Amelie gets home and kills her husband, and later becomes fully radicalized into a sniper called Widowmaker. They kidnap and initiate Amelie, the wife of Agent Gerard Lecroix. Talon continues fighting and targeting Overwatch’s high ranking agents. He hates that the whole world sees Morrison as the leader, and gives him all the accolades. In truth, Blackwatch is the most critical unit of Overwatch, but despite being the leader of this powerful team, Reyes still feels inferior to Morrison. While Overwatch maintains its pristine image of being a peacekeeper, Blackwatch does the bloody dirty jobs underground including assassination, kidnapping and torture, all of which are against the governing laws upon which the government set up Overwatch. Since Overwatch has gained the pristine image of being a “Peacekeeper,” Blackwatch is designed to handle some issues that “peace” cannot really solve.Īiming to make his team formidable, Reyes recruits a few willing fighters including cybernetically enhanced ninja, Geniji Shimada, cowboy, Jesse McCree, and Moira O’Deorain, who used to be a renowned geneticist.Īs if to justify the formation of the Blackwatch, a terrorist organisation called Talon sprang up and started working towards causing another Omnic Crisis and killing civilians. Meanwhile, Overwatch has created a secret branch Blackwatch, which Reyes oversees. With time, Jack Morrison becomes increasingly popular as the head of Overwatch, making it seem like Gabriel Reyes is just his sidekick. Overwatch also creates bases in different parts of the world where they handle heroic activities like emergency rescue, counterterrorism, scientific advancement and disaster recovery. They start recruiting and get many people onboard including Winston, pilot, Lena “Tracer” Oxton, and medic, Angela “Mercy” Zeiglar. Overwatch defeats the omnics, and only one bastion unit manages to run away.Īfter the huge success of ending the omnic crisis, the world retains Overwatch as a team of international peacekeepers. Having all the manpower and support they need, Overwatch hits the ground running, and unleashes terror on the omnics. The pioneer members include Torbjorn Linholm, an engineer from Sweden Reinhardt Wilhelm from the Crusaders squad in Germany, and Ana Amari, a dangerous sniper from Egypt. They appoint two American soldiers, Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes to lead the squad. Overwatch will be a lethal defense team comprising the most powerful and talented fighters from the different countries. Thus, the United Nations meets and agrees to form a unified force called Overwatch.

How did Overwatch Start?Īfter fighting the monsters individually for a while, the affected countries realize that it would be best to join forces and share resources to destroy the enemy.

We left Part 1 off during the crisis of the Omnics. As we await the release of Overwatch season 2, let’s share with you the big story behind this legendary game that has kept us all glued for years.

Overwatch, just like many other Esports games, has a backstory that leads up to the present mission and tasks that players have to complete.

Overwatch bastion backstory