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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Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
EverQuest Online Adventures revival project solicits aid
It's been well over four years since EverQuest Online Adventures was unplugged and its servers shut down, as SOE deemed the old hardware (PlayStation...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 93: Free-to-EVE
Justin and Brendan discuss EVE Online's recent free-to-play transition, the Ascension patch, the need for the newbie experience overhaul, playing as a casual, surviving as an alpha clone, what's in it for vets - and what's next.
Guardians of Ember comes to early access on December 13
Hopefully you weren't cursed by the fact that Guardians of Ember failed to meet its announced early access launch back in September. Obviously, the title...
SWTOR welcomes early access players to Knights of the Eternal Throne
The threat is still looming over the galaxy, but that's just the way that Star Wars: The Old Republic players probably prefer it. After...
Overwatch player is the first to hit the level cap on his own
Fancy yourself a pretty good Overwatch player? You probably don't hold a candle to TaZzeRK, a player who has achieved a rather interesting world first:...
Conan Exiles answers questions about its upcoming early access launch
With Conan Exiles' early access launch just around the corner, you can better believe that the community has a mountain of questions about the...
Korean MMO from the ’90s returns to life
Have you ever heard of an MMO called Helbreath? Don't be ashamed if you haven't, as it never hit the big leagues and has...
Albion Online to improve its PvE experiencce
Game Director Robin Henkys kicked off the first of a series of Albion Online development recap videos this past week to give players an...
World of Warcraft gives out free emissary chests
If you tried to work on your World of Warcraft world quests this past weekend, you might have found yourself increasingly frustrated with trying...
Mobile dino MMO Durango eyes global beta test
Have those post-Turkey Day blues? A good dose of dino fun is bound to pick up your spirits. Durango, the mobile survival sim featuring...
Star Wars Galaxies players can ‘come home’ to a new NGE emulator
The underground rebels of the Star Wars Galaxies community continue to fight to keep the MMO alive any way that they can. One group...
World of Warcraft player dings 110 without picking a faction
Back in March 2015, we reported on a World of Warcraft player who decided that when the game tried to make his Pandaran character...
Survival mode and base building comes to No Man’s Sky
Following a heap of post-launch controversy and several months of silence, No Man's Sky is back with a content update that adds a new...
The MOP Up: Chris Taylor’s new studio (November 27, 2016)
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...
Space roguelike Lazarus kicks off persistent servers
It's the end of the world. Again and again and again.
Lazarus is an unusual space roguelike shooter in which players fly 2-D ships and...
Here’s a schedule of World of Warcraft’s new micro-holidays
Think you know all of World of Warcraft's holidays backwards and forwards by now? The MMO says otherwise, as it's preparing to unleash a...
Skyforge’s pantheon wars engage in a space race
Following a brief respite, the battles between Skyforge's pantheons will return. On December 3rd, the second season is due to kick off, with the...
Lineage II: Revolution arrives on December 14
Mobile gamers look like they will be getting an early Christmas present from Netmarble, as Lineage II: Revolution's launch has finally been dated for...
One Shots: A horse and his old boy
As much as I admire the world that J.R.R. Tolkien built and his insane attention to detail, language, and extensive back histories of completely...
