Overwatch Lore

I am no longer updating this page because Blizzard is garbage. Please don't give them your money. I'm leaving the page up because I figure it's better for people looking for Overwatch information to see this message and be able to inform themselves.

For more information, the official website has bios for all the heroes. For more in-depth bios (pulling from not only the links below, but also dev comments, etc.), I recommend this wiki.

  1. Overwatch Cinematic Trailer
  2. Tracer Origin Story

    Tracer's Origin Story was shown at Blizzcon 2014 and is not on the official YouTube channel.

  3. Strange lights sighted over decommissioned Watchpoint
  4. What caused one weightlifting world champ hopeful to give up fame and glory?
  5. Vigilante justice—is it vital in a post-Overwatch world?
  6. Security breach reported at former Overwatch base in Colorado
  7. Experimental Weapon Stolen from Watchpoint: Grand Mesa
  8. Who is "Soldier: 76?"
  9. Fading Glory: On the Trail of Jack Morrison
  10. Soldier: 76 Origin Story
  11. Visit Numbani
  12. Lúcio Brings Music to Life with Synaesthesia World Tour
  13. Volskaya Industries CEO announces increased mech production
  14. If you have any information on the whereabouts of these fugitives
  15. Evidence recovered from audacious Banco de Dorado robbery
  16. A Moment in Crime Special Report: “The Junkers”
  17. 小美的冒险日记 (Mei’s Adventures)
  18. We Are Overwatch
  19. Recall
  20. Alive
  21. McCree: Train HopperAnimated version
  22. Reinhardt: Dragon SlayerAnimated version
  23. Are You with Us?
  24. Junkrat & Roadhog: Going LegitAnimated version
  25. Dragons
  26. Symmetra: A Better WorldAnimated version
  27. Lumérico Vision for Mexico Unveiled, but Threats to Safety and Security Remain
  28. Hero
  29. Pharah: Mission StatementAnimated version
  30. Torbjörn: DestroyerAnimated version
  31. Overwatch Is Back: Uncertainty and Hope After UN Confirms Vigilante Activity
  32. Communications Records of Ziegler, A.
  33. Ana Origin Story
  34. Ana: LegacyAnimated version
  35. Ana: Old SoldiersAnimated version
  36. The Last Bastion
  37. Junkrat: JunkensteinAnimated version
  38. Sombra ARG

    I decided to place this directly before the majority of the Sombra reveal, but as the wiki says, it was ongoing from before Ana's introduction right up to the official reveal with her origin story video.

  39. Lumérico Revelations: CEO Guillermo Portero Under Fire
  40. LumériCo network security breach underway
  41. Lumérico CEO Steps Down
  42. Sombra Origin Story
  43. Infiltration
  44. Tracer: ReflectionsAnimated version
  45. Oasis Travel Tips
  46. Overwatch Tapestry: Winston’s Journey to the WestAnimated version
  47. An Interview with Inventor Efi Oladele
  48. OR15 defense units destroyed in confrontation with unidentified assailant at Numbani airport
  49. Genius grant recipient and Numbani local Efi Oladele posts curious image on her holovid channel
  50. Orisa Origin Story
  51. Bastion: BinaryAnimated version
  52. Initiating archive declassification…
  53. Tracer: UprisingAnimated version
  54. King’s Row Uprising Origin Story
  55. New Details Emerge About Possible Fate of Horizon Lunar Colony
  56. Horizon Lunar Colony
  57. Talon Involvement Confirmed in Previous Attack on Helix Facility
  58. Doomfist Origin Story
  59. Doomfist: MasqueradeAnimated version
  60. Junkertown: The Plan
  61. Rise and Shine
  62. Junkertown: Wasted LandAnimated version

    All of the other comics are prepended by a character name — Wasted Land has “Roadhog” in the list of issues, but uses “Junkertown” everywhere else.

  63. Zarya: SearchingAnimated version
  64. An Overwatch Tale: The Return of Junkenstein
  65. Honor and Glory
  66. Moira Origin Story
  67. After-Action Report: Operation “WHITE DOME”
  68. Overwatch Digital Update: Yeti HuntAnimated version
  69. Story Update: A Letter from Torbjörn to His Wife
  70. “I'll knock some sense into you!”
  71. “Last minute check! Everyone squared away?”
  72. Brigitte Origin Story
  73. Story Update: Brigitte Q&A
  74. Overwatch Officials Respond to Attack on Oslo Facility
  75. Retribution

    I have no damn clue why this is the only comic that isn't animated and is just a PDF.

  76. Retribution Debrief – Reyes
  77. Retribution Debrief – McCree
  78. Retribution cinematics

    The Retribution cinematics were in-game only and are not on the official YouTube channel.

  79. Venice Memorandum Declassification
  80. Retribution Debrief – Genji
  81. Retribution Debrief – Moira
  82. Calm before the storm
  83. Rolling through
  84. The champion revealed
  85. Wrecking Ball Origin Story
  86. Shooting Star
  87. ReunionPost-credits scene

    The Reunion post-credit scene was shown at Blizzcon 2018 and is not on the official YouTube channel.

  88. Ashe Origin Story
  89. Bastet
  90. Unauthorized Access Detected...
  91. Subject: Cuerva Strike Team - Log Recovered
  92. Bon Voyage: Paris Travel Guide
  93. Baptiste Origin Story
  94. Baptiste - Developer Q&A Answers
  95. How Don Rumbotico's international fame is slowly erasing its founders from the narrative
  96. Target: Located
  97. Storm Rising cinematics

    The Storm Rising cinematics were in-game only and are not on the official YouTube channel.

  98. Storm Rising Intel Examination – Maximilien
  99. What You Left Behind
  100. What is that melody?
  101. Sigma Origin Story
  102. Zero Hour
  103. Valkyrie
  104. The Hero of Numbani

    This link has an excerpt, but buy the book for the full story!

  105. Fragment Recovered: Personal Log of Dr. Mina Liao
  106. File status: Corrupted.
  107. File decryption: Complete
  108. Echo Origin Story
  109. Tracer — London Calling #1
  110. Tracer — London Calling #2
  111. Stone by Stone
  112. Tracer — London Calling #3
  113. [CORRESPONDENCE] Post for Toshiro Yamagami
  114. Tracer — London Calling #4

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thanks to /u/DoctorDeadeye for most of the tweet links!