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{{Infobox faction | name = Atlas News | image = Atlas News.jpg | leader = | affiliation = | headquarters = | type = News network | membership = | standing = Active }} '''Atlas News''' is a news network. It provides televised services<ref name = "Recall"/> and prints newspapers.<ref name = "DoomfistOrigin"/> ==Known Reports== ===The Oslo Incident=== Eight years before the present day, Atlas News reported on an attack on [[Overwatch (group)|Overwatch's]] [[Oslo]] facilities, and Commander [[Jack Morrison]]'s response to the incident.<ref name = "OsloAttack">2018-04-03, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/21658542 OVERWATCH OFFICIALS RESPOND TO ATTACK ON OSLO FACILITY]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2018-04-04</ref> ===Doomfist=== When [[Winston]] defeated [[Doomfist]] in [[Numbani]], Atlas News ran a newspaper article on the event.<ref name = "DoomfistOrigin">2017-07-06, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZfZFNuOpI NEW HERO – COMING SOON Doomfist Origin Story | Overwatch]. ''YouTube'', accessed on 2017-07-08</ref> ===Overwatch Disbanded=== [[File:Atlas News-newspaper.jpg|thumb|Atlas News reports the end of Overwatch]] When Overwatch was shut down, Atlas News ran a newspaper article on the event.<ref>''[[Rise and Shine]]''</ref> ===Soldier: 76=== Years after the end of Overwatch, Atlas News reported on a string of recent attacks by an unknown assailant, including on a former Overwatch watchpoint in Colorado.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/IzsSUFH.png Imgur], accessed on 2015-06-27</ref> It later reported on the attacker's [[Soldier: 76|identity]].<ref>2015-07-02, [https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/616652828359012352/photo/1 Soldier: 76]. ''Twitter'', accessed on 2015-07-06</ref> Continuing on with this story, they later reported that the fugitive had reportedly crossed into [[Mexico]], while also touching on [[Los Muertos]] and [[LumériCo]]'s new power plant in [[Dorado]].<ref>2016-05-18, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20119620 LUMÉRICO VISION FOR MEXICO UNVEILED, BUT THREATS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY REMAIN]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2016-05-19</ref> ===Synaesthesia=== Atlas News interviewed [[Lúcio]] prior to the release of his first album, ''[[Synaesthesia Auditiva]]''.<ref name = "Synaesthesia">2015-07-31, [http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/blog/19828053/ Lúcio Brings Music to Life with Synaesthesia World Tour]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2015-08-01</ref> ===Second Omnic Crisis=== [[File:Atlas News-recall.jpg|thumb|Atlas News reports on the Second Omnic Crisis]] Atlas News reported on the [[Second Omnic Crisis]] in [[Russia]], and the unwillingness of the international community to intervene.<ref name = "Recall">''[[Recall (animation)|Recall]]''</ref> It also interviewed [[Volskaya Industries]] CEO [[Katya Volskaya]] in regards to its increased rate of [[Svyatogor]] production, after new attacks from the Siberian omnium.<ref>2015-08-04, [https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/628597024951111680 Volskaya Industries CEO announces increased mech production after new attacks from Siberian omnium.]. ''Twitter'', accessed on 2015-08-11</ref> ===Overwatch Returned=== In the day after an incident in the [[Overwatch Museum]], where former Overwatch agents [[Tracer]] and [[Winston]] fought off [[Reaper]] and [[Widowmaker]], Atlas News reporter [[Olympia Shaw]] wrote an expose on the [[UN]]'s response to the actions of the further agents. Simultaneously, Atlas conducted a flash poll on what people thought of Overwatch's possible return. The results indicated that there was a large amount of anger towards the possibility of Overwatch agents having gone rogue, but on the poll's final question, nearly three out of every four respondents said they were "uncertain" what Overwatch's return would mean for the world.<ref name = "Vigilante">2015-05-24, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20130523 Overwatch is Back: Uncertainty and Hope After UN Confirms Vigilante Activity]. ''Blizzard Entertainment.'', accessed on 2016-5-25</ref> ===The Sombra Collective=== When [[Sombra]] leaked [[LumériCo]] emails and documents to the press, pointing to corruption from its CEO, [[Guillermo Portero]], Atlas News reported on the incident and fallout within Mexico. It referred to Sombra as the "Sombra collective."<ref>2016-10-28, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20353652 LUMÉRICO REVELATIONS: CEO GUILLERMO PORTERO UNDER FIRE]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2016-11-15</ref> It subsequently reported that Portero had stepped down as CEO.<ref>2016-11-03, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20356130 LUMÉRICO CEO STEPS DOWN]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2016-11-15</ref> ===Winter Storm in England=== Climatologist [[Mei-Ling Zhou]] spoke to Atlas news about the winter storm that hit [[United Kingdom|England]] over Christmas. <ref name="Reflections">[[Reflections]]</ref> ===Efi Oladele Interviews=== {{Quote|I wasn't afraid of Doomfist, because I was done being afraid. Fear is what he wants, and I didn't give it to him. He can destroy our buildings. Mess up our traffic. But he can't take away what makes us citizens of Numbani. He can't take away our unity unless we let him. And I won't let him. [[Unity Day]] was canceled because of his attack on our city, but we can't let another month go by without it. We will reclaim our Unity. Now.|[[Efi Oladele]] in her interview}} In their "Spotlight on Numbani" feature, Atlas News interviewed the young inventor [[Efi Oladele]] who recently won the "genius grant" of the [[Adawe Foundation]].<ref>2017-02-21, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20580087 AN INTERVIEW WITH INVENTOR EFI OLADELE], ''PlayOverwatch''. Accessed on 2017-02-21</ref> They later interviewed her after she and [[Orisa]] helped foil [[Doomfist]]'s attack on the [[Numbani Heritage Museum]]. ===Horizon=== Years after the [[Horizon Lunar Colony]] went dark, Atlas News reported on [[Lucheng Interstellar]]'s announcement that the colony's databases and monitoring systems were still operating. It further shared the colony's last logs. It later released an image of the colony's still-operating integrated monitoring systems. A Lucheng spokesperson told Atlas News that the connection was unstable, but that company was working around the clock to gather new information.<ref>2017-05-30, [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20812209 NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT POSSIBLE FATE OF HORIZON LUNAR COLONY]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2017-06-18</ref> ===Paris=== {{Quote|Widespread panic in the wake of the sudden Null Sector attack in Paris has people asking is this an isolated incident...or the beginning of a new war?|The report on Paris}} [[File:Paris-news.jpg|thumb|The Atlas News report on Paris]] Atlas News reported on [[Null Sector]]'s attack on [[Paris]], and the international reaction.<ref>''[[New Blood Issue 4]]''</ref> ==Known Members== *[[Olympia Shaw]] (journalist) *[[Bethany Steele]] (reporter) ==References== <references/> [[Category: News groups]]
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