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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Black Desert’s roadmap for future content
Everyone's curious: What's going to come next for the hit sandbox Black Desert?
DualShockers has a new interview out with Daum Project Manager Daniel Loehr...
Exile Online invites you into a dark cyberpunk world
Jonesing for a nice bite of cyberpunk in your MMO diet? Then you might want to keep one augmented eye on Exile Online, an upcoming...
Grim Dawn to unveil modding tools this week
For some players, enjoying the original game itself is only the first step on a larger journey that leads to modifications galore. Grim Dawn...
The Repopulation distributes Fragmented and lifts NDA
Good news, everybody! Fragmented, the spin-off from The Repopulation, should now be in the hot little hands of all owners of those who ponied...
Black Desert addresses pre-order horse controversy
For want of a tier 5 horse, a kingdom was lost -- or so the saying goes.
Some Black Desert players are quite upset that...
You can see further and play better in Gloria Victis than ever before
You can cite all of the fancy, flashy features in your MMO, but at the end of the day, if your game looks horrible...
The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 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...
Magika: Wizard Wars is shutting down in July
Come this summer, there will be one less MOBA vying for your attention. Paradox announced this past week that it will be shutting down...
The Game Archaeologist: Saga of Ryzom
Every so often I get requests to cover such-and-such game in this column. These are often incredibly obscure titles, even to me, and when...
One Shots: Jedi to the max
Are you all the Jedi you could possibly be? If not, then subscribe to our exclusive six-week course, where we'll teach you such advanced...
The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO dungeons?
If a theme has emerged in my 2016 gaming habits so far, it has to be my renewed love of running dungeons in MMORPGs....
World of Tanks Blitz decreases the cost of ‘irreplacable’ boosts
World of Tanks Blitz, the mobile offshoot of the popular multiplayer tank battler, has received flak lately for its introduction of "provisions," strong in-game...
Elite Dangerous works on experimental mods, traffic control, and better mission system
Never let it be said that Elite Dangerous isn't an ambitious title. Right now, Frontier has projects going on to benefit three versions of...
EVE Fanfest 2016: EVE Valkyrie launching a carrier assault later this spring
The virtual reality EVE Valkyrie is striving to prove that it's not just a passing fad. The starship dogfighting game announced that it's prepping...
Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online
Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance.
Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...
Lord of the Rings Online celebrates nine years in Middle-earth
In the Lord of the Rings, it took Frodo and Sam less than a year to travel from the Shire to Mt. Doom. In...
Overwatch posts McCree comic book, talks about its birth from Titan’s death
It's going to be hard to escape Overwatch's presence this spring as Blizzard's multiplayer shooter revs up for release at the end of May....
Villagers & Heroes revamps newbie zones and hits bugs where they live
A general quality-of-life patch has landed in Villagers & Heroes to improve its beginner experience as well as hand players more tools to report...
Albion Online shows off a quartet of new skills
One of the fun parts of being involved in a game's development cycle is seeing what the team comes up with next. For example, Albion...
EverQuest II sends its members on a tricky treasure hunt
Feeling the itch to open some treasure chests and help yourself to some shiny booty? Not so fast there, EverQuest II player! You've got...
