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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One Shots: Swords and other pointy things
What are swords good for? For one thing, they make excellent pointers, communicating to your audience that this thing over here is what you're...
The Game Archaeologist: Six videos from MMOs that never launched
Whenever I compile lists or run articles on MMOs that never made it out of the gate, it seems as though talking about it...
Guild Wars 2 says farewell to composer Lena Chappelle
One of the driving forces behind Guild Wars 2's soundtrack is no longer with ArenaNet. Composer Lena Chappelle announced on Twitter that she has...
Project Gorgon aims for Steam early access ‘soon’
Starved for news concerning indie MMO Project Gorgon? Then prepare to gorge yourself silly on a new developer diary that stuffs so much info...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most memorable MMO fight scene?
We've all been in so many fights in MMOs that they mostly blend together in a memory stew of numbers, phases, buffs, debuffs, animations,...
War Thunder adds J.F.K.’s torpedo boat and other small sea craft
Coming this fall to a War Thunder near you: naval battles. The game is prepping a new theater of war -- on the open...
LOTRO community prepares the fifth annual Harnkegger Games
The Olympics aren't the only major sporting event going on this year. Once you've tired of gymnastics and synchronized swimming, you can turn your...
Crowfall opens the doors to its bestiary
Despite the common belief that Crowfall will be nothing but players throwing their meatsack bodies at each other in mortal combat, the team is...
Albion Online displays PvP killboard for all to see
One should never forget that the struggle between players is at the core of Albion Online. To keep that foremost in thoughts, the studio...
Blade and Soul is making it easier to upgrade weapons
For those who are frustrated with Blade and Soul's sometimes-contentious weapon upgrade system, fret not: NCsoft has heard your wailing and gnashing of teeth....
Sea of Thieves will give pirates musical instruments to fill the time
Pirates don't just live by the code of the sword and skull; sometimes a good buccaneer likes to fill his or her day with...
Of Kings and Men welcomes players to medieval war this month
For those who have often fantasized about riding around, living in, and fighting for a medieval country, Of Kings and Men would like to...
Snail Games’ Dark and Light reboot is ‘technically classless’
After hearing that Snail Games is resurrecting the long-dormant sandbox MMO Dark and Light, we are sure that you have many questions. Heck, we...
Perfect Ten: Great tips for naming your next MMO character
Has this ever happened to you? You decide to roll (or reroll) a new character in an MMORPG, and after you get done choosing...
Get acquainted with Lost Ark’s myriad classes
The Diablo clone Lost Ark is gearing up for its closed beta in Korea, and when players check it out, they'll be able to...
Lineage Eternal aims for a beta test in November
When the wait seems... eternal for some upcoming MMOs, it can be helpful to hear that the gears of development and testing are moving, even...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s main music themes
Inspired by a news post that a dashing Massively OP writer penned a few weeks back, I thought that it might be an interesting...
Shroud of the Avatar plans creature taming changes
Creature taming and summoning is about to get adjusted in Shroud of the Avatar come Release 33 later this month.
A quick forum thread identified...
TERA welcomes single players into its Castle Aranea dungeon
Not every dungeon in TERA will give you the comfort of traversing it with your fellow meat shields friends. Some are solo dungeons, which means...
Here’s a few pointers for the World of Warcraft: Legion events
The advent of Demon Hunters in World of Warcraft wasn't the only event that happened yesterday in the game. Regardless of interest in the new...
