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John Francis "Jack" Morrison, known by his code name Soldier: 76, is a character in Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch franchise, first appearing in Overwatch and its 2022 sequel Overwatch 2, both of which are team-based multiplayer first-person shooters. In the games, Jack is an American soldier-turned-vigilante and a founding member of the ...
Overwatch is set in a fictionalized version of Earth, sixty years into the future; the Overwatch organization was established thirty years prior to this future setting. [1] These pre-game events are also chronicled by Soldier: 76 in his origin story video. [1] [‡ 1]
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Overwatch originally featured 12 characters at its November 2014 BlizzCon convention announcement, [6] but expanded to 21 by the next year's convention. [7] The game is character-driven, and reviewers noted Overwatch 's emphasis on the individual differences between characters in the same role (e.g., between two snipers) as a departure from dominant class-based shooter paradigms.
Overwatch has its development origins rooted in Titan, a Blizzard project that was cancelled in 2013. [10] Elements of Titan were reworked into Overwatch, which was announced at BlizzCon in November 2014. [9] [10] Overwatch became Blizzard's first new series since they launched Diablo in 1996, as well as their first attempt at making an FPS ...
In a fictional news report published by Blizzard, Mercy is quoted as commenting on the end of the Overwatch organization, describing the growing negative relationship between Soldier: 76 (Jack Morrison) and Reaper (Gabriel Reyes): "after Morrison's promotion to strike commander, his relationship with Reyes changed, the tension became more ...
Among his advantages, his move combinations contribute to his high mobility, compared to other Overwatch playable characters. Doomfist can easily reach and neutralize enemies occupying high ground, such as snipers. He is most effective against low-mobility opponents, but susceptible to high-mobility opponents, such as Pharah, Soldier: 76, and ...
The Lego Overwatch product line focuses on playable characters from the 2016 video game. [6] [7] Lego Overwatch aimed to recreate the main characters in Lego form, including D.Va, Genji, Hammond, Hanzo, Jesse McCree, Junkrat, Mercy, Pharah, Reaper, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Shimada Henchmen, Soldier: 76, Tracer, [8] Widowmaker and Winston.