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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Reddit revolt erupts over Elite: Dangerous expansion price
Not everyone was thrilled at today's news that Elite: Dangerous would be expanding to allow for planetary touchdowns with its upcoming Horizons expansion. One...
PSA: The Secret World is consolidating currencies, so spend yours soon
Here's an important heads-up for The Secret World players that you might have missed back in July when it was originally announced: Funcom is...
Marvel Heroics: Fighting the inventory blues
Diablo-type games balance on a see-saw of distribution and acquisition; the games explode with loot while giving you limited space to store all of...
Here’s what’s in WildStar’s massive fall patch
Yesterday we reported that WildStar began stress testing its fall free-to-play patch, and since then players have been reporting in with pictures and details...
Cabal II Blackwaves update washes in today
Cabal II, which launched in early July, is already rolling out its first post-release update. Called Blackwave, the patch adds plenty of new features...
The Daily Grind: What have you regretted doing in MMOs lately?
I did a dumb thing.
A week or so ago, I splurged with real-world cash to pick up the new Yavin stronghold in Star Wars:...
Pirate101 preps ranked PvP and faster combat animations
Are ye a scallywag or a true buccaneer? If ye hew to the latter, then you'll no doubt be excited about the next big...
Prime World introduces legendary talents, drives up power creep
Prime World's latest addition might be seen as either a blessing or a curse, depending on how you feel about the issue of power...
Neverwinter bringing four modules to Xbox One in September
The Xbox One version of Neverwinter has been left behind compared its PC counterpart shortly after launching on the console, thanks to faster and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 24: WoW speculation
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's next expansion, Trove, Project Gorgon, DDO, NCsoft's quarterly report, and Neverwinter, with mailbag questions on emotional investment and the state of the site.
A Tale in the Desert reboots into Tale 7 on September 11th
We've known for a little while that A Tale in the Desert's next "telling" was on its way, but now we have firmer details...
WildStar starts testing free-to-play patch
WildStar's free-to-play transition is just around the corner, as testing commenced today on the fall patch. The public test realm update includes the new...
An exclusive talk with RIFT’s Chris Junior on the Nightmare Saga and more
RIFT is starting to make more noise as 2015 marches on, particularly with its recent Patch 3.3. This newest update added a major saga...
Children of Ur knocks out Alpha 1.1 update
Children of Ur, one of two main Glitch revival spin-offs, hit another milestone recently with its alpha 1.1 update.
With the new patch for the browser-based...
LOTRO announces its 10 surviving servers
Lord of the Rings Online has begun the process of closing down some of its servers and encouraging players to migrate to one of...
Ex-WoW lead Rob Pardo says industry devs are avoiding the ‘MMO’ label
MMOs aren't going anywhere, but the label may be on the way out. This comes from former World of Warcraft lead Rob Pardo, who...
The MOP Up: Evil Island edition
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...
Project Gorgon might not wipe before launch, adds Dwarf stretch goal
Big things are afoot for the Project Gorgon Kickstarter. The campaign, which passed its $20,000 crowdfunding goal this past Friday, put up two new...
One Shots: Abstract art
Every once in a while I receive a One Shots email that makes one of my eyebrows climb super-high while the other one dives...
Borderlands Online promises three-month patch cycle
One of the nice things about being an MMO successor to a hit series of shooter titles is that you can draw from and...
