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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SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne confirmed for this fall
Move over Fallen Empire, Knights of the Eternal Throne is about to become the newest expansion on the Star Wars: The Old Republic block.
BioWare...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO tunes from the 1990s
I'll admit that I have a particular fondness for older video game music. I still scour the archives of NES and Genesis libraries for...
Crowfall devs talk about the Myrmidon minotaur and murder machines
What's the Crowfall team up to these days? In a new Q&AÂ video for July, the lead devs talk about the three "tracks" that the...
World of Warcraft preps Legion pre-patch for July 19, previews transmog 2.0
World of Warcraft's Legion pre-patch is on the way as promised: on July 19th, to be exact. The patch will include the new transmogrification system...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best eyecandy?
We can quibble about the quality and variety of content in MMORPGs, but I think most of us would agree that visually, online games...
Watch your step: Edengrad adds land mines
Flush with success (not to mention cash) from its Kickstarter campaign, the Edengrad team is excited to share what projects it's been working on...
Darkfall: New Dawn opens its store
Darkfall: New Dawn isn't wasting any time setting up a revenue stream to tap players flocking to this reboot. The new web store, which...
Allods Online has six new regions in the works
Allods Online always seems like one of those MMORPGs where there's no shortage of frontiers to explore. When Patch 7.0.1 arrives, that frontier will...
Feast your eyes upon another World of Warcraft: Legion comic book
How are your World of Warcraft: Legion preparations coming? Everyone in the community seems to have his or her own to-do list for the expansion, and...
Star Citizen has the financial backing of 500,000 fans
While much is made of Roberts Space Industries' work on Star Citizen, perhaps much less known is the job that Turbulent has performed. This...
Pokémon GO becomes the biggest mobile US game of all time
Well, that certainly didn't take long! In just a week, Pokémon GO has overtaken every mobile game in the United States, becoming the biggest title of...
Elder Scrolls Online’s dye system adds a color splash for cash
You may not care what color your armor is in MMOs as long as you're not creating a garish scene, but rest assured that...
Kalonline delivers a hardcore Asian MMO with lowcore requirements
Move over summer plans, for Kalonline has arrived!
OK, maybe we're getting a little carried away here, but we thought you might want to know...
Asian mobile MMO Chaos Legends starts taking beta sign-ups
Snail Games has a new MMO in the works, and this time the studio is aiming at your mobile device instead of your PC....
Landmark patch nixes build flags
Are flags a fad? Those flapping bits of cloth have seen their day, and at least Landmark is calling an end to their use.
A...
Explore Shroud of the Avatar’s world with this community web atlas
There's no chance that you're going to get lost when you go exploring Shroud of the Avatar, thanks to a new community project that's...
Marvel Heroes loses one CM but regains another
Break out the hankies and wave them majestically as one of Marvel Heroes' leads embarks on a one-way journey out of the office.
Creative Designer and Community...
Neverwinter targets the Hunter Ranger for a major revamp
Sooner or later, MMO development teams like to clean house with their classes. It's one of those scary-yet-exciting changes, because such revamps might mean...
Atlantica Online closing down, will reopen under new management
It's a sad and somewhat scary day for fans of Atlantica Online: All three of the game's operators, including Nexon, have announced that they are...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
