The lore in Overwatch can be difficult to access at times, but it’s there. To make a long story short, the eponymous Overwatch was an elite team, consisting of people from all over the world who excelled in their respective fields. This team was built in response to the Omnic crisis, which was essentially a robot revolution against humanity. Eventually, humanity triumphed, but the rift between Overwatch and its covert ops division, Blackwatch?as well as the formation of the criminal organization Talon?highlighted that the Omnic crisis wasn’t humanity’s only problem. Overwatch Character Lore looks into the lore behind the characters, arranged in alphabetical order, detailing their backgrounds, relationships. and ambitions. It will draw from the game, the comics, and the short films published by Blizzard Entertainment on YouTube. Overwatch Character Lore: Volume 2 looks at nine more characters, McCree through Roadhog, and the full series will include all characters added to the game through September 2018.
You can also read Volume 1, which includes Ana through Lucio.
McCree

“The Outlaw,” Jesse McCree, has a complicated past. McCree spent years of his life with the notorious Deadlock Gang, a group of arms dealers who had their headquarters at Route 66. After the Deadlock Gang were bested by a Blackwatch squad led by Gabriel Reyes, Reyes saw that McCree wasn’t too far gone. Recognizing his potential, Reyes gave him an ultimatum: Join Bla...