Overwatch Lore

The latest comic in Blizzard's digital Overwatch run has been released, and sheds some light on one of Overwatch's lesser-known heroes.

The Overwatch team was extraordinarily clever during the height of their popularity after the Omnic Crisis was brought to an end.

Overwatch -- the game being released on May 24 -- doesn't really have an overarching story.

The Omnic Crisis left the world in a semi-chaotic state, but it was a period of history filled with hope for the future, thanks to the efforts of the Overwatch team.

Other than the Overwatch agents that were directly involved with taking down the omnic uprising and saving the world, no one knows what really started the Omnic Crisis.

Overwatch was officially disbanded thirty years after its founding, after allegations of corruption and gross negligence -- as well as infighting between the troops -- slowly tore it apart.

Although the Omnic Crisis was the major driving force that originally brought the Overwatch team together, the successful end of the Crisis didn't spell the end for Overwatch.

Sure, little Winston was adorable and one of the highlights of the first Overwatch animated short, Recall -- but did you catch the super-speed glimpse of the reel of heroes at the end?

The Omnic Crisis was pretty much that one explosive historical moment that served as the impetus for a lot of world-changing events on Earth in Overwatch.

Players who have been waiting for the Overwatch animated shorts announced at last year's BlizzCon won't have much longer to wait -- according to a post from Blizzard, the first animated short will be released sometime this month feature Winston and be released Monday, March 21.