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: Player barbecue
Oh, standing in the fires might look cool and give your character that mysterious aura that's so desirable among the trendy set, but in...
War Thunder brings in new planes and tanks
War Thunder's newest patch may be "small in size, but very exciting in content," according to the team.
Patch 1.61: Road to Glory introduces a...
The Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online
I suppose there will always be a special place in my heart for Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it one of...
The Daily Grind: Do you duel other players in MMOs?
The other day I was loading up Shroud of the Avatar, and whilst checking out its options, I selected "auto-decline duels" so fast that...
Allods Online’s Unconquered Summit update arrives
With a name like "Unconquered Summit," you just know that this Allods Online is taunting you to come and try to beat it.
Patch 7.0.1...
HEX celebrates its Sea Festival and announces a new card set
HEX continues to load up players with as many cards as they can handle (and then some) with the announcement of the game's fifth...
Elder Scrolls Online explains how to conquer Cyrodiil
One of the interesting features that came with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 this week was the option to take a ragtag band of...
World of Warcraft’s Harbingers video and the story of Illidan
We have a lot of questions for Illidan, who is making a star performance return in World of Warcraft: Legion. Why so mad, bro?...
Crowfall teases the Guinecean Duelist, shifts development to focus on foundations
Small and deadly: That might just be the motto of the Guinecean Duelist, Crowfall's newest archetype in development. ArtCraft teased the pint-sized class yesterday and...
Revelation Online will boast giant turtle housing
Housing is definitely becoming more accepted across the MMORPG genre, so while it may not be a surprise that the upcoming Revelation Online will...
Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character
Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...
WildStar introduces you to the evil pirates of Redmoon Rising
Call me Ish'amel.
Sorry, we couldn't resist the opportunity when WildStar wants to talk about Ish’amel the Bloodied and Captain Mordechai Redmoon. Moby Dick puns aside,...
What drives Star Citizen’s superbackers to spend $10,000 or more
By now, Star Citizen's crowdfunding success is quite well-known. But perhaps what isn't common knowledge is that there is a group of players --...
Here’s everything you need to know about RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion
When RIFT players cast their minds back to the last expansion, Nightmare Tide, chances are that two aspects that stick out more than the...
Black Desert patch heralds the start of Valencia sieges, bans another round of cheaters
Valencia Sieges will begin this Sunday, according to Black Desert Online's most recent patch notes. That should give players a few days to prepare...
Blizzard holds firm on Overwatch’s Olympic promotion
Players who want to collect all of Overwatch's limited-time Olympic goodies will have to deal with disappointment. Blizzard said that it will be staying the...
Winning Putt expands guild offerings, welcomes summer festival
Winning Putt is putting the emphasis on guilds (shouldn't they be associations?) with its big summer update. Guilds can now expand to 40 members...
Gloria Victis unleashes a trio of pre-alpha patches
Early game development is often marked by frequent patching as the team feverishly works to shape and mold the title. Gloria Victis is definitely...
Neverwinter crits you with a wall of class balance notes
One nice website feature that Neverwinter is doing these days is occasionally compiling all of its developer notes in the preview forums and posting...
New Transformers mobile MMO vows to be ‘more than meets the eye’
Could the Transformers MMO that you've desired for so many years be finally coming... to mobile?
At ChinaJoy this past week, Hasbro announced that it...
