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: How did you find your MMO guild?
I'll admit that I have a very haphazard approach to finding guilds in MMORPGs. Part of my problem is that I jump between games...
Worlds Adrift’s writer cites Gulliver’s Travels as inspiration
Bossa Studios Lead Writer Matt Cook sat down for an in-house interview about his work in creating the story for Worlds Adrift. Cook cited...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 72: The dog days of summer updates
Justin and Bree discuss Riders of Icarus, Landmark, Age of Conan, RIFT, and Aion, with mailbag questions on FFA PvP tension and social encounters.
Crowfall shows you how you can kick down its walls
Did you ever like setting up blocks and dominos as a kid just to experience the joy of smashing them and seeing them fall...
Steam temporarily blacklists Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling site
A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling site was the center of a controversy this past weekend when Steam temporarily blacklisted the link on its platform.
CSGO Lotto,...
Elite Dangerous lessens RNG frustration and promotes interstellar tourism
In the latest Elite Dangerous newsletter, the developers said that even more adjustments are coming to smooth out the rocky Engineers update and lessen...
Unannounced Diablo project is looking for a game director
So what's going on with Diablo? Something, apparently, as Blizzard is currently hiring a game director for an unannounced Diablo project.
Blizzard told Polygon that...
ArcheAge secures publisher for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau
The reach of ArcheAge keeps spreading across the globe, as word has arrived that the Chinese territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau have...
R.I.P. PlanetSide
With barely a whisper in memory of its long-running MMOFPS, Daybreak closed down the PlanetSide servers this past weekend.
The studio had previously stated that...
Here’s everything that’s coming with Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 11
It's hard to know what to be more excited for in The Elder Scrolls Online: the major update that's coming to the game in...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XI expands its wardrobe (July 3, 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...
Darkfall: New Dawn launches its public InDev server
One of the two Darkfall reboots has sort of won the race to release, as New Dawn announced this past week that it has...
One Shots: Victory pose
It's an MMO tradition: When you down a particularly nasty boss, you and your party gathers around the corpse, joins hands, and sings about...
Heroes of the Storm balances a trio of classes, teases Auriel and Gul’dan
Don't you get incredibly nervous when developers set their eyes on a class or champion that you're playing? It's agonizing wondering if they're going...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Age of Camelot
Today, we take a trip to England, but not the England of our timeline. No, this is the England-That-Could-Have-Been, the England of King Arthur,...
Daybreak bans, unbans thousands of third-party key purchasers
If you bought and activated a key for EverQuest, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, EverQuest II, or a Krono subscription from a third-party reseller, you...
Aeria Games lays off over 100 employees
Aeria Games has laid off around a number of staff following the planned merger with fellow games company Gamigo, Gamasutra is reporting. According to the site's source,...
The Daily Grind: Does your character have a backstory?
One thing that greatly bugs me about MMORPG character creation is how little thought that these games give into providing any sort of backstory...
ARK championships rage on this weekend
This is the weekend that Americans will get out their grills, shoot off some fireworks, and celebrate their independence from the tyranny of dinosaurs....
The newest ECO patch adds food, buildings, and power
ECO's alpha 4 update is now live, and boy is it a major patch for the upcoming sandbox. Several major systems have been added...
