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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Skyforge dares you to enter its hostile territories
Group content in MMOs doesn't always have to mean "dungeon crawls" and "raids." For example, Skyforge has its hostile territories, challenging world zones that require...
Elite: Dangerous welcomes pilots to close quarters combat
Players have a new way to experience Elite: Dangerous with the advent of the close quarters combat (CQC) mode. The beta test for the...
Senior citizen dragons fly into Trove
What, can't dragons be old? Sure they can -- just look at Trove!
The colorful sandvox added a new type of dragon ally and mount yesterday,...
The Daily Grind: What are your fall MMO gaming plans?
Hope you had a good summer, 'cause it's pretty much over. Yes ma'am, we're staring right into the pumpkin spice corridor known as "fall,"...
Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time
In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...
Wizard101 turns seven while Pirate101 prepares new PvP season
Happy birthday, Wizard101!
The kid-friendly fantasy title will celebrate its seventh anniversary tomorrow. KingsIsle has a few surprises up its sleeve for the momentous occasion:...
Wild Terra delivers an isometric sandbox medieval world
Looking for an up-and-coming sandbox that isn't some weird jumble of voxels? Wild Terra would respectfully submit that you check out its isometric medieval...
History of EVE Online book rolls first copies off the printing press
EVE Online's player history is a massive, ever-shifting entity, and one man is making good on his dream and promise to put it into writing.
A...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 28: PAX Primal
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 F2P, Atlas Reactor, The Park, SWTOR, Marvel Heroes, and WildStar, plus mailbag questions on Elder Scrolls Online, podcast meta, and more GW2.
Elder Scrolls Online posts Imperial City tour, goes on sale
Yesterday we reported that Elder Scrolls Online had unleashed its first DLC pack, The Imperial City, for PC players. Today, ZeniMax has posted a large...
World of Warcraft welcomes players back to the skies
It's been a good while since World of Warcraft players have been able to fly in high-level zones, but as of today the skies...
A fireside chat with Firefall’s executive producer
For a tumultuous period of time, Firefall was in freefall, having crossed the spectrum of gamer goodwill about as fast as was humanly possible....
Russian site leaks 40 seconds of the Warcraft movie trailer
World of Warcraft fans continue to eagerly await the release of the Warcraft movie trailer in a couple of months. If they -- or...
In ARK: Survival Evolved, a poo-slinging monkey is your best friend
While taming dinosaurs to do your bidding is a feature attraction of ARK: Survival Evolved, there are certainly many other types of animals willing...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts on dedication, delays, and Derek Smart
In a new and very lengthy interview with Polygon, Chris Roberts fields a wide range of questions about the development and delays of Star...
Elder Scrolls Online unlocks the doors to the Imperial City
ZeniMax is turning the key and opening up the gates to the iconic Imperial City in Elder Scrolls Online today.
Players who enter the Imperial...
The MOP Up: Another stab at Game of Thrones
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: Pin-up calendar
Here's an interesting idea: using screenshots to make a calendar! Reader Elana was part of a team that did just that in The Secret World:...
Drakensang Online’s Rise of Balor update opens new continent for business
It's time to vacation to uncharted territories in Drakensang Online.
The isometric action MMO released its sizable Rise of Balor update this week and with...
Nexus Telegraph: Five ways to get ready for WildStar’s F2P
WildStar's free-to-play transition -- with the accompanying massive feature patch -- hasn't gotten a set date yet, but with the update in closed beta...
