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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Enjoy an exclusive look at Cabal II’s PvP battlefields
If you're a PvP junkie, you're going to want to give Cabal II careful consideration as a possible future playground. ESTsoft released a new...
Steam empowers studios to permaban players
Forget modgate -- the next controversial decision by Valve might already be here. The company announced that it will be allowing game studios to...
See Black Desert’s Plum Flower fighter in action
She's fast, she's furious, and she will cut you to ribbons if you're standing in her way. She's the Plum Flower, the female version...
Perfect Ten: How to find the right MMO for you
A common question that I see posited around forums and Reddit is, "What MMO should I play?" If there is a more loaded question...
Elite: Dangerous tests interplay between Mac and PC versions
Being a member of the Mac gaming tribe no longer means that you have to be quarantined from the glorious PC master race, at...
Learn all about LOTRO’s legendary item imbuement system
Lord of the Rings Online's legendary item system has been a point of fierce community debate ever since it arrived way back in the...
SMITE adds achievement system, omnipotence queue event
It's a big week for SMITE, as the deity-filled MOBA has added several new features with yesterday's patch. Arguably the biggest addition is the...
Land of Britain takes you through a leprechaun dungeon
Following its conversion to the Unreal Engine 4, Land of Britain is champing at the bit to show off its fantastic new visuals. To...
LOTRO’s getting new dungeons with the Osgiliath instance cluster
Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is heading our way on Monday, May 4th, and with it comes the first new instance cluster...
Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns beta FAQ clears the air
Guild Wars 2's beta test for the Heart of Thorns expansion is one of the hottest tickets in town this spring. Because of this, there's...
ArcheAge releases the Dread Prophecies update
Ghost ships? An aggravated kraken? Just what in Sam Hill is going on in ArcheAge these days, anyway?
Well, the fantasy sandpark has released one of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO biomes do you love and hate?
Environment is super-important to me, both in real life and in video games. My surroundings have a large impact on my mood, with my...
Jukebox Heroes: Mists of Pandaria’s soundtrack
I've always had mixed feelings about Western games putting out Asian-themed expansions and conjuring up a soundtrack to match. On one hand, we already...
Anatomy of Murder dares you to solve a murder mystery for cash
Think you're the world's greatest sleuth since Sherlock? Then you might want to try your hand at a new massive online murder mystery challenge,...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 11
Justin, Bree, and guest John discuss Anarchy Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, Neverwinter, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, classic Guild Wars, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online, and Elite: Dangerous, with mailbag questions on making your own MMO.
Perfect World to become privately owned
Perfect World is no longer a publicly traded company, as founder Michael Yufeng Chi made a deal to take the company private.
Chi will take...
Guild Wars recalls what a long, strange trip it’s been
As you might have already been aware, today is the original Guild Wars' 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Community Manager Gaile Gray wrote...
DCUO’s stat flattening is not the end of the world
One upcoming change to DC Universe Online has some players concerned, although it may not be as bad as feared. Daybreak announced that it...
Dark Age of Camelot welcomes traveling merchants, prepares next patch
If the latest Dark Age of Camelot newsletter is any indication, the team and community are crazy involved with this classic RvR MMO. Broadsword...
Children’s Week returns to World of Warcraft
Won't somebody please think of the children! Oh... someone did? And there's a whole week dedicated to those wee 'uns without parents? Now we feel...
