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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Blade and Soul starts technical alpha, talks closed beta features
The very first technical alpha for Blade and Soul is live, according to the game's official Twitter feed. The studio is sending out alpha...
Armored Warfare rumbles into open beta
Armored Warfare transitioned into open beta today, inviting any and all to try out this online tank shooter to see if it has the...
Aion kicks off Octoberfest
Beer: The cause of and solution to all of life's problems. Or so sayeth the wise sage. In Aion, at least, beer is an...
PSA: PWE MMOs are going dark (temporarily!) on October 13
Heads up if you play any Perfect World Entertainment or Cryptic games: Your MMOs will be going dark for a 12-hour maintenance period (9:00...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns will introduce the dragon Glint’s legacy
One of the vacation destinations awaiting Guild Wars 2 players in Heart of Thorns is Tarir, a "shining golden city" teeming with magic and...
Perfect Ten: Weird questions that I want answered before I play an MMO
Jumping into a new-to-me MMO can be a heady, nerve-wracking event. I think there's a reason why we find our "comfort" games and feel...
Albion Online’s land ownership system will run by auction
Sandbox Interactive is shaking things up with its land ownership system in Albion Online.
In a new development diary, the studio explains that it is...
Ultima Online launches Time of Legends expansion
The first new expansion for Ultima Online in several years is finally here.
Time of Legends has gone live on the production servers, bringing with it...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most casual-friendly MMO?
One of the factors that keeps me from playing more MMOs than I already do is that so many of them are not very...
Destiny is adding microtransactions, starting with emotes
Bungie is opening another revenue pipeline for its popular Destiny, as the game will introduce microtransactions next week.
"This coming Tuesday, October 13th, Tess Everis...
Life is Feudal gets more stable, adds barter system
A new alpha patch for Life is Feudal has made living in that game a little less futile. Ahem. Anyway, the big ticket items...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a bevy of rewards in store for PvP
Don't fret your sweaty heads, PvPers -- ArenaNet has not forgotten you. In fact, the studio is throwing you all sorts of incentives to...
Skyforge offers a peek into its distortions
Distortions are one of the newer features in Skyforge, guild-exclusive 10-player instances that contain a mess-load of monsters from all of the factions. Even...
Check out this guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s Orsinium
We're about a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC update, which will open the doors to the Orcish ancestral city of Orsinium....
ARK Survival Evolved takes to the skies with the Quetzalcoatlus
While ARK is no stranger to flying dinos and the players crazy enough to ride them, today it's upping the aerial combat arms race...
Cabal II’s large Ruins of the Gods update is coming next week
You ain't seen nothing yet in Cabal II.
ESTsoft announced today that it's preparing to release it's "largest content update" ever for Cabal II next...
Elite Dangerous releases CQC update and launches on Xbox One
Watch out: Elite Dangerous just might be stealing everyone's thunder this week with a double-whammy release day.
First up is the game's long-awaited close quarters combat...
Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?
World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...
Battle Bards MMO music podcast goes on an endless journey
Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns for its 60th episode in which the co-hosts explore the theme of "endless...
Gloria Victis patches in headshots
Just a week after adding combat and fortress improvements into its pre-alpha, Gloria Victis is back with another patch that should make fighting even...
