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 kicks off Guild Week tomorrow
Guild Wars 2 has plenty in store for player organizations when Heart of Thorns launches later next month, and because of that, ArenaNet is...
Project Copernicus was in trouble long before its $75M loan
The lengthy post-mortem of Project Copernicus and 38 Studios never seems to end, does it? While the answer to "What went wrong?" is multi-faceted at the very...
ArcheAge addresses castle construction bug
A quest bug connected to the construction of castles on ArcheAge's Diamond Shores has resulted in Trion Worlds issuing a hotfix over the weekend...
Ever, Jane holds off on its beta launch
The austere Ever, Jane updated to Release 1.9 over this past weekend while keeping the title in alpha testing for a while longer. "We...
The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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: Threat Level Midnight
Even in the far future, Starfleet officers still pose for a selfie or two. How could they not when they encounter such striking backdrops?
"This...
Nexus Telegraph: Ten tips for new and returning WildStar players
In just a few short days, WildStar will flip a switch and transition from its year-plus run as a subscription game to a free-to-play...
The Daily Grind: What could MMOs do with offline characters?
Maybe it's my active imagination, but I like to believe that my characters are relieved when I log out of games, because then they...
Black Desert teases the awakening weapon system
Weapon choice, or lack thereof, is one MMO topic that doesn't seem to come up very much. Some games allow players to select from...
Funcom’s The Park shows off a trio of creepy screenshots
Funcom released a trio of new screenshots today for The Park, the upcoming Secret World single-player spin-off that's slated for release next month. The...
PlanetSide 2 may give players a continent to settle
The future of PlanetSide 2 is racing toward the community at a rapid pace according to a new developer Q&A that was hosted on Reddit yesterday.
One...
CSE is creating 30 classes for Camelot Unchained
Camelot Unchained's current plans are to create a whopping 30 classes for the game, which means a heck of a lot of reveals over...
TERA secures new publisher for Taiwan and Hong Kong
Last month we reported that TERA's server in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau was on a date with a shutdown come November due to...
Exploring RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds with Trion Worlds
Coming "really, really soon" to RIFT is the MMO's fourth major update of the year, Into the Wilds. Patch 3.4 is so big, in fact,...
Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters
When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...
Pay for your Hobbit’s needs in LOTRO with Subway gift cards
A revised Lord of the Rings Online cash shop is coming soon to the game with many improvements, not the least of which will be...
WildStar: Reloaded beta now open to all
There's no longer a bouncer at the doors of WildStar's free-to-play beta test, as Carbine has removed the need for a key to access...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Devil’s Gambit update is live
Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 28: The Devil's Gambit heralds dark times for the game's setting, as a demonic horde invades Eberron's Stormreach.
Today's Update 28 contains...
RIFT paves the way to the Planetouched Wilds
RIFT's world is getting a little bigger with its upcoming patch 3.4. Trion Worlds posted a preview recently of the game's newest zone: Planetouched...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a full TwitchCon schedule
TwitchCon 2015 is cranking up this Friday and Saturday in San Francisco, and you'd better believe that Guild Wars 2 will be there in...
