Everyone loves Mei; she’s funny, cute, smart, soft, and just all-around cool. But she’s different from the focus of previous Overwatch animated shorts because unlike her companions, she’s also a scientist. We’ve seen shorts about soldiers, adventurers, and oddities, but a look behind the scenes of the most recent short stresses that Mei is the first time an actual science-oriented character has gotten the spotlight so far. And that’s important, considering that science is one of the big focuses of the eponymous organization.
The six-minute behind-the-scenes look emphasizes the way that the short plays up Mei’s creativity and inventive approach to problems, something that’s key to her character and her gameplay. (Well, when her gameplay isn’t just about icicle-sniping people across the map.)
Meanwhile, Blizzard has released its latest Overwatch comic, Wasted Land, this round themed for the Junkertown release.
“The Omnic Crisis brought ruin to the Australian Outback. Roadhog knows this better than most. He’s seen it descend into an apocalyptic wasteland. Everything he once knew has been broken down, irradiated, or scrapped. Now all that’s left is Junkertown, the place that hermits, scavengers, brutes, and killers call home. Roadhog hasn’t put it out of its misery. Not yet. But he’s been tempted…”
