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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Jukebox Heroes: A very merry Christmas MMO mix
Now that we're into the thick of December, I've given myself permission to finally turn the radio station over to the all-Christmas-all-the-time channel for...
H1Z1 gets comfortable with food
What does H1Z1 and The Sims have in common? Other than being gruesome torture boxes for innocent video game characters, both games are focused...
Second impressions of Trion’s Devilian: The pros and cons
Some of you might recall that this past month, my family welcomed a new addition to its household. With a newborn around once more, I'm...
SWTOR server is hit by a rollback
Does your Star Wars: The Old Republic character drown his or her sorrows in the local cantina? If you're a player on the Harbinger...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best wardrobe system?
I think about MMO fashion a lot because I'm a weird person who doesn't get invited to a lot of parties (or maybe it's...
Asker Online adds the scythe-using Blood Vampire
Korean action-MMOÂ Asker Online's idea of vampires has nothing to do with sparkles, counting, or plotting revenge against Simon Belmont. Instead, the Blood Vampire is...
MechWarrior Online stomps onto Steam
Looking to get your 'mech on with your favorite digital gaming platform? If you're a Steam user, then rejoice, for MechWarrior Online is now...
Hearthstone welcomes Winter Veil
Hearthstone is adopting big brother World of Warcraft's holiday event, as the card game has officially ushered in the start of Winter Veil earlier...
Path of Exile adds talisman challenge leagues, launches in Brazil
Tomorrow's 2.1.0 content update in Path of Exile looks to be a doozy -- so big, in fact, that it starts off with a...
Party poopers attack Skyforge’s Winter Celebration
The Winter Celebration is upon Skyforge, but wouldn't you know it, party poopers want to shut it down! Player deities-in-training are called to smack down...
ArtCraft starts teasing Crowfall comic book
Crowfall: The Comic Book? It's happening, although the full recipients of this colorful treat will be limited to those who snag a collector's edition...
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One on December 16
ARK: Survival Evolved is no longer the sole domain of the PC gamer. As of next week, the early access title will be available...
Age of Conan loses lead designer, offers multi-month sub deal
Sad tidings are in store for the Age of Conan community today, as Lead Designer Matthew "CirithGorgor" Bennett announced that he is leaving Funcom.
Bennett...
City of Titans is using government science to build its maps
The upcoming superhero MMO City of Titans has ambitious plans to build up to 40 districts for the game. But how will it create...
Help Anarchy Online’s leets save Christmas
The holidays are upon Anarchy Online and that means one thing: utter leet madness! Santaleets, elfleets, gift-wrapped leets, and gingerleets all need your help...
Albion Online ‘Aurelius’ beta update embraces the season
Just because a game is in beta doesn't mean that it can't bust out an event or two, right? Albion Online thinks so, anyway, and...
Riot pulls League of Legends statue due to poor craftsmanship
When I was a kid, it was generally accepted that action figures looked nothing like their cartoon counterpart besides being a vaguely human-shaped blob....
Mytheon returns to life as a B2P title
Mytheon, a Greek mythology-themed MMO developed by Petroglyph, had an unusually short run as a live game, lasting only from March through July of...
Realms of Fightinge makes an MMO reality show (really)
If you could live in an MMO, would you? What would you do? One character in a new "reality show" web series is doing...
Trove adds loot and progression to its new PvP mode
Trove is no longer a harmonious place for jaunty voxels. If you haven't heard the news, Trion Worlds added PvP into the game with a recent...
