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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 57: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs
Justin and Bree are joined by Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs to address questions from the Massively OP audience.
Otherland returns to Steam after two-month absence
When you're in early access, it probably doesn't help your cause to disappear from the world's most popular digital games store for months at a...
Ragnarok 2 comes under new management, returns to active development
Good news for fans of Ragnarok 2 today: WarpPortal announced that it will be taking over the development of the game from Gravity Interactive....
Player wanders into deserted virtual world, finds abundant creepiness
Chances are that you're unfamiliar with Active Worlds. It was a virtual world created in 1995 with the ability for players to create their...
Blizzard alters Overwatch’s Tracer’s sexualized victory pose following player objections
Call it "The Great Butt Controversy of 2016."
If you didn't see it pop up all over the internet last night, here's the deal: There...
Diablo III begins testing season 6
Have you finished all of your Diablo III season 5 goals and achievements yet? You best get a move on it, little doggy, because...
Dragon Nest launches Vietnamese service tomorrow
As of tomorrow, Dragon Nest will expand its linguistic options, as it will start offering service to Vietnamese customers. The game and its launcher...
Neverwinter whips up a new tabletop campaign for April
You might recall that the too-clever-by-half Neverwinter team created a game-within-a-game a while back, transforming players into tabletop figures to go through a campaign...
Guild Wars 2’s Mike O’Brien elaborates on legendary weapon cancellation
The fallout from the cancellation of further legendary weapon development has been one for the history books within the Guild Wars 2 community. Players...
H1Z1 vows to test builds better in the future
H1Z1: King of the Kill issued a mea culpa to the community in a letter this past week, admitting that Daybreak has been rushing patches...
Soulworker Online starts Japanese open beta next week
On the prowl for a new game to test? We might have something for you in the anime department next week with Soulworker Online.
Soulworker...
The MOP Up: Easter springs upon us (March 27, 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...
Saga of Lucimia’s next public build is coming in April
Now that Saga of Lucimia has emerged from the dark age of development, the team is proving to be quite communicative about the game's...
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...
