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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Cadena whips her way into MapleStory
Break out the whips and chains: You've been a very good video gamer. At least, MapleStory hopes so, because you're being given one feisty...
World of Warships sails into Steam’s port
"You ain't anybody if you ain't on Steam," our momma told us when we were tykes. Of course, back then Steam had yet to...
Overwatch kicks off a free play weekend across all platforms
Destiny 2 who? Overwatch is aiming to lure in as many of Blizzard's players as possible with another free weekend. The best part? It's...
Crowfall’s action harvesting has all the swirly sparkles and powerful pips
Now that Crowfall fans have a little longer to wait before the game's soft launch, they have time to fully absorb this lengthy article...
EVE Online layoffs lead to the end of a fan tournament
While studio layoffs have an immediate effect on the people that are let go, the ramifications of such decisions can end up impacting players...
EA disables all Star Wars Battlefront 2 microtransaction crud – for now
Whenever you see a studio call fans "passionate," it's almost always shorthand for "rioting with pitchforks and torches." Guess what Star Wars Battlefront 2's...
Blade & Soul grants character boosts, Blade & Soul Revolution struts its stuff on mobile
With only a few weeks left before Blade & Soul drops its "biggest patch ever," NCsoft is gifting players a bundle of goodies to...
Warframe gives players a free skin, activates Operation: Plague Star
Tenno, come and get it! Get your free skin, that is.
To celebrate the full release of Plains of Eidolon across all platforms this week,...
Survivalbox roundup: The Black Death communicates, Hellion revamps, and Life is Feudal soft launches
Once you recover from the drive-by scorching of MJ's ARK: Survival Evolved critique, perhaps you're wondering what else is going on with survivalboxes in...
Worlds Adrift discovers a bird-obsessed culture
With airships and an Indiana Jones attitude, a large part of Worlds Adrift's gameplay will be on exploration of the unknown. After all, the...
Sea of Thieves trailer dares you to ‘be more pirate’
All other studios, it's time to pack it in: Sea of Thieves has won the Trailer Olympics, at least for 2017.
In Rare's newest video,...
Forsaken Legends is not dead, but it is downsizing from an MMORPG
It has been a very long time since we have heard anything out of the indie team behind Forsaken Legends, an ambitious procedural sandbox...
Marvel Heroes dishes out a hefty daily allowance as the game counts down to extinction
Marvel Heroes players are dealing with the fallout of yesterday's announcement that the superhero MMO is being shut down by Disney and will officially...
Battle Bards Episode 109: Club Penguin
When you’ve got a club full of penguins overseen by the Mouse House itself, you know things are going to get both wacky and...
Conan Exiles update scrubs out dupe bugs as servers are wiped
By Crom, Conan Exiles is under attack by dupe bugs! Funcom hurried to push Update 31 live yesterday to deal with the issue and...
Shroud of the Avatar entices players to complete survey with in-game rewards
Portalarium and Travian Games are looking for useful feedback for Shroud of the Avatar -- and they are not shy in their approach to...
Pantheon devs meet up at TwitchCon and make a convert
It took a convention to bring together a development team.
Visionary Realms shared in its November newsletter that many of Pantheon's team members -- some...
Former SWTOR dev talks about designing ethical lockboxes
An extensive Twitter thread from former Star Wars: The Old Republic lead systems designer Damion Schubert grappled with the timely and touchy topic of lockboxes and microtransactions...
Perfect Ten: What to expect when you play World of Warcraft Classic
Are you ready to play the most anticipated MMORPG from 2004? It turns out that, yes, many of you are. The frenzy over World...
Harry Potter ARG won’t drag down Pokemon Go’s development, Niantic says
Now that we're all waving around sticks and shouting garbled Latin in preparation for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, it is entirely possible that players...
