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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ARK: Survival Evolved plans to bring online more than 100 new Xbox One servers
Excessive popularity isn't always a good thing for an online game. ARK: Survival Evolved has been struggling with handling an overabundance of Xbox One...
Vivendi sells all of its shares of Activision Blizzard for $1.1 billion
Breaking up is always hard to do -- unless, of course, there's a whole ton of money in the mix to make you feel...
Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset
Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...
The MOP Up: Titan Siege debuts (January 17, 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...
Wakfu and Dofus add the Huppermage class
It's not every day that you see the same class come to two different MMOs, but here you go: Ankama has added the new...
Diablo III’s 2.4 patch debilitates console versions
Diablo III's much-anticipated 2.4 update is causing as much harm as it is good for both Xbox and PlayStation communities. Console players have reported...
One Shots: This little piggy went to market
I love me a good in-game marketplace. It always makes me think of commerce, of adventure, and of clashing worlds. Too bad we're usually...
Star Citizen recaps December’s progress across all of its studios
Even as December 2015 is fading into the distance, Star Citizen has a few words to say about the progress its team made during...
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them...
The Daily Grind: Which fantasy race has gotten too tropish for your liking?
Poor dwarves.
Generic humans aside, I've always had a fondness for dwarves in fantasy literature and games. They feel less Mary Sueish than those arrogant...
PWE shuts down World of Jade Dynasty for redevelopment
Perfect World Entertainment has decided that it will be going back to the drawing board with one of its newest titles.
The studio announced today...
Alien life discovered in Elite Dangerous — and it’s not what you think
Ever since Elite Dangerous dropped its Horizons expansion and allowed players to land on planet surfaces, captains have been scouring the galaxy for interesting...
The Secret World vows to put more mobility in combat
An unpopular change to one of The Secret World's ranged abilities in the last patch might end up benefiting the game's population as a...
Bless Online begins Korean open beta this month
If you're keeping tabs on Bless Online, it might cheer you up slightly to hear that it's revving up its Korean open beta later...
Star Citizen releases Alpha 2.1 with new flyable ships and player-trapping elevators
The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added...
FFXIV’s Yoshida remarks on the death of voice actress Sian Blake
Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida officially commented on the murder of actress Sian Blake, who voiced Yugiri Mistwalker in the game.
"Yesterday,...
League of Legends releases free EDM album
Believe it or not, League of Legends is a source for really incredible music (as we've noted this week), and just last year Riot...
The undead rise in Albion Online’s January update
It must be exhausting being dead in a fantasy world. No sooner do you kick the bucket then you are recruited to fight as...
Istaria gets better hardware, will be upgrading to Unreal
Dragons are known to be secretive about their plans, but one has escaped from the realm of Istaria: The MMO will be getting a...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs
I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...
