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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Gloria Victis upgrades to Unity 5 engine
Forget what you think you know of Gloria Victis' looks, as the devs announced that they've switched up the game engine to Unity 5....
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 10
Justin, Bree, and guests Ben and Tyler discuss WoW tokens, DCUO, Neverwinter's Minsc & Boo patch, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Wurm Online, and WildStar.
Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition
Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion...
El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience
It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from...
H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month
Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
BlizzCon tickets go on sale this week
For many gamers, the hardest ticket to get this year is to November's BlizzCon 2015, as you have to be fast and a little...
Could this algorithm detect a forum troll?
We've all known trolls who love to dwell in dank forum posts and shadowy comment sections, ready to spread ill will and spark flame wars...
Take part in a flying raid with Icarus Online
Even if they share common lineage, MMOs must have a distinctive angle or face death by mediocrity. For the upcoming Icarus Online, that hook...
DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update
With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...
Shroud of the Avatar works on street signs as it preps Release 17
Even things as small and seemingly mundane as street signs can represent a lengthy undertaking in the MMO development process. Shroud of the Avatar...
Lord of the Rings Online announces 8th anniversary awards
Lord of the Rings Online turns -- wow -- eight years old this month, which means that the game is not only throwing an...
RIFT’s Echoes of Madness update arrives on April 15
RIFT players salivating for Update 3.2 won't have much longer to go: Trion Worlds announced that Echoes of Madness will be launching on Wednesday,...
EverQuest II’s latest forum and Reddit drama
EverQuest II players concerned about alleged excessive forum moderation after a suspension of one of the community's more prominent supporters and the studio focus...
One Shots: Early morning ride
It's been a long tradition (from before my tenure) to use a black-and-white version of the first picture of the week for the header...
The Game Archaeologist: Roleplaying dreams in Underlight
After years of digging into the field of classic MMOs, I know there aren't too many undiscovered titles that haven't been brought to my attention...
Champions Online leaves Cryptic North for Cryptic Studios
Big (but not bad) news for Champions Online: The superhero title is relocating along with its team back to its original development studio.
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The Daily Grind: What promised yet undelivered feature sticks in your craw?
There are few things more annoying than a developer promoting an upcoming feature or change and then never delivering on it. Four expansions later,...
Cabal 2 has a leather class fetish
Don't you dare think for a second how strange it is that MMOs segregate the player population not by who they are but by...
Sci-fi shooter Project Genom begins alpha testing
Why can't intergalactic colonization ever go smoothly? There always seems to be at least one continent-shattering war that has to happen before the first...
Hearthstone unlocks Molten Core wing
Hearthstone players will be treated to a blast from the past this week by visiting Molten Core as part of the Blackrock Mountain adventure...
