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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Harvard and Michigan teams disqualified for cheating in Heroes of the Storm tourney
Harvard University's motto, "Veritas," feels more apt than usual this month as the truth came out about some of the school's students and their...
One Shots: Tokyo sunrise
"I've been playing The Secret World for about three years now, but even after all this time, I'm still regularly stopped in my tracks...
The Game Archaeologist: The Wish that wasn’t
First of all, "wish" is one of those words that ends up looking dang strange the more you focus on it. Wish, wish, wish,...
Project Gorgon adds nature appreciation and flower arrangement
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the rumors were true: Flower arrangement has come to Project Gorgon, along with a related skill called nature appreciation. You...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel more epic fighting big mobs in MMOs?
I can't say I feel particularly heroic in MMOs when I’m slaughtering 10 rats, in the case of Lord of the Rings Online, adorable...
Arcane Legends: Curse of the Cryostar takes players inside a Gnome civil war
Mobile gamers looking for an MMO could do a heck of a lot worse than to pick up Arcane Legends. It's actually a very...
EverQuest II kicks off Bristlebane Day, prepares to unlock next TLE expansion
Judging by the propensity of some of our commenters to seed mischief and merriment (often in the form of image memes), there's a prankster...
Eternal Crusade expands battle maps to 64 players, introduces stronghold mode
To war! To victory! To patching!
The battle cry has gone out for Eternal Crusade founders, who can now download and try out the game's...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon lays the foundation for player testing
Darkfall's Rise of Agon reboot spent the last week prepping the servers for the game's eventual player test, according to a new developer diary....
Heretics storm into Albion Online
Albion Online is beefing up its PvE game with this month's Cador update. If you've been following this title for any length of time,...
PSA: ArcheAge is giving away five days of patron time this weekend
Psst! Hey kid, want some free... game time? Sure you do! All the hip cats are doing it, and you can get your first...
Allods promises patch by the end of March, announces collector’s edition
Is it strange for an MMO to be coming out with a collector's edition years after its launch? Allods Online doesn't think so, apparently,...
Infinite Arms lets you play with toys and video games at the same time
Do you play video games? Well, of course you do, unless you're incredibly lost on the internet right now. But do you -- and...
Perfect Ten: Most notable console MMORPGs to date
It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where...
EverQuest II previews the desolate isle of Zek
EverQuest II players may not have heard much about the island of Zek, but that's for a good reason: The small landmass was all...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO tracks to make your heart happy
Music doesn't just speak to emotion; it often evokes it, conjuring it out of thin air with notes and tones and those squiggly lines...
Chinese publisher Youzu snaps up Bigpoint
Free-to-play operator Bigpoint looks to be the latest company to be acquired by a foreign firm. Games Industry reports that a deal is ready...
Echo of Soul adds new continent, increases level cap
Nay, thine eyes hath not deceived thee: We are indeed going to talk about Echo of Soul today. It's been a long time indeed since...
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends transitions into open beta
Advertising itself as having "no mana, no minions, and definitely no random number generation," Chronicle: RuneScape Legends offers players a different kind of digital...
Oculus Rift launches next week, could turn your room into a VR chamber
Next Monday, virtual reality will take another step from hypothetical discussion topic to actual reality with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The VR...
