Justin Olivetti

Senior Pastor at First Pres Colorado Springs Sermons

Senior Reporter at Massively Overpowered

Christian. Husband. Father. Pastor. Writer. Geek. In that order. also @sypster.bsky.social

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ESRB posts parent’s guide to free-to-play: ‘Few things are truly free’

2 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

While it may be a touch late to the free-to-play revolution, the industry-run Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) recently posted a parent’s guide about free-to-play business models. While this is fairly well-trod territory for most MMORPG veterans, it’s a good overview that helps define F2P in the larger video game industry. “Few things are truly free, and that goes for video games, too,” the guide says.
One Shots: Every photo is a stage, and every stage is an opportunity to freak out

2 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

A whole lot of us get stage fright, but sometimes we push through that because there’s a compulsion to be seen, to be heard, and to be heckled. Minimalistway is the boldest of the bold here, standing on a stage for literally the entire world to see! Heckle not, fair reader. This is bravery in its finest. “This is the Desperate Inn, anyone can sing there,” Min said. “This from 9Lives, it’s not an MMO, so does it count? it’s an ex-MMO.”Wait, wasn’t that a cat food too?
Extraction shooter Arc Raiders targets October 30th launch

2 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

As announced at this weekend’s Summer Game Fest, Embark Studios’ sci-fi extraction shooter Arc Raiders is heading our way on October 30th. Nexon is releasing it pretty widely, too, as the title is set to release on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and NVIDIA GeForce Now.
MMO Hype Train: Palia’s been given a chance to flourish - and it has

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

Sometimes it takes more than one run at an MMORPG or online game for it to click with you. There are titles that have taken multiple approaches before they improved and I finally “got it.” I would say that Palia’s one of these games for me. The early access launch of this still-in-beta MMO-lite life sim happened all the way back in August 2023, and I’ve given it a few half-hearted attempts after bouncing off it that first time.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been shamed out of an MMO because of a breach of unknown etiquette?

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

The other day I was doing a little homework reading about an MMO and stumbled upon a chunky section dealing with proper etiquette. And this wasn’t merely “don’t be a jerk and don’t troll general chat” but full of community-made rules how to conduct yourself while dealing with gathering nodes or at certain events. The penalty for breaking these unwritten rules was, the section said in no unclear terms, being shamed and blacklisted.
APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth continue to struggle with new and old server woes

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

It’s been a rough 2025 for Little Orbit’s MMOs, and it doesn’t look like things are getting better any time soon. Studio CEO Matt Scott acknowledged that some server issues were keeping APB Reloaded offline this week, while Fallen Earth servers continue to remain offline for months now after the server catastrophe back in February. “I want to apologize to the EU players for APB Reloaded,” Scott posted on June 5th. “We added some technology to the game yesterday that appeared to be working fine.
Casually Classic: What is Blizzard baking for WoW Classic Plus?

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

Even before WoW Classic launched in 2019, everyone saw the big problem that this legacy version of the MMO would be facing: What kind of future could it have? The devs were effectively limited to three options, all of which WoW Classic has explored. They could keep the game frozen in time (Classic Era), they could progress through servers (main Classic), or they could keep relaunching/resetting (20th anniversary servers).
WoW Classic Pandaria says ‘no’ to raid finder but adds Celestial dungeon difficulty

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

When WoW Classic progresses into Mists of Pandaria Classic next month, not everything from the original expansion will make the transition. Blizzard revealed this week that it has decided not to bring the raid finder into this version. “In progression Classic, however, we’ve seen far, far more players participating in Normal raiding, and there is every reason to expect that to continue into Mists Classic,” the WoW Classic devs said.
Post-apocalyptic MMO shooter Pioner shows pre-open beta gameplay trailer

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

In the grim post-apocalyptic future, odds of survival are so slim that people have taken to eating spare vowels out of titles. But Pioner endures even so, and this “socially driven MMO” has a new one-minute gameplay trailer to share. Spoiler: Everything in this future looks a bit dirty and deathy. Serbian developer GFA Games said that it wanted to show some of the PvE and PvP combat, as well as a couple interesting new biomes, prior to the title going into open beta this summer.
Co-op dungeon runner Fellowship shares a run-through of its Stormwatch instance

3 weeks ago | massivelyop.com | Justin Olivetti

If the best part of playing online RPGs to you are the exciting small-team dungeon runs, then you might already be keeping an eye on Arc Games’ Fellowship, a co-op multiplayer title currently in development. They’re calling it a “MODA” – a multiplayer online dungeon adventure game. This week, Arc posted a 10-minute playthrough video of its Stormwatch dungeon, which it calls “the most completed piece of content yet” for the title.