Animated shorts are 6 to 10 minute long videos created by Blizzard Entertainment to promote the game Overwatch and expand upon its lore. Each focuses on a different hero and map.
List of animated shorts by release date
Before the launch of the game, a four-part animated series was steadily released consisting of Recall, Alive, Dragons, and Hero. After the game's launch, two animated shorts are featured each year during gamescom in August and BlizzCon in November.
No. | Animated short | Featured hero(es) | Featured map(s) | Release Date |
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1 | Recall | Winston, Reaper | Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Horizon Lunar Colony | 23 March 2016 |
2 | Alive | Widowmaker, Tracer | King's Row | 5 April 2016 |
3 | Dragons | Hanzo, Genji | Hanamura | 16 May 2016 |
4 | Hero | Soldier: 76 | Dorado | 22 May 2016 |
5 | The Last Bastion | Bastion | Eichenwalde | 18 August 2016 |
6 | Infiltration | Sombra, Reaper, Widowmaker, Zarya | Volskaya Industries | 4 November 2016 |
7 | Rise and Shine | Mei | Ecopoint: Antarctica | 23 August 2017 |
8 | Honor and Glory | Reinhardt, Brigitte | Eichenwalde | 3 November 2017 |
9 | Shooting Star | D.Va | Busan | 22 August 2018 |
10 | Reunion | File:Icon-mccree.png McCree, Ashe | Route 66 | 2 November 2018 |