The wave of Overwatch content leading up to the game's May 24th launch has begun with an 8 minute short animated video that givers us a little more backstory on the Overwatch hero Winston. Winston has been one of the main faces of the game, appearing in almost all of the game's cover art and promotional material. He's also one of the most unusual, being a giant talking ape scientist and all.

The video doesn't go too deep, but it gives us a glimpse into the backstory of Winston including the origins of his name and how he came to be a scientist. We also get a look at the current state of the Overwatch group and where they stand in the world. There's not a whole lot to go off of, but it seems that the group was disbanded for some reason and has only recently come back into an active state at the beginning of the game due to some mysterious threat that we get a quick look at in some news footage.

There will be many more story reveals to come in both video, comic and graphic novel form as we approach the release date so stay tuned.


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Last Updated: Mar 25, 2016

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