{"id":331690,"date":"2025-10-20T01:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-mccree-name-changing"},"modified":"2025-10-20T01:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:41:42","slug":"overwatch-is-changing-mccrees-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-is-changing-mccrees-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch is changing McCree&#8217;s name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/overwatch-is-changing-mccrees-name.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has announced that <strong>Jesse McCree<\/strong>, <strong>Overwatch<\/strong>&#8216;s cowboy hero, is getting a name change. The developer broke the news in a Twitter statement, saying that the name will be changed to &#8220;something that better represents what Overwatch stands for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, to anyone unfamiliar with the goings on at Blizzard, this news doesn&#8217;t make much sense. What Blizzard didn&#8217;t say is that McCree was named after Diablo 4 lead level designer Jesse McCree, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/diablo-4-director-lead-designer-let-go-blizzard\">was let go along with other high-ranking staff<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>McCree, as well as several other longtime leads at Blizzard, were part of the infamous &#8220;Cosby Suite&#8221;, an informal event taking place at a hotel suite at BlizzCon, where powerful men at Blizzard reportedly courted female fans, candidates, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-mccree-name-changing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-mccree-name-changing\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has announced that Jesse McCree, Overwatch&#8216;s cowboy hero, is getting a name change. The developer broke the news in a Twitter statement, saying that the name will be changed to &#8220;something that better represents what Overwatch stands for.&#8221; Unfortunately, to anyone unfamiliar with the goings on at Blizzard, this news doesn&#8217;t make much sense. What Blizzard didn&#8217;t say is that McCree was named after Diablo 4 lead level designer Jesse McCree, who was let go along with other high-ranking staff earlier this month. McCree, as well as several other longtime leads at Blizzard, were part of the infamous &#8220;Cosby Suite&#8221;, an informal event taking place at a hotel suite at BlizzCon, where powerful men at Blizzard reportedly courted female fans, candidates, and colleagues. 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