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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Crowfall team answers dozens of community questions, confirms beta 1 players will test this year
Crowfall fans are in for a long, tall drink of information this weekend, poured straight from the minds of creators J. Todd Coleman and Gordon...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boss fights are actually fun?
Boss fights in MMORPGs are often slapped with predictable labels: tedious, challenging, interesting, technical, difficult, or face-roll. Yet one that I'm always looking for...
PSA: Get your Champions Online anniversary freebies
If you have totally forgotten that Champions Online is currently in the ecstatic throes of its seventh anniversary, it's to be forgiven. Lots of...
Skyforge brings in new MOBA-like PvP mode
Hey kid! Want a little MOBA in your MMO? It won't be the first time that something like this has happened, but Skyforge has just...
RIFT outlines Starfall Prophecy’s new legendary skills
When it comes to RIFT's new legendary skills, the magic numbers to remember are five and three. Players will get five legendary skills as they...
H1Z1 delays King of the Kill launch, opts to stay in early access for a while longer
Last we heard, H1Z1 was getting ready to officially launch its PvP title, King of the Kill, on September 20th. Well, plans have changed,...
TERA gives clearance for dragon flight next week
Unlike some MMOs that keep trying to ground their population, TERA has given the clearance for unbridled flight. And not just your normal, average...
Dragon’s Dogma might be coming overseas
Fans of Dragon's Dogma outside of Japen have a new ray of hope that they may one day see the game arrive in their...
Ever, Jane opens the doors of its new circulating library
A refined and sophisticated setting such as the one in Ever, Jane deserves all of the luxuries that it can garner, don't you agree?...
Why Hero’s Song is leaning on Twitch to generate enthusiasm
Twitch is a vital part of marketing an up and coming video game, according to Pixelmage Games CEO John Smedley. In an interview with...
Welcome to Trove’s Jurassic park: The Dino Tamer has launched
Fuel all of your greatest childhood fantasies by jumping into Trove's new dino-tastic update. The September 13th patch added both the Dino Tamer class...
Mark Kern’s Ember pays for a mining mech with its latest crowdfunding campaign
Ex-Red 5 Studios CEO Mark Kern has taken to Indiegogo once more to finance his promised "massive planetary wargame," Ember. This second trip to...
League of Legends’ newest champion is a tree that will hug you
The cat is out of the bag and has scampered up the tree, as news of League of Legends' newest champion has been confirmed.
Ivern,...
Albion Online reveals powerful druid artifacts
One reason that you might want to bend all of your strength and will to demolishing certain factions in Albion Online is that certain...
Get pumped with this Destiny: Rise of Iron trailer
"Will you stand where the Iron Lords fell?"
We might not exactly know who these Iron Lords were, but we are willing to bet that...
Rift of the Damned heads to Riders of Icarus later this month
Riders of Icarus is certainly working hard to get your attention and keep its players happy considering the game's pace of updates since its...
Sea of Thieves is proud of its fluffy clouds
Pirates in Sea of Thieves might be traveling on the game's gorgeous water for the most part, but it will always be under a...
Electronic Arts consolidates studios under one roof – including BioWare
Huge changes are afoot for mega-publisher Electronic Arts, which announced this week that it is bringing several studios under one roof "to strengthen  studios...
The Daily Grind: What makes for a great MMO expansion?
Pulling off a great MMO expansion has to be a tricky thing. Sure, there's the knee-jerk response of, "Just throw in everything awesome!" But what...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of World of Warcraft Legion’s soundtrack
For soundtrack junkies such as myself, the release of a new World of Warcraft expansion is always extra-special for reasons that go beyond mere...
