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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Pantheon has a playable core build
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's first newsletter is up, and in it Brad McQuaid has given an update on the team, its finances, and its...
Black Desert confirms regional IP blocking
Bad news for those hoping that Daum Games would see the light and keep Black Desert's borders open to all nations: The publisher will...
The Daily Grind: What do you look for in a sandbox MMO?
Sandbox lovers must be in heaven lately with so many new choices arising in MMO circles. It seems as though most of the newer...
DOTA 2’s Korean server shutting down, Valve to take over
Nexon will no longer be handling Dota 2 in Korea, as the publisher announced that it will be shutting down the MOBA's server in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 38: BlizzCon strikes back
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon -- WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and the rest -- as well as NCsoft's Q3 and Funcom's reprieve, plus a mailbag question on cosmetic mounts.
ELOA schedules open beta for November 17
The hack-and-slash fantasy MMO Elite Lord of Alliance will be transitioning from closed beta testing to open beta next week.
Webzen announced today that it's set...
Shroud of the Avatar previews Nightshade Pass, Mariah Overlook, and North Naryad Pinelands
Shroud of the Avatar's design team has been going crazy with world-building as of late. In the game's most recent newsletter, a couple of...
Skyforge calls players to fight against planetary gods
Planetary invasions are beginning to become a fact of life for Skyforge players. Get up, brush your teeth, fight off waves of terrifying space...
Marvel Heroics: The joys of pet ownership
I've always been a sucker for vanity pets in MMOs. It's not just the layer of customization and ownership pride that lugging along one...
Devilian’s third CBT starts Thursday as devs show off game highlights
Devilian's closed beta events are flying by, with a third planned to run from Thursday, November 12th through Monday, November 16th. The CBT is...
How Eleven is bringing Glitch’s groove back
When Glitch was canceled, it crushed the hearts and dreams of those few who knew, understood, and loved the game. Since its downfall, the...
Albion Online guild creates narwhal propaganda posters
Narwhals. They're swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion because they are so awesome. I've even heard that they beat polar bears in a...
Overwatch panel confirms gay characters, teases Blizzneyland
Just because Overwatch will be a team-based shooter doesn't mean that it lacks a story. On the contrary, Blizzard said that the game will...
Black Desert fans push against possible IP blocking [Updated]
Some Black Desert fans are concerned that the game appears to be headed for a heaping pile of regional IP blocking in the near...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is coming to China on November 20
Chinese news site 17173.com is reporting that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will be releasing in the country on November 20th.
The launch of...
The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 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...
One Shots: Don’t be crabby
I don't think I could take the blow to my ego to boot up and play something called Dragomon Hunter, but then again, I...
The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs
In tracing the history and pre-history of MMORPGs in this column, we've spent a lot of time outside of the 2000s and into the...
Devilian begins selling early access packs
Even in a free-to-play game, money talks, which is probably why Trion has begun selling Devilian selling early access packs to the community.
The packs, which cost $20,...
WildStar to reunite F2P servers next week
You might recall that in the whole crush of WildStar's free-to-play transition, Carbine decided to turn on additional servers with the promise that they...
