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Recall
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Season
1
Episode
1
Publisher
Blizzard Entertainment
Release date
March 21, 2016
Link
Youtube
Transcript
Transcript
Length
8:01
Next short
Alive
This article is about the animated short. For other pages associated with the word "Recall", see Recall (disambiguation).

Recall is the first animated short for Overwatch. It features Winston and Reaper.

The short takes place earlier on in the same day as Alive.[1]

Description

"Imagination is the essence of discovery..."

Will Winston call back the agents of Overwatch when they're needed most?

Recall tells the story of Winston — a genetically engineered gorilla and brilliant scientist who longs for the days of heroism to return. We explore Winston’s thoughts and memories as he wrestles with the decision to recall the agents of Overwatch, all while the forces of Talon stage an attack on his laboratory in the abandoned Watchpoint: Gibraltar.[2]

Featured Characters

Featured Locations

Trivia

  • Amongst the heroes seen recalled are a number of scrapped and unused concepts for Overwatch heroes, including a male hero with black hair and a blue visor named Helio, and a large red robot named Wildebeest, which was one of the early iterations of Reinhardt, as well as artwork of the Juggernaut class from the cancelled Project Titan.[3]

References

  1. 2016-04-24, Know Your Lore: Overwatch’s ongoing story: "In the background of Recall, you can very faintly hear the news announcer mentioning that Tekhartha Mondatta will speak in London that evening," Blizzard Watch.
  2. 2016-03-17, Animated Short Incoming: "Recall", Play Overwatch.
  3. Blizzcon 2017, Overwatch: Archives
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