Jesse McCree, the former Blizzard employee, was a developer who worked on expansions for World of Warcraft, as well as Diablo 3 and Diablo 4. Perhaps to prevent any other occurrences like this, Overwatch‘s “in-game characters will no longer be named after real employees,” according to the statement, “and we will be more thoughtful and discerning about adding real-world references in future Overwatch content.” Instead, Blizzard will launch a new free-for-all map for Overwatch this September. The statement also announced that a narrative arc in the game’s story would also be delayed, as it would focus mainly on McCree. “As we continue to discuss how we best live up to our values and to demonstrate our commitment to creating a game world that reflects them,” reads Blizzard’s statement on the Overwatch Twitter page, “we believe it’s necessary to change the name of the hero currently known as McCree to something that better represents what Overwatch stands for.” A new name for the hero has not been announced.Ī message from the Overwatch team. The decision by developer Blizzard comes after the character’s real-life namesake, a former game designer at the studio, was let go from the company. Jesse McCree, the six-shootin’ cowboy of Overwatchvoiced by Matt Mercer, will be getting a new name according to a post on the game’s Twitter page. In other Overwatch news, the Overwatch League esports organizers announced last night that it will “pivot from live events centered around Dallas and Los Angeles and will instead return to Hawaii for postseason competition. Worth noting here is the sharp difference in how the Overwatch team at Blizzard is handling the situation compared to Activision-Blizzard HQ, which this week stands accused by state investigators of literally shredding evidence pertinent to the lawsuit.Ī message from the Overwatch team. The new FFA map referred to in the announcement, Malevento, hit the PTR today, with a planned release date of September 28th. Blizzard does say that in the future, it won’t name characters after real people – a wise rule every studio probably ought to follow.
This is not an insignificant undertaking, as it’ll require edits and possibly rerecords of hundreds of lines of dialogue from other characters. Since we want to integrate this change into that story arc, we will be delaying the new arc until later this year and instead launch a new FFA map this September.” In the near term, we had planned to kick off a narrative arc in September supported with new story and game content, of which McCree was a key part. “We realize that any change to such a well-loved and central hero in the game’s fiction will take time to roll out correctly, and we’ll share updates as this work progresses.
“As we continue to discuss how we best live up to our values and to demonstrate our commitment to creating a game world that reflects them, we believe it’s necessary to change the name of the hero currently known as McCree to something that better represents what Overwatch stands for,” the studio says. According to a message to players today, Blizzard has now made the determination that McCree needs a rename, and it will necessitate a delay of content for the game as well. Jesse McCree was one of three prominent developers ousted from the company earlier this month as part of Activision’s purge of Blizzard middle-managers it’s holding responsible for having failed to uphold the company’s policies. Over the course of the last month of the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal, players have wondered aloud whether Blizzard would do anything to address the fact that one of Overwatch’s characters, McCree, was named after a now-former employee tangled up in the accusations.
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