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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You can now rent a private ARK server for the PlayStation 4
Second-class console players, despondent about their lot in life, look in misery upon the glory of their PC betters and imagine a world in...
LOTRO Update 21.1 works to improve Mordor
The road goes ever on for Lord of the Rings Online -- as does the work needed on its newest expansion, Mordor. Today the...
SWTOR posts Crisis on Umbara patch notes for tomorrow’s update
Nothing wrong with getting patch notes a day early, right? We mean, if you're getting them the day of, you're often too busy jumping...
Destiny 2’s launch trailer is clucking awesome
"Do you see all that I have done?"
The stakes are high for this fall's Destiny 2, with a near-unstoppable villain smashing through the status...
Overwatch goes all apocalyptic with its new Junkertown map
It's time to lock and load and do what video gamers do best: escort! Today, Blizzard announced a brand-new map for Overwatch called Junkertown...
Mad World shows off just how crazy cross-platform it can be
One of our "MMOs you've never heard of" (before we mentioned it, of course), Mad World is attempting to reach for your attention by being...
Wild Buster is a new MMO made by Mad Libs, apparently
If you can't create anything new, just slap together a lot of other things until you get something that sounds and feels vaguely fresh....
Destiny 2 to include text chat, promises to treat PC players like ‘first-class citizens’
We are one week away from Destiny 2's open beta test on the PC, and computer players might be growing both excited and anxious...
Xbox One X announces ‘select enhanced titles’ that include many online games
At its pre-Gamescom press conference this Sunday, Microsoft revealed more about its upcoming Xbox One X and its glorious 4K gaming capabilities. As part...
Conan Exiles is getting a retail box release
Just in case you weren't clear on the point that Funcom considers Conan Exiles to be the wave of the company's future, this should...
John Smedley talks about the game industry but is mum about his studio’s project
It has now been seven months since John Smedley shut down Pixelmage Games and took his team over to Amazon Game Studios to set...
Sea of Thieves confirms crossplay between Xbox One and PC
Here's some exciting news coming out of Gamescom's early Microsoft presentation this week: Sea of Thieves will be linking up its PC and Xbox...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 2017)
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...
Crystal of Re:union is a mobile MMO that enlists Hercules and Joan of Arc
Looking to "enhance and overwhelm" your foes? Then keep an eye on Crystal of Re:union, an up-and-coming mobile MMORPG that's being developed for release...
Here’s your quick guide to SWTOR’s Crisis on Umbara
With Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 5.4 coming out on August 22nd, you may be champing at the bit to get into the...
One Shots: Hugs not drugs
This week's edition of One Shots is brought to you by the National Hugs and Fistbumps Council, which recommends that everyone enjoy at least...
Chronicles of Elyria whips up a jousting tiltyard for PAX West
The Chronicles of Elyria team is in a frenzy getting ready for the game's showing at PAX West in a couple of weeks. After...
LOTRO Legendarium: A trip back through LOTRO’s expansions
Now that we're in the thick of Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor (which I'm still enjoying very much), my mind has taken a...
Camelot Unchained’s player progression will be a ‘long-term investment’
Is that... is that Camelot Unchained's Beta 1 peeking over the horizon? From the tone of this week's newsletter, it certainly sounds as if...
The Daily Grind: What’s a rite of passage in your MMO?
Lately I've been playing a new Hobbit Hunter in Lord of the Rings Online, which has the added benefit of bringing me back to...
