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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Guild Wars 2 hints at WvW overhaul as WvW dev departs studio
A big revamp of Guild Wars 2's world vs. world mode is in the works according to a Reddit post by Lead Developer Colin...
Jukebox Heroes: Ragnarok 2’s soundtrack
Game soundtracks like this are the reason why I scrounge outside of the well-known MMOs for hidden gems. As I've often said before, the...
World of Warcraft is looking to fill key roles
It's always a fascinating if tantalizing trip to head over to a studio's job openings page and see what positions the company is trying...
Check out Destiny’s legendary edition and refer-a-friend program
Do you have a friend who hasn't gotten into Destiny but might be ripe for the converting? Bungie is hoping that you'll persuade him...
Trove throws a ‘block’ Friday patch
Hey, we don't make the puns; we just report on them. Trove has indeed released its Block Friday patch in time for Thanksgiving here...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite World of Warcraft memory?
Eleven years is a long time to cast one's recollection lines back into the memory pool, but several moments from the initial launch of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 39: Giving thanks
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Blade & Soul, SWTOR nerfs, Funcom, and gratitude, plus mailbag questions on other podcasts, the quest for sandboxes, F2P restrictions, and custom races.
Devilian begins open beta next week, launches on December 10
Trion Worlds' action-RPG import Devilian will be out in time for the holiday season this year.
The studio announced today that the game will be going...
Marvel Heroes invites you over for some Thanksgiving and Magik
Just because it's a holiday week doesn't mean that Marvel Heroes is going to call it a day and go eat a ton of...
Stash successfully completes its second Kickstarter campaign
Stash is proving that there might be no limits to how many crowdfunding campaigns a studio can run, as the tabletop-themed MMO successfully completed...
H1Z1 warns players of full server wipe happening tomorrow
Can an apocalypse happen after the apocalypse? That's the ironic state of affairs for H1Z1, which will be experiencing a full server wipe tomorrow...
RIFT’s next update embraces winter’s wrath
Fret not, RIFT players: Trion Worlds' fantasy title has one last big update in store for you before the year runs out.
Yesterday RIFT revealed...
Pathfinder Online is in talks with a new investment company
Pathfinder Online players have been in a cruel state of limbo these past few months following the collapse of Goblinworks. However, the game's fate...
World of Warcraft hails its 11th birthday
It was on this date in 2004 that a little-known fantasy MMO debuted on the scene after a half-decade of development and testing. False...
Brad McQuaid advises Pantheon community on how to deal with skeptics
Every up-and-coming game is going to have both its defenders and its critics, with hyperbole and questionable prognostication often spinning out of control. Pantheon's...
Rumor: Firefall studio Red 5 hit by layoffs [Confirmed]
Red 5 looks to be suffering through a round of layoffs, although the scope and reason behind the pink slips has yet to be revealed....
Cabal schools you in the Art of War
Just because Cabal 2 is out doesn't mean that the original Cabal has given up the ghost! Yesterday the title put out an ambitious...
The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 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...
Star Citizen alpha 2.0 goes into testing
Star Citizen fans have had a long wait for the game's big Alpha 2.0 update -- but that wait is just about over.
CIGÂ announced over...
One Shots: Transformations
Guild Wars 2 and One Shots is a pairing as old as time immemorial. Thus, it's great to bring this good-looking MMO back into...
