Blizzard has done an amazing job at building the world of Overwatch, detailing backstories for each of the characters, and maintaining a general interest both within and outside of the game. Their series of animated shorts and motion comics have brought Overwatch to life far more than just a simple competitive online character shooter.
The latest comic short from Blizzard takes the time to illustrate Mei’s Yeti Hunt, the limited time mode currently available in Overwatch during the Winter Wonderland 2017 event. While it doesn’t do much to to add to the overarching stories or themes like the main comic entries do, its fun and playful art reminds me of a Saturday morning cartoon short. I’d love to see this comic animated as a Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote-style short, seeing Mei and Winston trade blows back and forth.
You can read the “Yeti Hunt” Overwatch comic over on Blizzard’s site.
Overwatch may not have come out this year, but the intensely popular shooter has continued to thrive with new updates, including events, characters, maps, and game modes. It received a number of nominations from us for last year’s game of the year awards, and continues to impress. Here’s what we had to say about it in our review:
With accessibility to spare, a real commitment to diversity and an infectious sense of innocent fun, Overwatch feels like an important game — the sort that can bridge boundaries in the oft-segmented gaming community. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that this may just be the project to revitalize lapsed or disheartened gamers’ interest in the medium, or the one to bring new players onboard the FPS wagon. So many big games unintentionally put up a wall, implying through their communities, marketing or even gameplay, that they are only for one kind of player or another. Overwatch, on the other hand, makes no mistake in identifying its audience: anyone and everyone that wants to take a shot. It’s ironic to imagine a title about a fragmented team fighting amongst itself serving as a big unifier, but that might just be what we need. At a time when the division between our hobby’s constituents seems more visible than ever, Overwatch reminds us that we’re more alike than different — if we let them, games can bring us together. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s something well worth fighting for.
What future Overwatch comics would you like to see?
