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: What awards would you give to MMOs?
With December right around the corner, the Massively OP staff is hard at work prepping some awesome end-of-the-year content for you, including our annual...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 92: A talk with RIFT: Starfall Prophecy’s devs
Justin and MJ interview RIFT's Starfall Prophecy devs and discuss EverQuest and EverQuest II's expansions, their shared love for The Secret World, and G-Star 2016's reveals.
Overwatch strives to rebalance Symmetra
Overwatch players who avoid Symmetra like the plague might find themselves gravitating to her with an upcoming patch. Lead Designer Jeff Kaplan sat down...
Sea of Thieves is recruiting ‘insider’ pirates
Even pirates have a pecking order, and Sea of Thieves is going to create its own by starting up an Insider Program for select...
Turkey tomfoolery targets World of Warcraft
Turkeys really are one of the noblest and most majestic birds of the world, and it is their bold sacrifice to our taste buds...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
Dark and Light teases Elven and Dwarven cities
It is hard to miss that there is a lot of emotional baggage and wary caution concerning Snail Games' reboot of Dark and Light...
What is Blizzard’s secret first-person game project?
There is always a fierce curiosity among the gaming community to know what Blizzard is cooking up in its secret labs. Considering that the...
Where is Jeremy Soule’s Kickstarter symphony?
Back in 2013, Composer Jeremy Soule (Landmark, Guild Wars 2) launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $10,000 to fund his personal project of creating...
Project Gorgon patches alpha while holding an Indiegogo contest
A smaller build went live in Project Gorgon's alpha this past week, bringing revisions to the hammer and ice magic skill sets. The hammer...
Black Desert gives a sneak peek at Dark Elves, new areas, and more
Black Desert is on a hot streak of activity is month. The title merged servers in its "New World" update earlier this month while also...
Blade and Soul announces the Gunslinger and Korean F2P
It seems so very long ago, but the beginning of 2016 was dominated with excitement and expectations for Blade and Soul. For a good...
Astellia Online proves that MMOs and TCGs can coexist in harmony
One of the games that's emerging from G-Star 2016 is Nexon's Astellia Online, an MMO that heavily incorporates digital card game-like features into its...
The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 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 Wars’ ship viewer gives players a hands-on preview of its vessels
When you are sitting around waiting to get into an MMO's beta or for the launch itself, the frustration of not being able to...
One Shots: A home away from home
If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...
Skyforge nerfs squad adventures and steels itself for a Reaper invasion
Love it, hate it, or ambivalent toward it, it's hard to deny that Skyforge is pretty on the ball with its production of updates....
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2
We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...
Dogma: Eternal Night playable builds are coming in December
Thanks to some additional crowdfunding, Dogma: Eternal Night will be able to start rolling out playable builds starting at the end of December. These...
Overwatch frags its First Strike comic
Overwatch's "expanded media universe" just shrunk a bit this week as the team announced that it has canceled development of the First Strike graphic...
