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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Neverwinter’s Shroud of Souls takes to consoles on June 20
The undead are rising, an alternate version of the city of Neverwinter opens its doors, and the challenges for MMO players never let up....
Dark and Light lets you kill, harvest, and stitch together magic pets
Imagine you're a hunter. Imagine that for every deer you kill, you take a part of it home with you and keep it in...
PSA: Hearthstone is giving away a free Fight Promoter card on Saturday
Hearthstone players are always on the lookout for ways to beef up their collection without having to spend more money, even if it is...
Is Cryptic Studios creating a Magic: The Gathering MMO?
For years now, we have been pondering what "top secret" project might be in development over at Cryptic Studios. Well, the studio isn't talking...
Perfect Ten: The perfect MMO cosmetic system
Whenever I hear about or get into a new MMO, one of the very first things I'll be asking is if the game has...
DCUO preps WWII-era Age of Justice update for June
There's some positive word-of-mouth bubbling out about this summer's Wonder Woman feature film, which, if true, would be a boon to the bruised DC movie...
Elder Scrolls Online’s guide to getting started on your Morrowind adventures
It's hard to believe that next week the first crowd of adventurers will be stepping into Morrowind's head start prior to the expansion's June...
Crowfall wraps up marathon seven-hour stream event, promises open beta by the end of 2017
Following Crowfall's titanic reveal of expanded and new features earlier this week, the dev team sat down for a seven-hour livestream event yesterday to...
Emil Chronicle Online closes its last server
It's the end of the line for one long-running Japanese MMORPG.
Emil Chronicle Online, also abbreviated ECO (no relation), is closing down its very last...
Destiny 2: Gameplay stream, features, and Blizzard’s Battlenet
You know you are more than a little curious to see what this fall's Destiny 2 looks and plays like, especially considering that the...
Ashes of Creation optimistically posts $3M stretch goal
Now that Ashes of Creation has surpassed $2 million in community fundraising, how far will the game go before its Kickstarter campaign draws to...
World of Warcraft shakes up PvP battlegrounds with bi-weekly events
To keep things interesting in World of Warcraft's PvP battlegrounds, the team recently implemented bi-weekly events that add interesting new twists in these familiar...
Chronicles of Elyria’s online tech is coming together
Chronicles of Elyria is continuing its... interesting method of disseminating development information by posting blogs about its "adventure teams" and their work on the...
Old school-style MMO Arcfall hits Steam early access
Craving some old school challenge in your MMORPG diet? You might want to try a helping of Arcfall, a game that's an intentional throwback...
Elder Scrolls Online reassures mainstream and solo gamers that MMOs aren’t scary
Do MMORPGs really have such an intimidating reputation in the gaming community these days that studios feel as though they need to mollycoddle prospects...
Global Chat: Is Ashes of Creation worth backing?
With all of the hullabaloo going on concerning Ashes of Creation and its Kickstarter campaign, a few bloggers are asking themselves whether or not...
Battle Bards Episode 98: Perfect World International
Perfect World — it’s not just a massive games publisher, it’s also an MMORPG! The team at Battle Bards timidly tiptoe into this unknown...
Echo of Soul celebrates its second anniversary with a pop quiz
Happy hemisphere birthday to Echo of Soul, which is marking the second anniversary of its NA and EU launch this month. And what better...
Valiance Online promises fans that it is ‘moving forward’
Fans that might look at Valiance Online's development chart and wonder when, oh when alpha will ever arrive are being treated to a pep...
Revelation Online promises German and French versions by this fall
Parlez-vous français? Du sprichst Deutsch? If so, a place is being made for you in Revelation Online.
The fantasy MMO announced today that French and...
