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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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...
WildStar is merging its PvE servers back together today
A few weeks ago, Carbine merged WildStar's post-F2P servers back with their originals. Now it's PvE's turn.
The studio announced on Twitter yesterday that the...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs would you recommend to others?
One of the most common questions I see floated out on Reddit, forums, and Twitter in relation to MMOs is, "What should I play?"...
Ghost in the Shell Online starts early access next week
The future is coming to you a little sooner than expected. Ghost in the Shell Online, the shooter based on the cybernetic police squad...
Datamined files point to a SMITE PS4 version
Hi-Rez looks like it might be preparing for further expansion into the console market with an upcoming PlayStation 4 port of its popular MOBA.
One datamining site found files...
Pantheon introduces you to Wild’s End
What do you do with a tract of land that's been perhaps irrevocably damaged and haunted due to a savage war many years previous?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 41: Trove talk
Justin and Bree discuss GW2 PvP, RIFT, Path of Exile, SWTOR, The Secret World, Marvel Heroes, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on Blade & Soul localization and a chat with Trove's lead dev.
Blade and Soul starts testing the Soul Fighter in Korea
Blade and Soul's roster is ever-growing even as the title's western launch grows near. Steparu is reporting that the title is currently testing a...
WildStar’s Winterfest Extravaganza starts on December 16
WildStar's twistedly funny -- consumer-saturated -- version of the holidays is coming next week to a server near you.
The very first Protostar Gala Winterfest Extravaganza is...
Earn Trove’s new Chloromancer by playing RIFT
Trove's 13th class, the Chloromancer, is drawing inspiration from the RIFT soul of the same name. Trion Worlds told Massively OP via interview that the...
