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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Blizzard begins distributing Overwatch’s digital goodies
If you haven't noticed, Blizzard sure does love to cross-promote its games through special edition extras. Encouraging players to explore the entire Blizzard ecosystem...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG ‘Oh crap!’ skill?
We've all been there: You saunter into a combat situation, feeling all elite and cocky, and before you know it, you're in over your...
PAX East 2016: Let It Die is a crazy, gruesome survival action game
If you haven't noticed, we're currently in the middle of another game development trend, this time centered around making survival action games. Can't go...
Battle Bards Episode 73: Spooky & Magical II
By popular demand -- which you should read as "Syl's imperial fiat" -- the Battle Bards podcast is returning to the fertile musical landscape of...
Mu Legend wants to satisfy your ARPG cravings
Has Mu Legend grabbed your attention yet? This action-RPG has been in development since 2011 and is on the cusp of closed beta testing...
Hearthstone confirms April 26 launch for Whispers of the Old Gods
Talk about those old gods, man. They are always dreaming inky doom for fleshy mortals, rising up through shower drains to interrupt your karaoke,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 61: Update-o-rama!
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.
Trove: Mantle of Power is a gem of an expansion
As you read this, the head start for Trove's first expansion, Mantle of Power, has opened its doors to players who purchased one of...
Children of Ur adds skills and buffs to its alpha
What's a Glitch remake without a hearty dose of skills and buffs? A poor remake, that's what! Fortunately for Children of Ur, the TinySpeck-sanctioned...
Aeria Games to publish Bless Online in the west
It's happening, people, it's really happening. Bless Online is heading to the west, for real, after months of speculation.
Aeria Games has signed on to...
RuneScape releases greatly improved NXT game client
RuneScape has come a long, long way from its days of being a crude assembly of jagged polygons. While the title got a nice visual...
Beta blossoms on Tree of Life’s branches
After a year of preparation, Tree of Life's beta test is finally here.
The test marks the debut of an almost brand-new look and feel...
Villagers & Heroes is coming to Android tablets
Villagers & Heroes is one of those underappreciated MMO gems that's been flying under the radar for a while. It might look an awful...
The MOP Up: ARK’s free PvP version goes wide (April 17, 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...
Star Conflict celebrates Cosmonautics Day
Star Conflict stood up straight and saluted Cosmonautics Day this week, a day that marks the 55th anniversary of humanity sending a person into space for...
RuneScape argues why MMO companies should offer classic servers
There's been this thing in the news over the past two weeks about a certain (illegal) fan-run vanilla World of Warcraft server and its...
Dogma: Eternal Night strives to get a playable client operational
While the team behind Dogma: Eternal Night isn't quite ready to roll out a schedule of testing dates, it did report that it's making...
One Shots: Hello Spino!
I should have known better. I really should have. A couple of weeks ago, I challenged Massively OP's readers to submit "disturbing, grim, or...
Massively OP’s guide to the Project Gorgon starter island
If you get past its (hopefully improving) looks and to the substance of the long-in-development Project Gorgon, you'll find that this game is a...
Crowfall interview covers the campaign system at length
Wrapping your head around Crowfall's PvP campaigns can take some doing, especially as ArtCraft is angling at a different approach than what most MMOs take. Italian...
