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 444: The return of BlizzCon
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon 2023, World of Warcraft The War Within expansion, the Worldsoul Saga, WoW Classic Cataclysm, WoW Classic's Season of Discovery aka don't call it Classic Plus, with a few bits about Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and Diablo IV, plus adventures in Warcraft Rumble and My Time at Sandrock.
Corepunk shares player feedback from its playtest: ‘Challenging and punishing’
Overshadowed by a pretty busy news weekend was the fact that genre hybrid MMO Corepunk ran its second weekend playtest with a little over...
Former SWTOR lead Damion Schubert urges devs to prioritize accessibility in MMOs
When you think of the strengths of Star Wars: The Old Republic as a game, does "accessibility" every come to mind? According to one...
New World appears to have reshuffled some late-year projects around its roadmap
Yesterday's announcement of New World's last content drop of the year isn't all sunshine and, er, eternal frost for some fans who aim to...
Fractured Veil’s November patch improves performance and item persistence
With the recent decision to delay the start of its early access until next January, Fractured Veil's subsequent development is of increased concern to...
Casually Classic: BlizzCon took WoW Classic into the ‘plus’ era
While the three-expansion revelation of World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga stole the show at BlizzCon this past weekend, I was even more excited --...
World of Warcraft will develop ‘Saga’ expansions in parallel, addresses War Within’s headstart controversy
Even after hearing everything that Blizzard had to say about World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga in general and next year's The War Within expansion...
WoW Classic won’t be keeping Wrath Classic realms, debates what to do with Season of Discovery characters
The reverberations from all of WoW Classic's announcements at this past weekend's BlizzCon continue to be felt across the MMO community. And for every...
The MOP Up: DCUO talks about its creative process
DC Universe Online Narrative Designer Lynnea Glasser recently sat down for an interview about the creative process behind the MMORPG and its new Justice...
One Shots: Halloween leftovers
'Tis the week after Halloween, and even as we put away our decorations (or say "whatever" and keep them up until February), the lingering...
Fortnite returns to the past with its Season OG
Out of all of the crazy vehicles that Fortnite boasts, did you know that the battle royale apparently has a time machine among the...
The Game Archaeologist: Firefall, an MMO tragedy about more than just a bus
Back when I first started writing for Massively and was energetic enough to go on trips to trade shows, I hit up a PAX...
BlizzCon 2023: Warcraft Rumble deploys pocket-sized fun
Out of all of the games and announcements emerging from BlizzCon this weekend, only one had to do with a product actually going live...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO beast race?
When you venture off of the safe and predictable road of MMO races, where humans and Elves and blue-skinned humans and slightly smaller humans...
BlizzCon 2023: WoW Classic panel reveals Cataclysm, Hardcore, and Season of Discovery
Despite shouts of "Classic Plus!" coming from the crowd at BlizzCon, Blizzard resolutely pushed forward the more predictable path for World of Warcraft Classic:...
Mortal Online 2 sells three-month packs as it gets ready to launch on Epic Game Store
Mortal Online 2 is preparing to take its next big step forward, as the PvP MMO has plans to launch on Epic Game Store...
New World’s Rise of the Angry Earth score nominated for Hollywood Music in Media award
New World composer Edouard Brenneisen is having a pretty great week, all things considered. He announced on Twitter that his recent score for Rise...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s servers get invaded with a ‘one-time event’
While it may be tempting to see the news that Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped Update 63 this week and think that this is...
Disney Dreamlight Valley gets multiplayer next month to go with its not-F2P launch
The reason that we at Massively OP have been following Disney Dreamlight Valley isn't because we're secret members of the Stitch Fan Club (well,...
Nexon’s Embark Studios defends AI voice work in its arena shooter The Finals
The Finals, a free-to-play game show-themed arena shooter that's currently in open beta, is taking the heat for an admitted use of artificial intelligence...
