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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Shroud of the Avatar starts playing with ocean effects
Water is about to get a lot more interesting in Shroud of the Avatar. Starting with Release 23, the game is experimenting with advanced...
The MOP Up: The secret history of Destiny (October 25, 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: Pure Final Fantasy XIV
Every so often it seems as though the One Shots mailbox starts getting dominated with a single game. I've had this happen with Guild...
Get Elder Scrolls Online for about $20 this weekend
If you've been holding out on purchasing the buy-to-play Elder Scrolls Online in the hopes of scoring a great deal, then this might be...
‘Hardcore Russian’ MMO Sphere 3 aims at open beta
Do you often find yourself bemoaning the carebear environment of current MMOs and missing the "good old days" of unrelenting player killing across virtual...
Extra Credits explains Bartle’s Taxonomy and its application
The generally excellent Extra Credits series occasionally touches on MMORPGs and their various systems has a pair of new videos out that might be...
Nexus Telegraph: The problem with WildStar’s paths – and how to fix them
When the path system was first revealed close to WildStar's initial announcement, it was presented as a major tentpole of the game to set...
War of Rights brings multiplayer to a Civil War setting
Civil War reenactors might have a new type of outlet if a current Kickstarter project has anything to say about it.
A game that's been in...
Tribes: Ascend tests out new Perdition map
A new Tribes: Ascend public test server 2.1 patch is incoming today or tomorrow with a new map, Perdition. Perdition is a small capture-the-flag...
Skyforge invites players to the Evil Pumpkin Festival
Dark and goofy times are upon the population of Skyforge, as the season of the Evil Pumpkin Festival is now live.
The Halloween celebration, which...
Get ready for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with checklist, interactive trailer
So Guild Wars 2 players, we hear that there's something going down in your neck of the woods tomorrow. Some sort of expansion where blindfolded...
Star Trek Online gives away free hoverboards
WildStar and The Secret World aren't the only MMOs getting into the Back to the Future spirit this month. Star Trek Online has its...
Devilian kicks off its first closed beta test
Devilian's first closed beta test is now live, according to Trion Worlds, but there may be a crush to get in the doors.
"Given the...
EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra scoots into beta testing
EverQuest II's underground expansion has gone into beta testing in preparation for its launch next month.
Daybreak said that any player who pre-orders Terrors of...
Perfect Ten: The most innovative RuneScape experiments
RuneScape seems to be an MMO that's incredibly easy to dismiss by the wider MMO community for being "too kiddy" or being a little...
LOTRO bribes players to test new datacenter
Lord of the Rings Online is calling its playerbase to jump on the Bullroarer server this Saturday to help test out a new datacenter...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO beta (or alpha) made you the happiest?
Betas used to be a huge thing for me. I was deeply envious of those who got into testing when I was left on...
One of the Darkfall reboots answers fan questions
Believe it or not, there are two current attempts to secure the classic Darkfall license from Aventurine and reboot the game to its pre-Unholy...
Blood Raiders blast into EVE Online
'Tis the season for extremist cults and macabre space battles, haven't you heard? At least this the case in EVE Online, where the Crimson...
WildStar’s hoverboard races pay homage to Back to the Future Day
If social media hasn't repeatedly informed you of the fact that this is "Back to the Future Day" -- the day in which Marty and...
