vervainvalkyrie:

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.