Winston

We've spent several weeks talking about the history of the Overwatch organization -- everything that's gone before, from the Omnic Crisis to the infighting that led to the downfall of Overwatch itself to the global fallout from the Omnic Crisis that continues to affect the world.

The Overwatch open beta begins its early access period later today -- 4 p.m.

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

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.

As I mentioned in our initial post about Overwatch's first animated short, Recall wasn't quite what I expected.

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?

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.

Overwatch may not be the type of game with a heavy story -- or at least, there isn't a heavy story involved when you're simply playing the game, duking it out team vs.

Funko Pop vinyls have become the ultimate in nerdy collectors' items, so it's never a surprise when a new franchise appears in vinyl form -- I admit even I'm a sucker for the siren call of these giant-headed monstrosities.