree discuss the sunsets of Marvel Heroes and Master X Master, NCsoft's and Funcom's quarterly financials, EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 business model fiasco, and Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, with a mailbag question on slowing down for classic WoW.

Life is Feudal’s soft launch is off to a shaky start

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You might want to consider holding off on jumping in with both feet to Life is Feudal for a little while, at least. The...

Jukebox Heroes: Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire’s soundtrack

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I feel comfortable in saying that I hold the Guild Wars franchise's soundtrack in high regard. There's excellent music across the board from a...
Well, it's something.

Black Desert resolves disconnect issues, promises compensation

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North American players have not had the best go of it in Black Desert over the last few weeks. Frequent disconnects have plagued the...

Cyberpunk 2077 will avoid ‘greed’ with its business model, goes on a hiring spree

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CD Projekt Red is definitely increasing the profile of its sci-fi open world RPG as of late after years of mostly silent development. After...

PSA: Elder Scrolls Online gives away a free bug mount to all Morrowind owners

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If you don't mind saddling up on something that is straight out of an entomophobic's worst nightmare, then boy is Elder Scrolls Online going...

Star Wars Battlefront II lockbox controversy prompted Disney intervention

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To put it simply, it has not been the best of weeks for Electronic Arts, DICE, or Star Wars Battlefront II. The publisher's decision to...

Lineage 2: Revolution recruits Conan O’Brien for western domination

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What is the mobile game that everyone will be talking about this holiday season? Netmarble is confident that the answer to that is "Lineage...

Marvel Heroes players seek refunds in the face of the game’s closure

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With the shutdown of Marvel Heroes looming about a month and a half away, players are scrambling to see if they can obtain a...

Dragon of Legends hopes to get on Steam soon

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It has been a long while since we heard anything about Dragon of Legends, a pixel art-style indie MMORPG that ran a small but...

The MOP Up: Osiris New Dawn’s terrifying space ghosts (November 19, 2017)

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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...

Global Chat: Why you need to be playing Warframe

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You know what's one MMO that seems to be capturing the interest of a lot of gamers these days? Warframe. It seems to be...

ArcheAge Begins churns out its first big update, activates ‘surprise’ login rewards

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Have you tried the mobile revolution that is ArcheAge Begins yet? Don't worry, we haven't either, although it does look like a heap of...

One Shots: Gassy and bloated

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I do think that we, as a culture, have become disturbingly obsessed with selfies, but I will always make an exception for anyone who...

Here’s the full list of Trion Worlds’ Black Friday deals

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As you plan your Black Friday shopping strategy (ours: sleeping in and lazily shopping on Amazon Prime), Trion Worlds wants to help out by...

Ashes of Creation’s city halls will be the center of player politics

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With a strong focus on player government and politics, Ashes of Creation is giving careful consideration with how it will structure the leadership of...

LOTRO Legendarium: What the Amazon TV series means for Lord of the Rings Online

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If you haven't been paying attention to the television market over the past few years, you might have missed the fact that we are...
Alas and alack.

WildStar teases Black Friday deals

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Shh, don't tell NCsoft that WildStar is still operating! If we're all good and still, then the closure-happy studio might overlook this struggling-but-fun MMO....

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