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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E3 2016: ARK: Survival Evolved will soon let you play and mate as a prehistoric creature
Have you ever been playing ARK: Survival Evolved and wondered what it would be like to live a day in the life of some...
E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Online accumulates 7M players, announces game-wide auto-scaling
Elder Scrolls Online took to its studio stage pre-E3 late last night to make a major announcement: The MMO will soon feature universal level-scaling for all players...
The MOP Up: EverQuest gets hardcore (June 12, 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...
The Black Death puts in an early version of crafting
You can better believe that in a survival sandbox game, there's going to be a heapload of crafting. So it will be with The...
Ingress player’s death spotlights ARG risks
Ingress, the alternate reality game where players travel to real-world locations to "capture" virtual portals, carries with it an inherent risk of danger as...
One Shots: Fire + ice = mess
What do you get when you mix fire and ice? A steamy combination of incredible pictures... and an awful mess.
Steampower Girl noticed that in...
The Soapbox: Sharing MMORPGs with my kids
"Dad, can I pilot your ship tonight?"
I turn around to see my seven-year-old son giving me Bambi eyes with his hands clasped because, somewhere...
Camelot Unchained shows environmental art, teases major announcement
Camelot Unchained fans know that there's always a lot to unpack from each week's lengthy newsletters. And while there's a lot to chew on...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you nerded out in an MMO?
OK, so maybe you're so cool that you've never had one of those moments where you broke down in a total nerdgasm over something...
Aion returns to the Tower of Eternity in July
Some of the most momentous occasions in MMORPGs aren't when players are invited to explore strange, new zones, but when the community comes back...
SkySaga brings in realm dungeons and beefs up guilds
Last month's SkySaga Alpha 8 patch is getting a helping hand this week with a small but important update that adds new options for adventuring...
Crowfall’s devs talk about zergs, movement, and promotions
You've got Crowfall questions? Well, ArtCraft's devs have Crowfall answers! Oh, sure, maybe not to every last little query that pops into your information-starved...
Yes, you can punch camels in Conan Exiles
Funcom knows that its fans have one overriding concern when it comes to the upcoming Conan Exiles: whether or not players will be able...
Age of Conan’s revamped item shop draws ire from players
Cash shops are pretty much a standard feature in most MMORPGs these days, whether you like them or not. It's always a tricky balancing...
Ex-SOE devs craft tactical shooter Kinetik
Doesn't it seem like so many games these days are hybrids that pull together elements of different genres to see if they can fashion...
AdventureQuest 3D tests its first multi-room dungeon
Cross-platform MMO AdventureQuest 3D recently reached a major milestone in its development with the addition of its first multi-room dungeon, Barrow Downs. Following feedback, the...
Lord of the Rings Online reveals new raid bosses, starts spring festival
Like the tides and fashion, raids in MMOs fall in and out of popularity in any given title. Lord of the Rings Online has...
Explore Lineage II’s giant floating castle and battle ancient giants
Look there, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a massive inexplicably floating castle begging to be explored and plundered!
The Dreadnought...
ArcheAge makes it (temporarily) safer to regrade gear, drama llamas come out to play
One of ArcheAge's more... interesting features is its gear upgrade system. In short, it's a risky proposition to "regrade" gear because it costs money,...
The Warcraft movie is going gangbusters in China
Poor overall film reviews or no, Warcraft is most certainly going to make some nice bank this summer. The movie opens in the US...
