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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Talking with Trion about the future of Trove
If you dismissed Trove early on as an insignificant game or a thinly veiled Minecraft clone, then it might be time to take a...
World of Warcraft preps bonus events and adventure guide for 6.2
What would it be like to play an MMO where every day presented a new event to enjoy? This will be the reality for...
Land of Britain creates card game to fund the MMO
Land of Britain may be a long way off from launch, but that hasn't stopped Potato Killer Studios for developing a spin-off online card...
Blizzard still succeeding despite World of Warcraft slide
There's no doubt that Blizzard took a mighty hit this past quarter as it lost three million World of Warcraft subscribers in the post-expansion,...
Conquer Online celebrates 12th anniversary with new content
Happy birthday to Conquer Online, which turns 12 years old today. The title is throwing a month-long series of in-game events to celebrate the...
Elder Scrolls Online video demonstrates freedom and choice
Do you like freedom? Do you like choices? Well, of course you do; you're a living person, not RoboTron 2010. Elder Scrolls Online purports...
Entropia Universe angles to enter the VR market
Is virtual reality just a fad that happens to come around every once in a while? Entropia Universe is banking that it's here to...
RIFT is working on a planar crafting system
RIFT crafters may soon have a good reason to get out of their safety bubbles in the city and get their hands dirty to...
Skyforge boasts big beta numbers
With the first two Skyforge closed beta tests out of the way and the third one currently running, it's of course time for The...
Destiny prepares to throw players into the Prison of Elders
The bad news: You've been sentenced to prison and are severely outnumbered by powerful, ancient beings. The good news: The warden has allowed you...
Plan out your Guild Wars 2 specializations with this tool
One of the big changes coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is the revamp of the trait system into the new specializations....
Global Chat: What happens to original MMOs when they get sequels?
Telwyn at GamingSF asks a question that I've contemplated from time to time: When an MMO gets a sequel, what happens to the original...
Try out all of the six Avengers in Marvel Heroes for free this month
If you just saw The Avengers: Age of Ultron and got pumped up over superheroes, then you would do well to take that energy...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 12
Justin, Bree, and Eliot from Cards Against Humanity discuss SWTOR's Ziost update, Daybreak's emu deal, the Guild Wars saga, ArcheAge's patch, and Darkfall's retcon, plus mail on MMO mistakes and replacing CoH. Bonus: Justin's Kickstarter tribute song!
MapleStory gives presents for its 10th anniversary
You know what we miss about birthday parties from when we were kids? That the guest of honor would typically get presents for everyone...
Watch One Piece Online get torn apart by an angry player
Not every online game can be a winner, but even losers have their purpose as comedy fodder for the tongue-in-cheek player.
YouTube comedian TheHiveLeader took...
TERA arrives on Steam with the Gunner class patch
TERA fans have been anticipating the game's newest class for a while now -- and today, it's here. Patch 31.04 debuts the Gunner, a...
Metal Reaper Online shoots up the apocalypse
When competing factions end up crashing a space station into the earth and triggering a nuclear war, the result is a hotbed of action,...
Pantheon boasts Unity 5 visuals, prepares internal alpha test
Could it be that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is starting to look... really pretty? A new in-game screenshot of Avendyr's Pass shows how...
The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include advanced classes?
One of the very first RPGs that I played was Final Fantasy for the NES. I remember pouring over the manual at my friend's...
