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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The Daily Grind: How many hours do you play MMOs every week?
Today's question shouldn't be too difficult, unless you flunked out of basic maths a long time ago. How many hours do you play MMOs...
Exercise-inspiring WalkScape heads to closed beta in January
If your big resolution for 2024 is to get moving and get healthy, then there's one game that could be your best friend on...
StarCraft-inspired RTS Stormgate rockets to crowdfunding success
Those missing the halcyon days of the real-time strategy craze may be in for a revival of sorts, as a group of ex-Blizzard developers...
EverQuest’s ‘Year of Darkpaw’ kicks off with an 11-floor anniversary tower and world bosses
All that talk of 2024 being the "Year of Darkpaw" over at Daybreak wasn't just a lot of PR hot air. Kicking off the...
Job listings suggest Sony’s Horizon MMO aka Project Skyline is actually happening
It was a little over a year ago that we first reported that Sony and NCsoft possibly were teaming up to create an MMORPG...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft wraps up Dragonflight’s esports tournaments
The final esports tournaments for World of Warcraft's Dragonflight era are coming in the first part of 2024, with the Arena World Championship taking...
The 2023 One Shots Awards: The best MMO screenshots of the year
It doesn't feel quite right to end the year without making sure that everything's in order -- and part of that definitely includes returning...
The Daily Grind: Do you roll hybrid classes in MMOs but only do DPS anyway?
A major point of consideration for me when choosing an MMO class is whether I have the option to change my role within a...
Catch up on Battle Bards’ MMO music podcast from 2023
It may not happen every day, but when a new Battle Bards episode drops into your podcast notifications, you know you're in for a...
Player-vs-developer ‘medium fantasy’ MMO Astaria pops back up as Arvita
We would not blame you in the least if you had no recollection of Astaria. This was a suspicious project that was supposed to...
Wurm Online’s Christmas event offers goats, elves, and bonuses
Hey, who's that peeking sheepishly into the window of Wurm Online? Why, it's Santa himself, trying to wrap up the season with the help...
Tamriel Infinium: Rounding out Elder Scrolls Online’s ninth year of adventures
No matter what your predictions may be, how a year turns out often involves unforeseen twists and turns. Even the world of Tamriel was...
Kickstarted solarpunk cozy MMO Loftia ends 2023 with 500K followers and an expanded vision
With $1.2 million raised from a Kickstarter campaign and a half-million people following it on social media, Loftia is ending 2023 on a decidedly...
Cross-platform spellcasting MMO Wizard’s Wrath cancels its Kickstarter campaign
Were the promises too grand, the scope too big, or the marketing too small? No matter what the reason, Wizard's Wrath saw a miserable...
Hardcore MMO Eternal Tombs says it’s pushing hard for a 2025 launch
If Eternal Tombs has flown under your radar up until now, perhaps it's time to pay closer attention. Not only does this tough MMO...
New World Q&A teases: ‘There’s a lot coming in 2024’
Putting a nice fat festive bow on this past year is New World's dev team, which came out for a final community Q&A video...
Tencent’s Tarisland previews the pungent Merfolk Swamp dungeon
With 2024 right around the corner, it's almost like Tarisland knows that the pressure is rising to deliver an entertaining MMO experience and sell...
The Daily Grind: What non-standard MMO server ruleset do or did you love?
Much earlier on in the genre, MMOs often fielded numerous types of server rulesets. It wasn't just PvP and PvE; there were those that...
Z1 Battle Royale, formerly H1Z1, kicks back to a semi-charmed kind of life
Some failed online games die virtually overnight, while others linger on as shuffling zombies that refuse to quit moving. H1Z1 certainly isn't the former,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 451: MMO mailbag-o-rama!
Justin and Bree deliver a mailbag show for the holiday, tackling MMO food, indie news blogging, streaming for charity, granular MMO quests, kids and MMOs, MMO content cadence, stuff we wish we knew when we started in MMOs, and IPs we want turned into MMOs.
