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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How RIFT changed radically during its pre-launch development
Fun fact: RIFT wasn't always known as RIFT. Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO went through many name permutations during its development, including titles such as...
Crowfall explains how to build your pocket-sized kingdom
Over at Crowfall, the subject is once again swinging back to the eternal kingdoms, the game's housing-cum-private world. ArtCraft posted a new 13-point FAQ...
PvE finally comes to HEX next week
For the longest time, PvE seemed like it would never arrive in the beleaguered HEX -- so much so that it became a running...
Star Trek Online celebrates its sixth anniversary with a time-travel episode and giveaways
Star Trek Online seems to be one of those MMOs that always does its anniversaries justice. As the game hits its sixth birthday this...
Trove extends downtime by 24 hours [Update: It’s back up now!]
The two-day downtime for Trove that was supposed to end today has gotten extended by a full 24 hours as Trion Worlds announced that...
Blade & Soul teases upcoming content
As if Blade & Soul players didn't have enough to keep them occupied this week, what with the launch and all, NCsoft has released a...
Shroud of the Avatar debates whether offline mode should include exclusive items
If you've paid for unique items and extra content for an upcoming game, would you want all of that available in the game's offline...
MOBA Paragon shows a little mid-lane action
Some things we're coming to accept that Paragon is not: slow, quiet, calm, and composed. And that's just the way that the game's fans...
Sacrament splits its game world up by tiers, introduces the Sniper
The "jack of all trades" indie MMO Sacrament is still in its design docs stage, occasionally releasing batches of information and concept art to...
Firefall releases Razor’s Edge update, disables west coast datacenter
If you heard an earth-rumbling boom this morning and didn't know the source, let us tell you: It was the arrival of Firefall's 1.6 update,...
Analysts consider NCsoft’s 2016 prospects: Guild Wars 2, WildStar earnings dip predictions
Last March, Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities wasn't that hopeful on the financial future of WildStar. Little has changed in the firm's opinion for 2016,...
The Daily Grind: Do you like starting over in MMOs?
I used to think I had a sickness, or at least a weakness, as I was constantly rerolling characters in MMOs. While friends were...
Jukebox Heroes: The top 10 EVE Online music themes
One of the great things about the EVE Online soundtrack, other than its perplexing popularity despite being mostly an ambient synth score, is that...
Naval Action heads into early access on January 21st
Right now the Age of Sail title Naval Action is prepping the release of its early access version on January 21st. This means that if you haven't...
Rappelz players will undergo ‘the final awakening’ next month
MMO characters are always growing, evolving, and looting corpses for ever-better gear. But where's the end goal with such a project? When does a...
Check out MapleStory 2’s Rune Blader and piano jam
Hungry for more glimpses of the adorably colorful MapleStory 2? Steparu posted a new video from the game's beta that shows the Rune Blader class going through...
World of Tanks launches on PlayStation 4
There's just no stopping the Wargaming blitzkrieg, is there? The PlayStation 4 is the latest platform to be host to World of Tanks, which...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 47: The sky’s the limit!
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Elder Scroll Online, TERA, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on a LOTRO reboot and volunteer worlds.
The Division will take up a chunk of your hard drive space
Looking to get into The Division's beta this month? Then you'll need to clear up a nice little chunk of hard drive space if...
EVE Online’s plans for the Citadel expansion and skill trading
The big excitement in the EVE Online world right now is the upcoming Citadel expansion, which is slated to arrive sometime this spring. CCP...
