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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The Repopulation closes a test server to prepare for a hardcore shard
It's both an ending and a new beginning:Â The Repopulation is closing down one of its test servers today, but this is being done to...
Anime MMO Onigiri coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ‘soon’
The anime-saturated Onigiri is about to make the leap from Japan to the west on consoles as a free-to-play MMO.
What we have here is an...
Here are a ton of tidbits about World of Warcraft: Legion
You've got questions about World of Warcraft: Legion. Of course you do. And Blizzard knows that it's got you on the hook, which is...
Trove’s Lunar Lancer melds fox with spear fighter
How does the fox fight? Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!
Trove is more than happy to weirdly adopt old memes for its newest...
Gazillion shares more about the recent Marvel Heroes layoffs
During a David Brevik's weekly Marvel Heroes livestream, the Gazillion CEO confirmed two of the casualties of last week's layoffs.
The two employees among those...
EverQuest’s progression server is opening Ruins of Kunark today
EverQuest's Ragefire progression server is opening the doors to the game's first expansion today.
A community vote passed to give the go-ahead to unlock The...
The MOP Up: Blizzard belongs in a museum!
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: Blown away by a kiss
First of all, thank you to everyone who heeded the call for more screenshot submissions! I know you all love sharing those in the...
The Game Archaeologist: Lucasfilm’s Habitat
Some of you reading this may simply never have known a world before the internet existed by virtue of your age. It's not your...
The Daily Grind: Do you subscribe to F2P or B2P MMOs?
The other day when I was writing up a post on Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, I noted that while the content cost a...
Destiny is hosting a Crucible preview event next week
Destiny's 2.0 update is heading our way next week on September 8th, and Bungie is busy getting players ready for the major changes to...
SWTOR outlines expansion changes to the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior
Here's a friendly PSA for Star Wars: The Old Republic players: Don't become so consumed by the big ticket features of the upcoming Knights of...
SkySaga’s latest alpha patch adds playable monkeys and a dinosaur zone
Alpha 5 for SkySaga has landed -- and the monkeys have hit the fan.
Playable monkey characters are only the surface for this massive game...
RSI’s attorney responds to Smart’s Star Citizen demands
The strange saga of Derek Smart's quixotic campaign against Star Citizen continues. The game developer sicced his lawyer on RSIÂ last month, delivering a series...
Elite: Dangerous names planet after soldier’s late mother
One of Elite: Dangerous' community is grieving this summer after losing his mother in June. Citing his love for the game and his missed...
Heroes of the Storm to downsize ranked match party size
The size of parties queuing for Heroes of the Storm's ranked play will be downsized come the next patch, Blizzard has announced.
A short post on...
Guild Wars 2 overhauls WvW guild objective system
Guilds will have a lot more to do in world vs. world encounters when Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches next month. ArenaNet...
Here’s a helpful summary of Star Citizen’s release schedule
The best laid plans of mice and men don't hold a candle to those creating a virtual universe from scratch. The shifting dates and...
Trion Worlds shies away from sub-only games, praises Defiance’s console success
RIFT fans with long memories will recall how the game first launched in 2011 as a subscription-only title, staying that way for about a...
Project Gorgon adds guilds and new movement system
An early version of the guild system went into Project Gorgon yesterday, according to the game's launcher.
The guilds that are in the game are...
