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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PlanetSide 2 hitbox hack gets called out, hotfixed by Daybreak
When it comes to multiplayer shooters, issues like hitbox detection and size are always hot button topics for the community. But what if you...
Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up
In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended
When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....
WildStar crosses factional barriers, mulls new class/race combos
What's brewing in WildStar's labs these days? Only a whole vat of changes, that's what.
As a result of Carbine's first DevConnect forum survey, the...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
Final Fantasy XIV producer letter pokes and prods at Patch 3.3 and 3.4 features
Stop the presses, go home from school early, and call off from work -- the latest Final Fantasy XIV producer letter is here. As...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down
Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
Crowfall Q&A talks about Eternal Kingdoms and next playable archetypes
The Crowfall community has no end of questions for the ArtCraft team, and ArtCraft has no end of time to answer them. Actually, today...
Blade & Soul’s Shattered Empire update arrives on April 27
Hope you weren't too attached to that empire because Blade & Soul done gone shattered it.
The wuxia action MMO is preparing to bring Update...
Lord of the Rings Online mini-expansion brings Pelennor Fields and level cap increase
“Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere...
Run-and-gun permadeath platformer StarBreak launches in May
What would it have been like if you could have played the side-scrolling platformers from the 1980s and 1990s with tons of other people?...
Worlds Adrift walks down the fashion runway
Cosmetics are serious business, people. And lest you think we're joking, we really are not: Players obviously care deeply about how their characters look...
RIFT’s Shadeborn can hit two targets at the same time
We've been covering the gradual reveals of the new souls (read: classes) coming to RIFT with Patch 3.6 this month, including the Runeshaper and...
Bless Online strives to balance its PvE and PvP communities
This past weekend the Bless Online dev team sat down with the community in Seoul to talk about the state and future of the...
The Black Death starts Steam early access next week
What imaginative little boy or girl doesn't occasionally escape into the fantasy of being a grubby peasant during one of the worst pandemics in...
The MOP Up: Demons invade Skyforge (April 10, 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...
H1Z1: King of the Kill adjustments highlight beta process
A new H1Z1: King of the Kill producer's letter is a prime example of how the testing period of development often goes. Like mechanics...
Skyforge’s next update will make finding adventures a snap
Good news, everyone! Skyforge's next big update, Reaper's Revenge, is only days away from release. Allods Team announced this week that the content patch...
One Shots: Farming at dawn
You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO tunes for a starry night
I am in love with the night. No, I'm not an emo vampire or Batman (although...); I've just always appreciated the quiet and peacefulness...
