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Home»News»Gaming News»Overwatch Animated Short “Hero” Released

Overwatch Animated Short “Hero” Released

By Keith MitchellMay 22, 2016

With just one more day before the release of Blizzard’s Overwatch comes an animated short for one of my favorite characters in the game, Solider: 76. Despite the Overwatch initiative being closed and shut down, it seems that Solider: 76 has a habit of defending the defenseless; a habit that seems to get him into a bit more trouble than he would like.

Perhaps my favorite animated short of them all, call me biased, but I really enjoyed it. Sadly, it seems that this was the final animated short, and there are still several characters I would have loved to have seen one for. If anything, one thing is for sure: if Blizzard were to ever stop making games, they have a bright future in the animated film sector. That’s for damned sure.

Overwatch releases tomorrow folks, 5.23.2016 and servers go live after 4PM PDT / 7PM EDT. 

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Keith D. Mitchell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Outerhaven, covering games and tech for over 14 years. A lifelong PC gamer who began building PCs at age eight, he is a hardware enthusiast, Soulslike devotee, and regular attendee of major gaming and technology events.

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