Post-launch, Blizzard has generally improved on these fronts. Dude, I love you! These in particular have been heavily discussed by fans since release, and have been alluded to by Blizzard itself. But as we started to work on this game, it dawned on us how amazing this world is- how vastly and powerfully diverse it is- and how awesome the people of the world are.

‘Overwatch’ Director Responds To Fan’s Hand-Written Letter About Lack of Black Characters In Game



Blizz is not progressive enough - General Discussion - Overwatch Forums
What needs to be fixed in Overwatch and the company at large needs to be hammered on, because until these issues are addressed, a new, potentially well designed minority hero will still be standing side by side with a spirit dragon ninja who constantly yells about honor. Apex Legends just launched with like 8 characters and it already has more black women than Overwatch…. I hate her even more now, for accepting the omincs. There are black women present within side materials as secondary characters. Va, the Korean mech pilot, is a hardcore RTS player and streamer.


More Representation Won’t Help Overwatch
Erectile dyfunctionality is a serious issue, and it seems Activison-Blizzard is not taking any steps on including a hero with such problems. But worst was my acceptance of it. What blizzard is doing is enabling equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.
Naturally, this precipitated more Overwatch criticism:. They have different backgrounds, races and origins. In , Blizzard finally added positive queer representation to World of Warcraft in the form of…lesbian ghosts in a side quest.