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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Guild Wars 2 is changing how conditions and player wallets work
Guild Wars 2's next content update already is shaping up to be a groundbreaking one for the fantasy title, bringing a new look to...
Black Desert launching in Korea on July 14
The gorgeous fantasy sandbox Black Desert will be launching in about a month -- in Korea, that is. The game posted a notice on...
DarkEden 2 returns to the vampire war
While you may not have heard of DarkEden, it's actually one of the older continuously running graphical MMORPGs on the market, having started back...
Angel joins Marvel Heroes as a team-up
One of the core members of the X-Men will be swooping into Marvel Heroes at last -- but only as a team-up character (for...
Albion Online goes to hell
The next time that someone tells you to "Go to hell!" you can respond, "Thank you, I will -- in Albion Online."
The upcoming sandbox...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite unusual MMO weapon?
Maybe I've been around for a little too long and have become jaded at the same-old weapons that we see in every MMO, but...
Nexon’s Arpiel Online plans closed beta test in June
How many MMOs does Nexon have stirring in its pot right now? Hundreds? Thousands? In any case, the online game publisher is cooking up...
Naval Action takes open sea warfare to a whole new level
There have been plenty of MMOs, multiplayer titles, and single-player games that have attempted to emulate the grand Age of Sail, but Naval Action...
See World of Warcraft’s oldest surviving screenshots
Here's a treat for MMO history buffs. Dave Wilson, who works at Blizzard doing recruitment marketing, posted a series of captioned pictures on Twitter...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 17
Justin and Bree discuss Infinite Crisis' sunset, Heroes of the Storm's launch, TERA's growth, EverQuest Next, Marvel Heroes, Trove, PlanetSide 2, Aion, WildStar, and The Secret World, plus mailbag questions on game metrics and character origin stories.
Crowfall’s Confessors represent the darker side of religion
The team behind Crowfall is hard at work preparing what it's calling a "core combat test" between three diverse archetypes. One of these, the...
Guild Wars 2 to restore Lion’s Arch in the next update
It won't be long now, faithful Tyrians, before you will be walking down the streets of the shiny, reborn Lion's Arch in Guild Wars...
H1Z1 aims for a ‘massive world,’ adds team members and resources
Daybreak Game Company isn't pulling back on H1Z1's development, but is instead doubling down on the survival zombie sandbox by adding more team members...
Marvel Heroics: Six leveling tips for Marvel Heroes
Welcome to Marvel Heroics, my look at the superhero exploits of Marvel Heroes! Just about half of Massively OP has gotten hooked on this...
EU team disqualified from Guild Wars 2 world tournament
One aspiring Guild Wars 2 PvP team will be sitting on the sidelines when the world tournament comes to a conclusion later this year.
ArenaNet has...
X-Wing spiritual successor Starfighter Inc. fails to fund
You can't win them all, kid. And while $226,000 is an impressive chunk of money to raise for a game, it wasn't enough to...
Fly through the aquatic wonderland of Aion’s Cygnea
Cygnea may roll off the tongue like an ugly medical condition, but in truth it's a rather gorgeous zone that's coming to Aion with...
Survive the treacherous land of Goliath with the help of high-tech armor
Tired of survival games yet? Whalebox Studio is truly hoping you aren't, because it has another contender in the works called Goliath.
Goliath is a...
APB: Reloaded wraps up server merges
There's good news in store for APB: Reloaded players who have been weathering server merges in North America. The move is done, and while...
Colonies Online contributes crafting and shotguns to the war effort
Everyone knows that if you're going to head out into deep space to explore strange new worlds, you'd better have a trusty shotgun on...
