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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Tree of Savior works on better optimization and class balance
When it comes to vital qualities of action RPGs, having a silky smooth framerate even under extreme visual duress is right there at the...
Why and how Warhammer Online failed
It might be hard to remember at this point, but back in 2008 there was a fever-pitch excitement for Mythic's Warhammer Online. The RvR...
Dota 2, The Division list among the best-selling Steam games of 2016
One of my favorite things to do at the end of each calendar year is to read all of the "best of" lists that...
Crowfall team says 2017 is ‘gonna be our year,’ shows off the Templar
Crowfall isn't wasting any time in claiming dominance over 2017. ArtCraft's J. Todd Coleman said that, "2017 is going to be our year, I...
WildStar drops a late-year teaser
What's Carbine Studios hinting at? The WildStar developer dropped "a mysterious message" from Drusera, the game's iconic AI, on Twitter this past Friday. "You have...
Elite Dangerous is creating a Carrie Fisher outpost in memory
Star Wars: The Old Republic isn't the only sci-fi MMO that is paying tribute to the late Carrie Fisher this month. Following community entreaties...
One Shots: The Christmas when no one showed up
If an MMO throws a Christmas party and no one shows up, who gets the presents? Will that eggnog ever get drunk? Are the...
LOTRO Legendarium: A cautious hope for the future
One of the threads that weaves the Lord of the Rings narrative together is that of hope. Holding onto faith in friends, perseverance against...
The Daily Grind: What tempts you into rolling a new MMO character?
I've recently returned to Lord of the Rings Online (as have several friends, thanks to the new studio announcement) and found myself getting sorely...
Escape from Tarkov wraps up its year of development in this 18-minute video
Before you jump into 2017 to escape the dystopian horror of this year, you might want to pause for a moment to catch up...
Revelation Online will have its own anime movie
Revelation Online isn't even officially out yet in the west, but the fantasy MMO has already spawned an anime film of its own.
The movie...
Chronicles of Elyria has raised $2 million to date
In case you forgot or weren't aware, this time last year, Chronicles of Elyria was basically four devs in a basement who were being...
EverFeud is being ‘built by PvPers for PvPers’
Would you like some PvP in your PvP? Then you should keep tabs on EverFeud, an in-development title that's creating a highly competitive environment...
Here are all of the online gaming deals from Amazon’s Digital Day sale
Wake up! Are you awake? Good, because you've got less than 24 hours to take advantage of Amazon's first ever "Digital Day" sales event....
Dark and Light lays out its world map for your inspection
The new and hopefully improved Dark and Light is pushing some of its features harder than others, in particular the size of its game...
Hellgate fan project moves toward an alpha build
Work continues on the fan-powered project to bring back Hellgate: London to the masses. The London 2038Â team reported that it is working through some...
Diablo anniversary fever spreads across Blizzard’s library
Did you know that it was 20 years ago this week that the original Diablo released? Well, if you're playing any Blizzard game at...
Perfect Ten: Biggest MMORPG surprises of 2016
Back at the beginning of December, I posted a list of what I considered to be the biggest MMORPG stories of 2016. However, there...
Conan Exiles schools you in the art of combat
In an unexpected move, Conan Exile's combat system will play out abstractly using dice and lengthy columns of hit tables and damage effects. Just...
Hero’s Song wants you to take your money back
As Hero's Song transitions into Hero's Swan Song following this week's announcement of the game and studio shutdown, John Smedley and Pixelmage Games are...
