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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Shroud of the Avatar vastly increases game performance with Release 43
One of the big complaints about Shroud of the Avatar during its lengthy testing process has concerned poor optimization and clunky, laggy gameplay. These issues...
LOTRO kicks off summer festival, talks Mordor class balance and testing
Break out the beer kegs and fishing poles, Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival is back! The festival, which will run through July...
World of Warcraft starts testing Argus and Patch 7.3
While the World of Warcraft raiding community soldiers on through the new Tomb of Sargeras and everyone else curses their luck at legendary item...
Elite: Dangerous players find Thargoid bases prior to this fall’s invasion
The Thargoid menace may already be encroaching into Elite: Dangerous' galaxy, well before the planned invasion for later this year. Sharp-eyed pilots have discovered...
Overwatch reveals design mysteries, sends out League surveys, and struggles with e-sports
A world as intricate and fanatically followed as Overwatch is bound to spark a question or two about its mysteries and secrets. In a...
Dungeon Fighter Online welcomes the Female Priest
You're not going to want to cross Dungeon Fighter Online's new battle-hardened clergy. The action MMORPG introduced its latest class yesterday, the Female Priest,...
Secret World Legends prepares to re-open currency exchange following rampant duping
With Secret Worlds Legends relaunch last past weekend, one of the tentpoles of the new free-to-play business model came under attack almost immediately thanks...
Anthem compares itself to Star Wars and Marvel movies
When BioWare's newest IP finally arrives on your computer screen next year, don't expect a hard sci-fi approach in the vein of Mass Effect...
EverQuest II kicks off new progression server after short delay
Following a brief delay yesterday, EverQuest II's newest progression server is up and running.
The time-locked expansion server will start subscribers over at the earliest...
Blade and Soul cracks the hatch to a high-tech dungeon
Just because a game is loosely labeled as "fantasy" doesn't mean that it is forbidden from delving into the realm of technology and sci-fi...
Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate
Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
Escape from Tarkov’s beta starts next month
Enough of this alpha business -- it's time for Escape from Tarkov to grow up and join the beta club. The team announced this...
New World of Warcraft emulator project takes players back to The Burning Crusade era
The muddy waters of emulators and the contentious conversation around World of Warcraft legacy servers is getting a whole lot more crazy this summer, thanks...
KingsIsle shows off new Wizard101 and Pirate101 content
How long does it take for KingsIsle developers to go from concept to execution when it comes to Wizard101 and Pirate101 content? According to...
Crowfall gets ready to begin testing its campaign system
One of Crowfall's most important systems -- if not the crux of the entire game -- is its campaign system. This repeatable PvP experience will...
Marvel Heroes clamps down on Fantastic Four characters due to licensing issues
Something bizarre and decidedly non-fantastic is going on over at Marvel Heroes. Gazillion made an earth-shattering post on the forums yesterday to say that...
The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest fault of an MMO that you adore?
One of the toughest things you can do as an ardent fan of some part of pop culture -- video games included -- is...
Twilight Spirits is available on Steam right now (in Chinese)
If nothing else, MMORPGs are doing their darndest to teach us to be multilingual. Case in point, Twilight Spirits has launched on Steam --...
Worlds Adrift adds more test servers, says median play time is 15 hours
Is Worlds Adrift shaping up to be a sleeper hit of an MMO? Its team certainly thinks so, as it claims that in the first...
Neverwinter’s next update is more than just dino-mania
Chances are that your brain stuttered to a happy halt when you saw that Neverwinter's upcoming Tomb of Annihilation update is going to feature...
