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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Hearthstone celebrates its 10th anniversary with gifts and World of Warcraft promotions
Where were you 10 years ago this month? There's a good probability that you were part of the curious crowd downloading Blizzard's new Warcraft-themed...
Grand Theft Auto Online’s new raid mixes chickens and trains together
Grand Theft Auto Online's once let you drive or fly pretty much any vehicle in the game up to now -- with one big...
Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft’s ‘bold experiment’ work?
A tantalizing question mark on World of Warcraft's 2024 roadmap has a lot of the community talking and guessing, and MMO blogger Kaylriene looked...
RIFT plans server merges and hunt event while Trove readies its Gear Up! Date
So here's something to add to your "I never thought I'd see this in 2024" list, and it comes with both good and bad...
Albion Online releases live-action trailer ahead of April’s European server launch
Once upon a time, Europe gave us Vikings that pillaged all across the world. Now, it's time for Albion Online to return the favor,...
Nightingale’s weekend emergency rollback appears to have mostly patched up problems
It was the kind of nightmare scenario that no survival RPG ever wants to see: a bug that caused player housing to be wiped...
LOTRO’s dungeon drop and spring festival arrive this week with the cutest snail ever
Last year the Lord of the Rings Online community lost its collective mind over a rock. In 2024, it may be for a snail.
The...
World of Warcraft’s mystery patch may be going live on Tuesday
One of the biggest mysteries that World of Warcraft players have faced in the past few years may be less than 24 hours away...
The MOP Up: Myth of Empires pumps out even more servers
The freshly released Myth of Empires rolled out yet another batch of New Era servers this past weekend with realms in Oceania, Asia, Europe,...
One Shots: Where are my draaaaaagons?
Despite what certain platinum blondes might tell you, nobody owns dragons. At best, you can rent one from Home Depot for some light yard...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s date night patch goes live on Tuesday
Don't be deceived by the over-abundance of decimal points -- Star Wars: The Old Republic's Update 7.4.1 will be fully operational and chock-full of...
LOTRO Legendarium: Untangling LOTRO’s complicated travel system
Considering how absolutely huge Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has become, I'd say finding efficient ways to traverse its landscape is paramount to...
The Daily Grind: Are you an early adopter or late bloomer when it comes to MMOs with box prices?
We've been talking in the MOP office and on the podcast about how many buy-to-play online games have hit the scene this year so...
PlanetSide 2 acknowledges ‘earned consternation’ over its warzone continent
It's always an unsettling feeling when a game -- or its IP, at least -- gets sold off but nobody really talks about it...
Even Zeus couldn’t get Fortnite’s Myths & Mortals season online without a major delay
You know what the Greek pantheon really needed? More gods and goddesses with guns. If that was the case, then ancient mythology classes would...
Sea of Thieves readies a preview event, anti-cheat, and sixth anniversary
With Sea of Thieves preparing to debut on the PlayStation 5 next month and "sixth anniversary antics" in full swing, this PvP pirate sim...
Dune Awakening: Religion yes, player messiahs no
With Dune Part 2 in theaters and Funcom kicking Dune Awakening's hype into high gear, it's hard not to be swept up in the...
PSA: Grab your free EverQuest mask and EverQuest II baby dragon
EverQuest and EverQuest II fans must remain vigilant during this "Year of Darkpaw" so as to not miss all of the freebies coming their...
Tamriel Infinium: Ranking Elder Scrolls Online’s 10 races from worst to best
One thing that I appreciate about Elder Scrolls Online is that any race can be any class. None of that racial or gender-locking for...
Nightingale’s latest patch allows players to select their server regions
For a game that allows you to hop through portals into new worlds, Nightingale hasn't been the best at giving players full control over...
