{"id":1591517,"date":"2026-05-29T10:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/SX7yGMxfAqXfhWgW5iiVaY"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:05:12","slug":"overwatchs-general-manager-has-ignited-player-hopes-for-an-animated-series-after-revealing-that-he-would-not-rule-out-other-narrative-experiences-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatchs-general-manager-has-ignited-player-hopes-for-an-animated-series-after-revealing-that-he-would-not-rule-out-other-narrative-experiences-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch’s general manager has ignited player hopes for an animated series after revealing that he ‘would not rule out’ other narrative experiences in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overwatch<\/a> fans have been dreaming of an official animated TV series for as long as I can remember. Sure there’s plenty of stellar animated shorts, but with a narrative this good, fans want to appreciate it all in one cohesive project. But so far that’s all it’s been: A dream. Especially after word got out that Blizzard fumbled its chance at a Netflix adaptation<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But perhaps not all is lost, as in a recent interview with IGN<\/a>, Overwatch’s general manager Walter Kong explained that he wouldn’t “rule out” an animated series in the future. “Every time we release assets, whether it\u2019s a hero trailer or an event piece, there are all of these comments about, ‘Hey, we would love an Overwatch animated series. Blizzard, what the hell? When’s that happening?’ <\/p>\n

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“So we certainly hear that and I think that it is not a huge stretch to believe that there would be a lot of demand for that type of content. So certainly, no, I won’t rule out that sometime in the future there could be other storytelling experiences in the Overwatch universe. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think we got the sense that there was this desire to know more about the story of Overwatch, because we had quite a few of the cinematic pieces released before launch. I think they helped establish that kind of emotional resonance prior to the game’s launch, but what we weren’t prepared for was being able to support so many ambitions. I think very early on we knew that we wanted the game to have an ongoing release cadence to it and you don’t know how hard that’s going to be until you actually do it.”<\/p>\n

Overwatch’s great animated shorts didn’t just end on its release, though. Some of my all time favourites aired years after. Doomfist’s origin story<\/a>, Honor and Glory<\/a>, and even the recent Reign of Talon<\/a> are all icons in my eyes. <\/p>\n

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