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This article is about playable characters. For the animated short, see Hero .

↑ 1.0 1.1 2015-08-16, Reddit Q&A about Solider 76 | Overwatch . Blizzplanet , accessed on 2015-08-06

↑ 2015-12-07, DEV UPDATE TALKS FREE FUTURE HEROES, GAME SYSTEM AND OPTIONS UPDATES . Blizzpro , accessed on 2015-12-15

↑ Game Informer #81: Designing Overwatch: From Titan to Torbjörn

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↑ 2019-11-02, Overwatch 2 | Future New Heroes & Likely Release Window - Jeff Talks OW2 . YouTube , accessed on 2018-11-02

↑ 2020-03-19, Echo Last Hero Character Before Overwatch 2 . IGN , accessed on 2020-04-14

↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 Blizzcon 2017 - Making of Overwatch

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↑ 2022-04-16, Overwatch 2: Sojourn | Developer Update . YouTube , accessed on 2022-04-20

↑ 2017-11-05, OVERWATCH ARCHIVES PANEL . Blizzpro , accessed on 2017-11-19

↑ Sigma gameplay reveal 10am PDT! BIRTHDAY STREAM!

↑ 12.0 12.1 2019-11-05, Details On An Unannounced Overwatch 2 Hero . Game Informer , accessed on 2021-05-25

↑ 2016-05-24, Overwatch Visual Source Book . pp. 168. Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved on 2017-11-26.

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The hero roster, as of Overwatch' s fourth anniversary
There are 34 playable heroes in Overwatch . Each hero offers a unique style of play, and is classified under one of three roles : Tank, Damage, or Support. Each team can only have 2 of each hero, although some Arcade game modes allow multiple. Players can switch heroes in the spawn room.

Heroes come from a variety of national/ethnic backgrounds, and occasionally speak in their native languages during matches. [1]

Heroes are controlled using a controller. Every hero has a unique weapon . Some heroes have multiple weapons, which can be switched using 1 and 2. Abilities are normally keyed to Shift, E, and Q (the ultimate ability ). Heroes have 150 to 700 HP and move at a base speed of 5.5 m/s (except Genji and Tracer , whose base speed is 6 m/s). Walking backwards reduces this speed by 10%. Crouching makes their speed 3 m/s (in every direction). Also, all heroes can jump at a height of 0.98 m.

Heroes exchange specific dialogue with each other based on their character history during matches and background. [1]

Heroes will be added over time post-launch as free updates. [2] Jeff Kaplan has not ruled out removing heroes from the roster in the future. [3]

The idea of classes for heroes was to make it easier for new players to get into the game, and to easily understand how each character would play. [4] When the Looking for Group feature was added, it became possible to enforce these roles.

There were originally 21 heroes at the launch of the game. Since then, 13 additional heroes have been added. New heroes are released roughly every 4 months, typically in March, July, and November. The November reveal happens during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon .

However, with the announcement of Overwatch 2 , this tradition breaks. Multiple heroes are expected to released at once with the release of Overwatch 2 and "at least" 1 new hero was expected to release before then. [5] With the addition of Echo , the promise of "at least" 1 new hero has been fulfilled. It was later confirmed in an interview that Echo would be the final hero before the release of Overwatch 2. [6]

When a hero is pitched, a group of five developers examine the concept from the perspectives of gameplay, character concept and story to see if the idea is worth fleshing out. If that's in the affirmative and the concept is settled, the team of five becomes a team of ten to fifteen, who are tasked with "finding the fun" in the hero and bringing out its "core." This includes work on art, design, engineering, audio and quality assurance. Once this is completed, the hero gains (or will have gained) forty or more developers, which build its respective content (skins, emotes, voice lines, etc.) [8] For early heroes, it was common to theme the hero mainly around their weapon ( Widowmaker and Pharah are examples of this). [9]

After the hero is fully playable, a different group is brought in to build the hero's story; by this point around eighty developers. These individuals work on material such as origin videos, comics and animated shorts. After that, the hero then needs to be publicized. By this last stage, over 150 individuals will have worked on the hero in some form. [8]

The following heroes have been cut during development of the game:

An early heroes pitch—some heroes are in the final version
The Overwatch development team added a dummy string very early on containing the name of a fake hero: Dying Breed. This was done to identify if the game's files were datamined and uploaded to the internet. They forgot to remove the string when the beta was shipped, and it created some confusion among the team members who discovered it for the first time. [13] The string has long since been removed.

2014-11-07 7 November 2014 ( Overwatch announced)

2016-05-24 24 May 2016 ( Overwatch released)

2019-11-01 1 November 2019 ( Overwatch 2 announced)

26 April 2022 ( Overwatch 2 PvP Beta #1 )

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↑ 2019-11-04, New Gameplay Today – Overwatch 2's Story Experience . Game Informer , accessed on 2020-03-12

↑ 2019-11-02, STORY MISSIONS, HERO MISSIONS, PUSH MAPS, AND MORE–OVERWATCH 2 “WHAT’S NEXT” PANEL RECAP . Blizzard Entertainment , accessed on 2020-05-16

↑ 2021-05-20, Overwatch 2 Drops Standard PVP Count To 5V5 . Game Informer , accessed on 2021-05-23

↑ 2020-07-20, WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK ON OVERWATCH’S TOOLS AND ENGINE . Blizzard Entertainment , accessed on 2021-01-23

↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 2022-06-16, OVERWATCH 2 REVEAL EVENT RECAP . Blizzard Entertainment , accessed on 2022-07-03

↑ 2022-08-16, Cross-Progression Is Coming To Overwatch 2 . Game Informer , accessed on 2022-08-21

↑ 2022-06-13, Release Date Reveal | Overwatch 2 . YouTube , accessed on 2022-06-18

↑ 2022-06-23, Overwatch 2 r/Games AMA - All Questions and Answers . Reddit , accessed on 2022-07-11

↑ 2022-04-25, Blizzard Releases FAQ Ahead Of Overwatch 2 Beta Starting Tomorrow . Game Informer , accessed on 2022-05-08

↑ 12.0 12.1 2022-06-16, OVERWATCH 2 BETA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS . Blizzard ENtertainment , accessed on 2022-06-18

↑ 2019-11-02, The Overwatch 2 team “absolutely has plans” to do something like break Reinhardt’s hammer in half — but it won’t affect PVP . Blizzard Watch , accessed on 2020-07-19

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↑ 2019-05-04, Blizzard Has Big Plans For The Overwatch Universe . Comicbook.com , accessed on 2019-06-09

↑ 2019-06-07, Sources: Blizzard Cancels StarCraft First-Person Shooter To Focus On Diablo 4 And Overwatch 2 . Kotaku , accessed on 2019-06-09

↑ 2019-06-26, Diablo 4 Apparently Shown to French Employees . Diablo.net , accessed on 2019-06-26

↑ 2019-10-27, Sources: Overwatch 2 to feature PvE, new map, at least one new hero . ESPN , accessed on 2019-10-28

↑ 2019-10-29, Overwatch 2 to Feature New PvE Missions, New Game Mode, and Hero 32 . IGN , accessed on 2019-10-31

↑ 2019-10-31, Overwatch 2 Rumours Pick Up Steam With New Leaked Image Of Omnic Hero Echo . Geek Culture , accessed on 2019-10-31

↑ 2020-12-17, Developer Update | Kanezaka | Overwatch . YouTube , accessed on 2021-01-27

↑ 2021-02-05, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2 Won't Launch In 2021, But New Call Of Duty Confirmed And Another Remaster . GameSpot , accessed on 2021-02-13

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