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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Fight your way to the top in SWTOR’s Eternal Championship
Remember back in Knights of the Old Republic when you had to duel your way to the top of an arena in Taris? BioWare...
BBC news reports on World of Warcraft Nostalrius server shutdown
The shutdown of Nostalrius is not going quietly into the night. The wake of the World of Warcraft vanilla emulator's closure under the threat...
RIFT pledges better communication regarding its business model
You might recall that a few months ago, RIFT made some abrupt and significant changes to its business model. Between swiftly taking away the...
Global Chat: An MMO to call home
Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...
Albion Online starts rework on Morgana’s faction
Expect to hear gamers in the future shout "MORGANA!" in frustrated anger with fists raised to the sky. This will be thanks to Albion...
Aion Europe gets Abyss update on April 27
Aion's Abyss continues to be a source of great conflict in the game, a fact that won't change when Update 4.91 comes to the...
The harsh lesson City of Titans learned from Kickstarter
When fans bankrolled a project to bring a superhero MMO to live to the tune of a little over $678,000, it wasn't without a...
Paragon’s Iggy and Scorch are an explosive mix
Kids, don't drink and drive. Unless, for some bizarre reason, you end up in a MOBA where you've transformed into an alcoholic gremlin-thing and...
Pantheon’s Rogue will throw chemicals in your face
Hands up: Who wants to play a Rogue when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches? You might be tempted after reading this class' reveal. The...
WoW hit by DDoS attacks attributed to Lizard Squad [Resolved]
Bad news for players looking to log into World of Warcraft or Blizzard's other online games. The studio shared that it's been weathering DDoS...
Darkfall reboots vie for your love (and your wallet)
Both Darkfall reboot projects continue to barrel ahead, seeking to establish a foothold among the PvP community with their different visions. No matter which...
Neverwinter’s tabletop campaign delivers a month of prizes
Neverwinter's not-quite-an-April-Fools-joke tabletop game is scheduled to run through the entire month of April. This is not just to give players a chance of...
PlanetSide 2 hitbox hack gets called out, hotfixed by Daybreak
When it comes to multiplayer shooters, issues like hitbox detection and size are always hot button topics for the community. But what if you...
Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up
In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended
When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....
WildStar crosses factional barriers, mulls new class/race combos
What's brewing in WildStar's labs these days? Only a whole vat of changes, that's what.
As a result of Carbine's first DevConnect forum survey, the...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
Final Fantasy XIV producer letter pokes and prods at Patch 3.3 and 3.4 features
Stop the presses, go home from school early, and call off from work -- the latest Final Fantasy XIV producer letter is here. As...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down
Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
Crowfall Q&A talks about Eternal Kingdoms and next playable archetypes
The Crowfall community has no end of questions for the ArtCraft team, and ArtCraft has no end of time to answer them. Actually, today...
