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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
1 Recall Icon-winston Winston, Reaper Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Horizon Lunar Colony 23 March 2016
2 Alive Icon-widowmaker Widowmaker, Tracer King's Row 5 April 2016
3 Dragons Icon-hanzo Hanzo, Genji Hanamura 16 May 2016
4 Hero Icon-soldier: 76 Soldier: 76 Dorado 22 May 2016
5 The Last Bastion Icon-bastion Bastion Eichenwalde 18 August 2016
6 Infiltration Icon-sombra Sombra, Reaper, Widowmaker, Zarya Volskaya Industries 4 November 2016
7 Rise and Shine Icon-mei Mei Ecopoint: Antarctica 23 August 2017
8 Honor and Glory Icon-reinhardt Reinhardt, Brigitte Eichenwalde 3 November 2017
9 Shooting Star Icon-d.va D.Va Busan 22 August 2018
10 Reunion File:Icon-mccree.png McCree, Ashe Route 66 2 November 2018
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