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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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...
Villagers and Heroes releases mobile edition trailer
We will admit it: We completely and totally forgot that Villagers and Heroes is getting ready to release a mobile edition of the MMO...
Grand Theft Auto Online expands its black market
Surely if you're playing Grand Theft Auto Online, you're not above engaging in some shady black market activities. So for criminal scum of the...
WildStar preps for tomorrow’s Steam release
Is this WildStar's last shot at stabilizing and becoming profitable for the indefinite future? There's a lot riding on tomorrow's Steam release, and Carbine...
Overwatch’s updated competitive play system will be ‘much more skill-based’
With launch and meteoric success under its belt, Overwatch and its team are hard at work on the game's next big update, which should...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio is best at communication?
Community management has got to be one of the most stressful jobs in the industry. After all, there's nothing like throwing yourself to the...
Global Chat: Is casual raiding important for MMOs?
When it comes to the subject of raiding, one might get the impression that there are only two factions involved: those who are hardcore...
Dancy chaos comes to Trove
We have to hand it to Trove: This MMO has the best patch names of any game. Enter today's Dancy Chaos update, which really...
Leap into MMO blogging with the Newbie Blogger Initiative
True fact: Many Massively OP writers got their start in the field by writing their own blogs. These platforms were great places to share...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
Paragon’s $60 Essentials Edition will get you into the game right now
Those enviously watching Paragon testers and feeling left out of the fun have an option to get into the game right now, as long...
Tree of Savior compensates players for downtime, removes DLC from Steam
Time to catch up on Tree of Savior, shall we? Rewinding the clock a little to late May, we see that the title removed...
Warcraft movie premieres in the US, racks up huge ticket pre-sales
This is a huge week for the Warcraft movie. After releasing overseas, the motion picture adaptation of Blizzard's video game universe will be coming...
RuneScape marks anniversary of a somber player massacre with… another massacre
For some, the pain of one of the most infamous events in RuneScape's history will never go away. For others, it's something that they'd...
Escape from Tarkov’s alpha test is coming in August
Watch out, everyone: The Russian invasion is coming this summer.
Escape from Tarkov announced this past weekend that it will be heading into alpha testing...
