Things I learned from the video Michael Chu released that I found super interesting or just kind of neat:
- Soldier 76 started as the OC of Bastion’s voice actor, who is one of Blizzard’s developers.
- Roadhog was a farmer in the outback before Junkertown was built.
- D.va’s MEKA squad is comprised of several pro gamers, pilots and even a F1 driver.
- Moira was recruited directly by Reyes to help with “genetic issues he already had”.
- Mei is one of the developer team’s favorite characters.
- Orisa watches footage of Reinhardt’s old battles and considers him her hero/inspiration.
- Mercy left Overwatch before it was shut down.
- McCree’s name was half pulled from a list of names, half from one of the developers. The team wanted him to have “the most cowboy name they could think of”.
- Genji’s VA improvised some of his Japanese lines to make them “flow better in Japanese”.
- Fareeha’s dad was/is a public servant.
- Hanzo and Genji’s backstory is inspired by a documentary about a family-inherited sushi restaurant.
