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 Crowfall will be built for around $6M
How can Crowfall be made with less than $10 million in this day and age? That's the big question of the day that Executive...
EA shutters several online titles, touts SWTOR’s growth
It's a dark day for several online EA titles that contains ray of light for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
The publisher announced today that...
EVE Online re-opens alliance logo submissions
After being placed on hold for further review, the submission process for EVE Online alliance logos is back open and ready for player input....
Get a closer look at Defiance’s Alcatraz
The prison island of Alcatraz is the hot new destination of Defiance players following yesterday's patch. If you're a curious looky loo or a...
The Secret World gets hyped for Issue 11
With Joel Bylos out of the picture as The Secret World's lead, the monthly update letter torch has been passed to other members of...
Skyforge preps third beta test for next week
The beta events for Skyforge are flying fast and furious now, with the third test scheduled for next week. Allods Team announced today that...
The Daily Grind: Do you plan ahead in your MMOs?
I am a horrible, horrible chess player. It's not that I don't understand the game or have the mind for basic strategies but that...
Jukebox Heroes: The Crew’s soundtrack
Sometimes the best soundtracks are hiding where you least expect them.
Though perhaps I shouldn't be that surprised that The Crew has an impressive score....
Hearthstone leaps onto smartphones
Today, Hearthstone made the jump to its smallest platform yet: the smartphone. After releasing the popular card game on the PC, Mac, and tablet,...
Gloria Victis upgrades to Unity 5 engine
Forget what you think you know of Gloria Victis' looks, as the devs announced that they've switched up the game engine to Unity 5....
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 10
Justin, Bree, and guests Ben and Tyler discuss WoW tokens, DCUO, Neverwinter's Minsc & Boo patch, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Wurm Online, and WildStar.
Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition
Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion...
El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience
It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from...
H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month
Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
BlizzCon tickets go on sale this week
For many gamers, the hardest ticket to get this year is to November's BlizzCon 2015, as you have to be fast and a little...
Could this algorithm detect a forum troll?
We've all known trolls who love to dwell in dank forum posts and shadowy comment sections, ready to spread ill will and spark flame wars...
Take part in a flying raid with Icarus Online
Even if they share common lineage, MMOs must have a distinctive angle or face death by mediocrity. For the upcoming Icarus Online, that hook...
DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update
With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...
Shroud of the Avatar works on street signs as it preps Release 17
Even things as small and seemingly mundane as street signs can represent a lengthy undertaking in the MMO development process. Shroud of the Avatar...
Lord of the Rings Online announces 8th anniversary awards
Lord of the Rings Online turns -- wow -- eight years old this month, which means that the game is not only throwing an...
