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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The Daily Grind: What rules would you make for flying mounts in MMOs?
Some MMOs eschew the entire idea of flying mounts. Some have them in from day one, while others add them in at a later...
Global Chat: Sifting the good raiders from the bad
Game designer and blogger Psychochild posited an interesting question recently: How can you tell the difference between a good raider and a bad one?
He...
Infiltrate Anti-Santa’s camp to save RuneScape’s Christmas
RuneScape's notorious Anti-Santa is back and plotting another war on Christmas festivities. It's up to players to infiltrate his camp in a new seasonal...
SWTOR subscriber rewards include playing as HK-55
The next chapter for Star Wars: The Old Republic's expansion storyline won't arrive until February 11th, but BioWare is attempting to give players a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 40: Gnome Huntarz
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, GW2, WoW, The Repopulation, Devilian, Marvel Heroes, and Dogma: Eternal Night, plus mailbag questions on finding time to play and whether EverQuest Next is vaporware.
Guild Wars 2 kicks off PvP league season
The official start to Guild Wars 2's PvP league season begins today! This advancement track is available for both individuals and guild teams as...
Black Desert Korea adds bounty hunting and jail
With Black Desert on its way to the west in 2016, it's not a bad idea to be giving more attention to what's happening...
Elite Dangerous has launched Horizons beta
Pilots, mission control has given you the go-ahead for planetary landings. You may begin your descent.
The beta for Elite Dangerous: Horizons is officially underway...
Camelot Unchained now has game map as big as Washington D.C.
With a new UI programmer on staff, Camelot Unchained is growing in leaps and bounds during the final weeks of the year. The team...
Learn the story of Climax’s failed Warhammer Online
Students of MMO history might recall that Mythic Entertainment wasn't the first studio to take a crack at the Warhammer IP. In fact, before...
Rusty Hearts returns… sort of
A few gamer spirits were broken in September 2014 when Rusty Hearts was shuttered by Perfect World Entertainment. Now those souls might have a chance at...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for WildStar fans
One of my most prized possessions in life is a WildStar rowsdower plushie that sits behind me at work, always giving me the eye. I...
AdventureQuest 3D retools flash game into cross-platform MMO
For 13 years, AdventureQuest has provided a 2-D solo experience for Artix Entertainment's fans. Now the game is due for a major upgrade, as...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s charity drive (November 29, 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...
Dungeon Fighter Online welcomes female ninja next week
Next week's update for Dungeon Fighter Online will add a new character to the mix:Â Kunoichi, the girl on fire. There's been no word yet...
One Shots: The rowsdower abides
One of my most prized physical MMO possessions is my WildStar rowsdower plushie. It always sits there, looking at me as though it's accusing...
SkySaga alpha patch adds ‘fun, meaningful progression’
Players logging in to SkySaga this past week will have encountered a game that's been changed and improved across the board (and hopefully for...
Otherland adds Wood Isle zone, raises level cap
The 5Isle area of Otherland has grown significantly bigger this week with the addition of Wood Isle, a new area brimming with missions and...
The Game Archaeologist: Ultima X Odyssey
I think any MMO veteran has a private list of prematurely canceled games that he or she deeply wishes had been completed and launched....
The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs are on your to-play list?
The other day I got into a conversation with friends about which upcoming MMOs were catching our eye. While I have more than enough...
