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 Game Archaeologist: Asheron’s Call 2
MMO sequels are funny animals. Sequels (along with prequels and "reimaginings") are ingrained into the entertainment industry so deep that it makes sense that...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an animal in an MMO?
It's not every MMO that straight-up gives you the option to play as a run-of-the-mill animal (albeit one with human intelligence). Sure, there are...
PSA: Steam suffers a serious malfunction [Updated]
Steam suffered a severe malfunction today, as users are reporting that they have logged into the service only to have access to others' accounts...
Jukebox Heroes: The 2015 Online VGM Awards
With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be an opportune time to go back and give out flippant awards to...
Star Citizen pushes out Alpha 2.1, promises ‘date driven’ patch schedule
While other studio teams are powering down for the holidays, it looks as though Star Citizen's crew is keeping up the pace. The team...
RIFT gives a week of patron access to everyone
To celebrate the holidays -- and promote its newest patch -- RIFT is giving everyone patron access for seven days.
Patron access is RIFT's subscription...
Hearthstone dev tackles the issue of card consistency
Being able to clearly understand what a card does and how it can be used is the subject of a new designer insights video...
Skyforge shows the aftermath of its pantheon wars, announces holiday contest
Skyforge's Pantheon Wars are gradually coming to a close, taking no prisoner and sparing no hurt feelings. The Allods Team is already preparing for...
Istaria celebrates its 12th anniversary with a patch
Istaria -- the MMO that will forever be linked to its former title of Horizons with any mention of it, making one wonder why the...
Lineage 2 kicks off new European classic server
Heading back to the past is sometimes possible when an MMO decides that there's enough interest to start up a classic server. NCsoft obviously...
Retro-themed EverEmber Online launches today
Just because an MMO is launching in 2015 doesn't mean that it is necessarily some ultra-gorgeous, physics engine-happy affair. Sometimes games look to the...
Shroud of the Avatar talks about its early 2016 plans
As it heads into the new year, Shroud of the Avatar has grand plans in store for the first few months. In its most...
Eternal Crusade shows off the frozen Pegasus Station
The new hotness in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is definitely the Pegasus Station map. This industrial base is set in the frozen arctic and...
Raptor Claus pays a special visit to ARK: Survival Evolved
"Now I have a machine gun-toting T-Rex. Ho ho ho."
This might well be the holiday sentiment of ARK: Survival Evolved, especially now that it's...
The Repopulation temporarily suspends development
The unfortunate saga of The Repopulation continues this week, as Above & Beyond Technologies announced that it was pulling the plug on the alpha...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best holiday content?
You might have noticed that we're currently awash in seasonal festivities, not just in the real world but in MMOs as well. Christmas is...
ELOA pushes out its first ‘expansion’
Elite Lord of Alliance has done its utmost to make us trip over its name, and now that its first major content patch is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 43: End-of-the-year roundtable
Justin, Bree, Eliot, MJ, and Larry discuss MMOs in 2015, the MOP 2015 awards, and their hopes for 2016 on this staff roundtable 'cast.
The Division’s RPG experience is all about the gear
If and when The Division releases, expect to find a game that's just as driven by its gear as, say, Destiny. In a brief...
Nexon to take over TERA operations in Korea
There's a changing of the guard for TERA in South Korea this month, as the title is changing up publishers.
Bluehole Studio announced yesterday that...
