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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AdventureQuest 3D’s new inventory system is ‘faster, smoother, better’
MJ showed up this morning to say that she's crying with happiness that AdventureQuest 3D completely overhauled its inventory system to make it "faster,...
Pirate 101 has a surprise mobile spinoff called Pirate101 Plunder Hunt
Every so often, something comes across our desks at Massively OP that makes us go, "Huh," and then say louder across the office, "Did...
Fractured Online hopes to restore its player cities today after nasty weekend hack
There's no doubt that it has been hard times at the Fractured Online ranch this past weekend. This early access sandbox endured a nightmare...
The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
Sea of Thieves takes players on a voyage to the Skull of Siren Song
Season 10 is proving to be a rather significant one for Sea of Thieves players. Hot on the heels of the addition of guilds...
One Shots: Lightning strikes twice
When you see lightning on the horizon, it may be time to seek shelter, brew a favorite hot beverage, and settle in for a...
Black Desert PC kicks off first round of adjustments to skill balance
You figure that when you see a patch arrive with a 37-point table of contents, it's probably a pretty big deal. Black Desert received...
Global Chat: Reactions to BlizzCon’s World of Warcraft announcements
Even as BlizzCon 2023 recedes into the distance, the reverberations of its announcements for World of Warcraft and WoW Classic continue to be felt....
Guild Wars 2 unveils the Guardian’s ‘bullets of justice’ and delays some WvW restructuring plans
It's not every day that you see a tanky MMO class run around with pistols, but that's the sort of fun lunacy that's coming...
The Daily Grind: How do you best express yourself in an MMO?
Even though MMOs are virtual worlds, the people who interact with them are (reportedly) quite authentic. And as it is in the real world,...
Runes of Magic merges European servers, activates bonus XP weekend
Whenever I try to visualize a server merge, I picture a studio taking two server blades, smooshing them together, and saying, "Now... KISS!" However...
Lord of the Rings Online vows to beef up Corsairs of Umbar’s endgame
One of the criticisms that arrived in the wake of the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion is that it has very little...
First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp
I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...
Fractured Online deploys medium-sized patch with ‘urgent balance changes’
Will Fractured Online be the stealth comeback story of 2023? That remains to be seen as we've watched this battered title endure a troubled...
Throne and Liberty’s new trailer envisions an action-packed boss fight
You know what you need today? A nice injection of trailer hype, courtesy of NCsoft's upcoming Throne and Liberty. While it's not actual gameplay...
Tower of Fantasy readies its Thanksgiving event and Nan Yin simulacrum
Turkey isn't the only delicacy being served piping hot next week. On November 21st, scifi online RPG Tower of Fantasy is expanding its simulacrum...
Lord of the Rings Online changes up lockbox offerings, kicks off new legendary reward track
Hope you Lord of the Rings Online fans claimed all of your legendary reward track goodies from Season 7 because as of today's patch,...
The Daily Grind: How dedicated are you to wealth generation in MMOs?
There was a span of time a few years back when I heavily engaged with the World of Warcraft economy to make as much...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
Hardcore MMO Eternal Tombs shows how its team will trigger dynamic events for you
If you can get past the hardcore attitude of the upcoming Eternal Tombs (and hey, maybe that's a desirable quality for you!), you may...
