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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Crowfall heads back to development and preps for November pre-alpha test
Once the current Milestone 1.0 test concludes at the end of this month, Crowfall will return to full development mode as ArtCraft prepares the...
Wild Terra invites the public to play for free this weekend
The Wild Terra team would like to extend to you and several billion of your best friends the invitation to check out the game...
League of Legends e-sports teams weather controversies
Two separate real-world controversies are impacting League of Legends e-sports teams.
First up is Team Immunity, an Oceanic organization that is now barred from participating...
WildStar plans quality-of-life improvements, midnight relaunch
WildStar's massive free-to-play transition and patch is less than a week away, which means that Carbine is getting to the end of its revelations. Today...
The Daily Grind: What details do you want to know about World of Warcraft: Legion?
World of Warcraft's newest expansion will undoubtedly be a major topic of conversation at November's BlizzCon. While Blizzard has unveiled the larger brush strokes...
Global Chat: The death of hope for Pathfinder Online
Pathfinder Online might not be completely dead, but hope for it has certainly gone down the drain following the announcement of the studio's mass...
Battle Bards podcast debates The Crew’s soundtrack
Battle Bards, the world's first and only MMO music podcast, is back this week with a look at The Crew's soundtrack. The album was...
Echo of Soul announces China closure too
Any way you look at it, Echo of Soul is taking a beating lately. Following the announcement earlier this month that the game will be...
Fan-made infographic explains Champions Online’s supervillain system
Confused about how Champions Online's new supervillain onslaught system works? One fan took matters into his own hands by making a helpful infographic to...
Sword Coast Legends delays its launch again
Following a head start test this past weekend, Sword Coast Legends decided to move its PC and Mac launch date from September 29th to October 20th.
Director...
The Repopulation brings back sieges and beefs up social features
Sieges are back with a vengeance in The Repopulation.
The upcoming sci-fi MMO is rolling out its 15.9.1 patch today, and with it the reintroduction...
Two weeks of Elite Dangerous Mayhem events begin today
Elite Dangerous is kicking off a two-week series of Mayhem events tonight. These are designed to draw the community together, test upcoming content, and...
Shroud of the Avatar will start new players in outer space
Portalarium continues to flesh out Shroud of the Avatar, most recently with a new intro setting called the Island of Storms. This place is...
Archlord 2 to sunset on November 24
Just weeks after its Season of Siege patch came out, Archlord 2 announced that it will be shutting down on November 24th.
"Archlord 2 has...
Drew Karpyshyn returns to write for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Veteran BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is back with the studio after leaving to pen several Star Wars novels.
On his personal blog, Karpyshyn confirmed that he's...
Camelot Unchained adds new team members and injury system
It's been a big week for the folks over at Camelot Unchained, as Mark Jacobs announced that the game has added two new members...
Talking to Cryptic about Neverwinter’s new Stronghold PvP
We're on the horn with Cryptic Lead Designer Scott Shicoff and Senior Content Designer John Hopler to talk about Neverwinter's brand-new Stronghold siege PvP...
Destiny’s new expansion creates a headache for non-buyers
Destiny players are flocking by droves to upgrade to the new Taken King expansion... but what about those who decided not to jump on...
The MOP Up: All news must go!
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: Welcome to the party, pal!
"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
