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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WildStar adds new PvP arena with its next update
With WildStar's Reloaded update over a month old, Carbine is now turning its attention to the next big patch for the game. The new...
Industry experts weigh in on Activision Blizzard’s King acquisition
If you're still trying to wrap your head around Activision Blizzard's stunning purchase of Candy Crush developer King for $5.9 billion, trust us, you're...
Wargaming invests in Twitch competitor
Don't be surprised if Twitch gives World of Tanks a cold shoulder from now on.
Apparently Wargaming has invested $4 million in Hitbox, a livestreaming service...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO starter zone?
A lot of love and attention is poured into beginning zones by developers. After all, these are players' first steps into your world, so...
Global Chat: The frustrations and joys of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
The player debate and analysis over the virtues and vices of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has -- unsurprisingly -- evoked strong opinions...
Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 36: Team Sparkles
Justin and Bree discuss the World of Darkness sale, Star Trek Online, LOTRO's Minas Tirith, and Marvel Heroes, with mailbag questions on minimum viable products and social ecosystems.
Dogma: Eternal Night brings MMO vampires to Kickstarter
Do you need a game that's so dark that if it were any darker it'd be a pure black rectangle on your monitor? Are...
Blizzard secures rights to Overwatch’s name
Overwatch's tagline is, "The world needs heroes." If we might amend that motto in light of a recent story, it should add "...but no more...
Arabic-language MMO Areeb World releases on Steam
It's not common at all to see Arabic-language MMOs release in the west, which is why the recently released Areeb World might merit some attention.
The...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2015: World of Warcraft drops 100K subs, Actibliz buys Candy Crush dev for $5.9B
Strange things are afoot at Blizzard Activision.
Even while the studio is preparing for BlizzCon and the trailer reveal for the Warcraft movie, it announced...
Cibele looks at falling in love in MMOs
Last week we asked you if you had ever been in a relationship with someone that you met through an MMO. This apparently was...
Das Tal opens persistent testing server
It's one small step for test servers but one giant leap for Das Tal.
The "open-world survival arena" has kicked off a nine-day run of...
Neverwinter wages war on botting and gold buying
Cryptic's been on a bit of a ban streak in Neverwinter lately, and it recently explained to its community what exactly is triggering the punishments.
According...
The MOP Up: Free Tribes for all (November 1, 2015)
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...
EverQuest provides progression server updates
Remember EverQuest's dual progression servers that were all the rage(fire) a few months ago? Well they're still rolling along, with player votes determining how...
Star Citizen finalizes details for Alpha 2.0
Hark! Can you hear that? It's the siren call of Star Citizen's Alpha 2.0 update, which is so near that you can hear, smell,...
One Shots: Rainbow glory
Even the grimdark world of Diablo III has a cute, rainbow-colored side... and reader Zulika is the one to take us through the wardrobe...
Jukebox Heroes: An MMO Halloween playlist
Halloween is upon us, that spooky and magical time of year that exists both in real life and in many of our MMOs. While...
The Game Archaeologist: Seed
Seed is a game that I thought I must have dreamed up at some point. Do you ever have that happen? For years I...
