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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Darkfall: New Dawn shows first in-game footage
Darkfall: New Dawn, the fan-made and authorized reboot of the PvP MMO, has popped up with another progress report along with its first video...
SWTOR Chapter 11: Disavowed is here, and Aric Jorgan has returned
Players' companion rosters in Star Wars: The Old Republic will be getting one stronger tomorrow, as Trooper companion Aric Jorgan joins the alliance for Chapter...
Dungeons and Dragons Online moves to a new datacenter
Dungeons and Dragons Online has a new hardware home, as Turbine migrated the game's info to a new data center.
The transition took place yesterday,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you revisited lately?
While it might be more exciting to check out a brand-new MMO, I find that it's often easier and requires far less energy to...
Black Desert impressions from around the MMO blogosphere
When a new game comes out, you can play it cautious by waiting for reviews or you can roll the dice and take your...
Battle Bards Episode 70: MMO Ambience
While loud and brash music might be what often grabs our attention, the astute soundhound will keep an ear out for beautiful low-key pieces...
Pantheon to debut on Twitch this Friday
You've read about Pantheon, you've followed the various crowdfunding campaigns, and you've devoured every second of its trailers. Now it's time to see the...
EVE Valkyrie shifts from testing to launch this month
Do you all remember betas? They used to be something games went through, back in the days before early access, alphas, pre-alphas, and pre-pre-alphas....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 54: Something fishy is afoot
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Path of Exile, Guild Wars 2, No Man's Sky, World of Fishing, and AdventureQuest 3D, with a mailbag question on broken dev promises.
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts on hobbies, patch sizes, and bacon farming
Don't lie: You know you want to know what Chris Roberts likes to do in his spare time when he isn't manning the Star...
Project Gorgon adds special weekend modes, slows combat leveling
When Project Gorgon adds a patch, watch out: This game does not mess around. The March 8th update is absolutely enormous, with big adjustments...
Black Desert is increasing its server capacity
If you're having a hard time logging into or playing Black Desert Online, then take heart: The team is working on increasing server capacity...
Long-running Korean shooter Gunz is getting a second lease on life
After launching way back in 2003, South Korea's Gunz: The Duel had an impressive 10-year run as an online PvP shooter (it launched in...
Guns of Icarus opens up dynamic PvE battles with Alliance DLC
Dueling airships title Guns of Icarus is sailing into uncharted territory with its recent Alliance DLC: PvE.
If players pony up the $15 to buy...
Rumor: Overwatch is releasing on May 24th [Confirmed]
Rumor confirmed! See below.
Overwatch could be releasing a lot sooner than you think, if a web ad is to be believed.
An ad for the...
Jukebox Heroes: ARK: Survival Evolved’s soundtrack
If you've been hiding in a cave on Mars with your fingers in your ears and your social media feeds on the fritz, you...
Worlds Adrift’s composer shares a morsel of the soundtrack
Even if you're the type of player who switches off the music and doesn't give it another thought, it's hard to deny that a...
The MOP Up: Blade & Soul brings in the Warlock (March 6, 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...
Age of Conan gets tabletop crossover sourcebook
Funcom is no longer merely promoting the successfully funded Conan pen-and-paper roleplaying game; it's now becoming an active part of its development. The creators of...
One Shots: Hook, line, and sinker
Personally, I don't get the appeal of fishing in MMOs, mostly because I get super-fidgety if I have to stand still in-game for long...
