I love Overwatch, not just for its kickass gameplay, but also for its amazing lore. Over the past few months, Blizzard have built up the shooter’s world quite nicely with a mixture of animated shorts, comics, and more (I’m looking at you, Sombra ARG).
One bit of media I was really looking forward to was Overwatch: First Strike. The graphic novel would tell the tale of Overwatch in its earliest days, right when the Omnic Crisis started. It was slated for digital release this month sometime.
Unfortunately, the project has been cancelled. Lead Writer Michael Chu made the announcement over on the Battle.net forums:
I wanted to let you know that we have decided to cancel the release of the Overwatch: First Strike graphic novel. While we are grateful to the team for the fantastic work they put into it, we’ve ultimately decided to take the story in a different direction.
The original idea for the graphic novel dates back to the early days of the game’s development and came from our desire to tell the story of the founding of Overwatch during the Omnic Crisis. In the years since First Strike‘s conception, we have done a lot of development on the universe and its stories. While the core of this story remains, we have changed and expanded upon how we see the events that took place during the first days of Overwatch.
It’s not all doom and gloom at least. Blizzard are still keen to show us the team’s origins:
So for now the early adventures of Gabriel Reyes, Jack Morrison, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Torbjörn Lindholm (and more!) wait for another day. But we know that this is a story that you are excited about, and it’s one we still plan to tell.
How exactly they’ll tell that tale remains to be seen. If I could have it my way, I’d want to see a fully fledged movie. Blizzard have done stellar work with their other animated shorts thus far. How cool would be to have one that runs for an hour or more?
Last Updated: November 21, 2016
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:01
First they cancel Diablo’s new expansion pack and now this… HUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Allykhat
November 21, 2016 at 11:05
My soul died a little bit today.
Story pack paid DLC incoming courtesy of Actiblizz!
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:06
The Activision parasite strikes again.
CongoKyle
November 21, 2016 at 11:08
cancel an expansion that never existed 🙁
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:10
In our harts it did!
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:15
*hearts
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:17
I was using dutch spelling
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:18
*harte
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:25
*with a lisp
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:26
Lisp wouldn’t affect it.
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:27
I was also sneezing while typing
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 21, 2016 at 11:28
Were you typing with your lisp?
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 21, 2016 at 11:14
We need $7500 stat
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:18
LOOOOOOOOLLLL. XD.
James Anderton
November 21, 2016 at 13:39
Deep dive into the dark web. Go go.
Matthew Figueira
November 21, 2016 at 11:14
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:21
The Division’s Survival is out tomorrow…
Ottokie
November 21, 2016 at 11:22
http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/12479431_212920589081565_337385833_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTIyMzM1NTM2MzQwMjEzODExNQ%3D%3D.2
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:26
LOL. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1ecefe82583d174f3d62c5d874f6ed94f7a4b7e802340fc5de2dca8342506036.jpg
Bruce Bielie
November 21, 2016 at 11:30
I heard The Trigonometry’s Survival is just so much higher in demand amongst students these days…
Lord Chaos
November 21, 2016 at 11:25
You’re not making Monday any better Matty!!!
Think you should Let’s Play another horror.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 21, 2016 at 11:29
Or MOUNT his FRIENDS with Sandy!
Bruce Bielie
November 21, 2016 at 11:34
I do not get this reference. Not sure if I do want to get this reference.
Oh look! Work to do! Yay for work!
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 21, 2016 at 11:35
http://store.steampowered.com/app/296470/
Lord Chaos
November 21, 2016 at 11:36
Bad Admiral
Bruce Bielie
November 21, 2016 at 11:45
Admiral should be hanged for Mutiny or drinking all the rum or for doing whatever gets an admiral hanged.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 21, 2016 at 11:52
We are still waiting for the review! Matty and Sandy was supposed to do it.
If anyone is getting hanged, it is Sandy for not reviewing
Lord Chaos
November 21, 2016 at 11:59
*were
Ha! *does victory dance.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 21, 2016 at 12:20
Well train of thought and all, Sandy got the game from JJ, and he WAS supposed to do it.
My sadistic nature to include Matty as well buggered it up. Can you blame me though? THEY BOTH NEED TO SUFFER
So HA! you corrected the wrong thing!
Lord Chaos
November 21, 2016 at 12:23
Still counting it as a win and you can’t stop me. 😛
*Until you inevitably catch me making a mistake
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:39
That just made it worse.
Andre Fourie
November 21, 2016 at 11:35
Yep. That does sound dirty.
Lord Chaos
November 21, 2016 at 11:35
Haha. O_o
There is a great co-op horror game with creatures acting like weeping angels, that could be fun to watch.