• Soldier: 76
    Jack is back
    In the time following the disbanding of Overwatch, the world is still able to keep itself upright. In the shadows, a mysterious vigilante named Soldier: 76 began attacking anyone responsible for bringing down Overwatch. He was last seen in in the Mexican city of Dorado.
  • Old soldiers reunite on the battlefield
    The return of Ana Amari and Gabriel Reyes
    In his hunt to stop anyone responsible for taking down Overwatch, Jack Morrison heads to Giza to track down a mysterious sniper. During his search, Jack is attacked by a mysterious figure, a man named Reaper who is actually Gabriel Reyes, albeit transformed. Gabriel gets the jump on Jack and before he can finish him off, he is saved by the soldier Jack was looking for. The sniper ends up being Ana Amari, who was alive but in hiding all along. She returns to the fight to protect the people she loves.
  • The brothers reunite
    The tale of two dragons
    After the Crisis, Genji left Overwatch to come to peace with his cyborg body. Upon meeting, Zenyatta, the omnic eventually helped the cyborg come to terms with his new form. This newfound peace led him to seek out his brother Hanzo.
  • Winston initiates a recall
    Old heroes answered the call
    In the midst of a world falling back into turmoil, the former Overwatch agent Winston, watches from afar. He went to Earth inspired by the heroism of Overwatch, to watching the world crumble without them. An attack on his base from the terrorist organization Talon leads Winston to decide that it’s finally time to bring Overwatch back.
  • Talon tries to steal the Doomfist
    Overwatch returns
    In the middle of a museum created to honor Overwatch is the Doomfist. This weapon was wielded by many villains who don the moniker of Doomfist while wearing it. Each user gains different abilities while in its possession. A normally peaceful day at the museum is ruined when Talon agents Reaper and Widowmaker appear and attempt to steal the Doomfist. Tracer and Winston stop them. This is one of the first instances where the world saw Overwatch return in all their glory.
  • Talon assassinates the head of The Shambali
    Widowmaker's attack on omnics
    While visiting King's Row, Tracer goes to see the head of the Shambali, Tekhartha Mondatta. In the middle of his speech discussing the possibilities of mankind and omnics living side by side, Tracer investigates a disturbance on the roofs above Mondatta. There she encounters Widowmaker once again after fighting her at the museum. "Come to crash another party, love?" Tracer asks Widowmaker. A fight breaks out between them, ending with the assassination of Mondatta. Widowmaker damages Tracer's chronal accelerator and leaves her for dead.
  • Who is Sombra?
    The mysterious hacker
    After the Omnic Crisis, many children were displaced around the world. Among them was one girl in Mexico who learned that hacking was a skill she was phenomenal at and she quickly discovered that information is power. Hacking became an addiction and her obsession was the most powerful targets. As she grew up, her goal was to learn who really controlled the world. To do that, she became Sombra, a woman whose mind and body became her tools.
  • Doomfist is stolen and attacks Numbani
    A news bulletin from Numbani shows that a powerful assailant attacked Numbani's airport, destroying multiple OR15 defense robots in the process. The city was rocked by the damage and, Doomfist was to blame.
  • Efi Oladele created Orisa
    A brilliant, young engineer creates a new defender
    Following the attack on Numbani, Efi Oladele saw the destruction that Doomfist caused to her city. Instead of being gripped by fear, Efi leapt into action and modified a damaged OR15 defense robot. With new programming and a new AI operating the machine, Efi gave birth to a new defender, Orisa.
  • The Second Omnic Crisis
    Russia under attack again
    Russia’s omnium is reactivated and ignites a second Omnic Crisis, taking over 15,000 lives. Whether Mondatta's assassination prompts the beginning of the crisis isn’t known, but it's hard to separate the two. In order to combat this new crisis, the world's strongest woman, Aleksandra Zaryanova (Zarya), leaves the world of competitive weightlifting behind to fight for her country. Although only a child during the first crisis, Zarya heralds a new age of soldiers to compete with this darker future.
  • What's next?
    The world could use more heroes
    This brings us to the present. Hopefully more blanks will be filled. Perhaps we’ll figure out the answers to questions: What started the Omnic Crisis? Why did Talon want to assassinate Mondatta? Who has the Doomfist now? And just what is next?