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Winston is a player character appearing in the 2016 video game Overwatch , a Blizzard Entertainment developed first-person shooter and its related media. Winston is one of the more prominent characters used by Blizzard in Overwatch media outside of the video game; the character made an appearance in the game's cinematic trailer and is the focus of an animated short released by Blizzard. The character is a genetically engineered gorilla that was part of a larger group of genetically engineered gorillas that was used by the in-universe Horizon Lunar Colony to test the effects of prolonged habitation in space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_(Overwatch) ------------------------------ Overwatch  is a team-based  online   multiplayer   first-person shooter   video game  developed and published by  Blizzard Entertainment . It was released in May, 2016, for  Windows ,  PlayStation 4 , and  Xbox One . Overwatch assigns players into tw...

Genji Shimada appears as a playable character in the first-person shooter video game Overwatch , developed in 2016 by Blizzard Entertainment . Genji also appears in Overwatch-related media, including animated shorts, as well as a playable character in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena game Heroes of the Storm . As the brother to the playable character Hanzo , Genji was the youngest son of the Shimada ninja clan's master. In Genji's backstory, the brothers lived a life of luxury, but Genji's arrogance drove Hanzo to rage. Hanzo was ordered by the clan's elders to kill Genji, and he was believed to have succeeded. However, Genji clung to life, and Mercy, a doctor from the Overwatch organization, rebuilt his body. Within the Overwatch game, Genji was classified as an offense character with a hard difficulty rating. He is an advanced cyborg ninja , who uses his shuriken to attack, as well as his katana to deflect incoming projectiles, to swiftly strike thr...

Mercy , real name Angela Ziegler, is a  Swiss  field medic and first responder. She wears a winged Valkyrie suit, which allows her to rush towards targeted teammates through the air ( Guardian Angel ), as well as slow her own descent while falling ( Angelic Descent ). She wields a  Caduceus Staff  that alternately heals her teammates or boosts their damage output, and also carries a medium-range  Caduceus Blaster  as a sidearm. Her  Resurrect  ability allows her to revive one fallen ally. Her ultimate ability is  Valkyrie , which boosts her healing and attack boosts, firing rate, Resurrect cooldown, gives her the ability to fly, and gives her infinite ammunition for a brief period. Widowmaker , real name Amélie Lacroix, is a  French   sniper  and assassin. She wields the  Widow's Kiss , a versatile rifle that fires in full automatic at close-range, and can convert into a sniper rifle for long-range kills. She also uses a...

Widowmaker is a playable character appearing in the 2016 video game Overwatch , developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment . The character is of French origin; her real name is Amélie Lacroix ( née Guillard). Widowmaker was first introduced at BlizzCon 2014, where her character was first noted to be a sniper and lightly armored assassin. She is based on one of the classes for Crossroads, an idea tossed around by the former Titan team before they settled on working on Overwatch. Widowmaker was noted to be equipped with a grappling hook and the ability to see through walls. In November 2015, a patch was implemented to tone down Widowmaker's ultimate ability—"Infra-Sight"—as Blizzard continued its goal to keep the characters on Overwatch's roster balanced. The patch made it so that the player would not be able to have Widowmaker's ultimate charge up while Infra-Sight was active. Her character is voiced by Chloé Hollings in the game's English and Fr...

Overwatch  is a team-based  online   multiplayer   first-person shooter   video game  developed and published by  Blizzard Entertainment . It was released in May, 2016, for  Windows ,  PlayStation 4 , and  Xbox One . Overwatch assigns players into two teams of six, with each player selecting one of 24 pre-defined characters, called heroes, each with unique movement, attributes, and abilities, whose roles are divided into four categories: Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time. Players gain cosmetic rewards that do not affect gameplay, such as character skins and victory poses, as they play the game. The game was initially launched with casual play, with a competitive ranked mode, various 'arcade' game modes, and a player-customizable server browser subsequently included following its release. Addi...