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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Neverwinter’s strongholds are under siege
As of today, Neverwinter's large guild strongholds are prime targets for PvP aggression.
Cryptic patched in the new siege system which allows for guilds to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 30: Slumbering MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, SWTOR, UO, ArcheAge, Asheron's Call, Otherland, Elite, GW2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early access MMOs.
Trove’s Rise of the Shadow Tower patch is here
"Prepare yourself for the rise of the Shadow Tower!" Trion Worlds has announced.
But can we ever truly be prepared for such a momentous occasion? We...
WildStar will make crafting less complicated
Carbine has great news for players who feel a little too frazzled and overwhelmed with WildStar's circuit board crafting system: Making stuff will be less...
SWTOR players find out when Nico Okarr joins their team
One of Star Wars: The Old Republic's newest companions, the gunslinger Niko Okarr, has been the subject of a lot of speculation and curiosity. While...
Anarchy Online gets a shiny new website
After 14 years of operation, Anarchy Online is moving on up to the east side.
The long-running sci-fi MMO abandoned its aging website for spiffy...
Destiny launches The Taken King
If there's a rash of unexplained office and school absences today, it might be the fault of Destiny: The Taken King. The massive update...
Allods Online’s Thunder of Victory update is live
There's a lot more to see and do in Allods Online this month thanks to its new Thunder of Victory update.
Patch 6.0.2 went live...
Kickstarter campaign ordered by attorney general to pay fines, make restitution
One of the very real risks of donating to a Kickstarter campaign is the danger that a company could take your money and never...
Watch the new Champions Online supervillain trailer
Champions Online is all a-tizzy over its new supervillain onslaught mode, which allows players to hop into the plus-sized feet of powerful baddies for...
Guild Wars 2 will end Mordrem invasion today with no further adjustments
As we reported last week, Guild Wars 2's Mordrem invasion had a rough go of it as players experienced bugs and other issues with...
Star Trek Online weathers DDoS attack over the weekend
If you could ask Star Trek Online how its weekend went, it would probably just grimace and shake its head. That's because the sci-fi...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home
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: Purple haze
Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
Mythros builds an MMO out of Minecraft
We've certainly been witnessing a rise of Minecraft-inspired MMOs over the past year, including Trove and SkySaga. Now there's an MMO that actually uses...
Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve
While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite tale from the olden days of MMOs?
I have a notoriously poor memory for anything that happened more than five years ago. I might not have even been alive, for as...
League of Legends gives ‘fresh start’ to chat offenders
League of Legends rulebreakers who were dismayed to learn that they wouldn't be receiving any rewards for ranked play at the conclusion of season...
ArcheAge patches in Heroes Awaken, reveals server merge compensation
As of the writing of this post, ArcheAge players are twiddling their thumbs during a two-day period of downtime during which several of the...
Asheron’s Call comes back online after weeks of downtime
After over two weeks of being offline due to a data center move, Asheron's Call is back in business.
"The Asheron's Call worlds have reopened!"...
