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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Rovio opens London-based MMO studio with a new IP
Angry Birds creator Rovio is branching out into the MMO market. The company announced that it has opened a new studio in London devoted to...
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will testify in ZeniMax VR trial today
The stakes are high -- $2 billion dollars high -- for the outcome of the ongoing ZeniMax vs. Facebook trial, in which the former...
Throne of Lies creates a castle of backstabbing, deceit, and shaky alliances
Remember playing Werewolf or Mafia with your friends at parties, trying to deduce the killer while avoiding being killed yourself? The makers of Throne...
New Dawn heads to Kickstarter for financial support
Stop us if you've heard this game concept before: You wake up on an island and have to survive the elements, your own hunger,...
Revelation Online has a buffet of PvP activities for CBT3
When Revelation Online goes into its third closed beta test on January 19th, it will keep things spicy with a special focus on the...
SWTOR bug drives enemy boss to commit suicide
Any MMO dungeon boss knows that it is only a matter of time before he, she, or it will be slaughtered by a pack...
World of Warcraft scrambles to fix post-7.1.5 class balance
World of Warcraft's most recent content update isn't a week old yet, but it's already dug itself into a pit of controversy. You see,...
TUG works on producing a ‘minimally viable product’
Emerging from months of relative silence, Nerd Kingdom penned a short Kickstarter update about what's happening with the social sandbox world of TUG. It...
The MOP Up: Black Desert loyalty rewards (January 15, 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...
One Shots: Tabula Rasa’s 21-gun salute
Ralph the Wonder Llama kicks off today's community screenshot gallery with a salute to the late, great Tabula Rasa.
"Yes, Tabula Rasa ended up being...
Camelot Unchained glues together beta build elements
"Despite the East Coast winter plague, we’ve continued to make steady progress gluing together several of our core elements for Beta 1," Camelot Unchained's...
LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wishlist for 2017
Ever since I've been covering Lord of the Rings Online for this site (dating back to 2010!), I've had a tradition of kicking off...
Pathfinder Online in talks with anonymous ‘game agency’ for further development
Saying that 2016 was a year of "exciting promises" and "disappointing letdowns" for Pathfinder Online, Goblinworks Acting CEO Lisa Stevens said that she's trying a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best races?
The other night I had the opportunity to play Asheron's Call for the first time (and most likely, the last time). It was a...
World of Warships will add 50 new ships this year
"A new journey lies ahead of us."
Wargaming is not dwelling on its accomplishments from last year in World of Warships; it has a laser-sharp...
Neverwinter: Better dungeon loot and expansion preview
A January 11th patch for Neverwinter might have been one of those updates with little tweaks and fixes that your eyes gloss over, save...
Elysium opens up yet another Nostalrius server
The pro-vanilla World of Warcraft community is fond of flinging Blizzard's "you think you do, but you don't" around as a defense for the...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers professions, timewalking, and the Brawler’s Guild
Yesterday, the World of Warcraft Senior Game Designer Paul Kubit sat down to take on a question-and-answer session about this week's Patch 7.1.5 and...
Chronicles of Elyria adds City of Heroes animator to the team
Soulbound Studios has a new year's resolution for Chronicles of Elyria: "kick so much ass."
"The next few months will see us preparing a playable...
Nintendo Switch reveals include paid online service, Dragon Quest X MMO
If you somehow missed the Twitter explosion last night, the full Nintendo Switch reveal happened, unloading a ton of details about the company's $300...
