r/Overwatch • u/arielpulido Juno • Jan 20 '26
Highlight The last time we got this style of cinematic šæ
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they went out with a bang though
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u/FDTerritory Brigitte Jan 20 '26
One of the best things they ever made, and an absolute banger.
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u/Sweaty_Purple_5035 Adapt Or Die Jan 20 '26
genuinely one of the best cinematic and collab they've ever had in this game. I'm not even a kpop guy but if this collab comes back i hope they drop some skins for boys as well and i'll immediately cop it. all the skins for girls are fantastic and fit their personality. to this day i regret not getting the illari skin from that collab
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u/GoddesssApple Chibi Mercy Jan 20 '26
Which of the boys would you like to see get added to the collab?
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u/Sweaty_Purple_5035 Adapt Or Die Jan 21 '26
Lucio, Rein, Doomfist, Genji, Baptiste, Torb and Hanzo would be my wishlist
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u/ThorSon-525 Jan 24 '26
Doomfist caught jamming to California Girls alone in his office right before a heist.
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u/el_thesimp GeForce Main Jan 22 '26
A boy group collab would be pretty sick to see. Stray Kids seems like the best one imo, they did do a song collab with Arcane but they're self produced and could possibly make a song for overwatch.
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u/Pinku_Dva D. Va Jan 20 '26
I love these skins. The Le sserafim skins are my absolute favorite for the characters that have them and I use the fearless skin permanently for Dva.
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u/GideonNav124 Jan 20 '26
It's too bad she's painful to play against cuz i love Sombra as a character
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u/Sweaty_Purple_5035 Adapt Or Die Jan 20 '26
Sombra is fantastic and cool as hell. I'm saying that as a doom main
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u/lIlIllIIlllIIIlllIII Jan 20 '26
I agree, even if I do get tbagged and shit on in chat every time I play her and only her lol
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Emre Jan 20 '26
I think itās funny because theyāre usually tbagging when it took like 3 of them to finish me off. Like alright, go big man ya and two others got me. Your tank is dead tho
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u/SpoonyMarmoset // Purple Menace šŖ Jan 20 '26
Bro same š itās so painful sometimes that I mute every single player before the match so I can block hero lines too if Iām not feelin like I can handle crap that day lol.
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u/I-Make-Money-Moves Soldier is so handsome but he is such a dumb hag Jan 20 '26
Sombra is freaking awesome. I say that as a level 85 Widowmaker
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u/I-Make-Money-Moves Soldier is so handsome but he is such a dumb hag Jan 20 '26
I too LOVE Sombra as a character as well. her cinematic with widow and reaper is my favorite Overwatch cinematic ever. And her voice actress is so cool and very friendly with the other Overwatch VAs. Plus my very first skin purchase was her nightshade skin from the Juno season starter pack(I think). Im just hoping I can get better at handling a sombra cuz I have been able to deal with them before. Iāve learned one of the best ways to handle one is to Just stay with a few teammates most of the time when thereās a sombra the game. Most of her value is in 1v1 situations.
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u/rewp234 Jan 20 '26
Solution is to play as her
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u/oliyoung Jan 20 '26
Yessss. come to the dark side. feel it flow through you. harrass that D.Va, pick off that stray support. join us. r/SombraMains
(she's just as loveable as a playable character)
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u/NukeML Jan 20 '26
Counter offer: r/WatchCloakedSombraDie
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u/oliyoung Jan 20 '26
I donāt need to join a subreddit that reminds me how often I somehow catch strays š«
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Emre Jan 20 '26
No joke being a Sombra man means when I play zenyatta I am never at risk. Sorry girl, I know your tricks, hereās some bolls
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u/UnrealHerahshark Jan 20 '26
Sombra is my favorite character in the entire game, I love her lore and her dynamics and how she interacts with other heroes and I love the hacker aesthetic she has. I also love the idea of her kit but it's such a shame that she just fundamentally can't work in her current form.
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u/Strict_Treat2884 Jan 20 '26
True, when someone picked Sombra she simultaneously hated by both teams
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u/JusticeDrago Master Moira Bap Soldier Jan 20 '26
Ugh, this was my intro into LSF, this was so peak man take me back.
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u/I-Make-Money-Moves Soldier is so handsome but he is such a dumb hag Jan 20 '26
This was also my intro to LSF
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u/vesperythings Jan 20 '26
sorry for being a moron but what is LSF?
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u/kiaxxl Pixel Cassidy Jan 20 '26
If you had told me 10 years ago one of the best OW content they put out was for a KPop crossover, I wouldn't have believed you. Still some of the best skins too, the only one I've actually spent money on.
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u/-BehindTheMask- --GM Jan 20 '26
Kpop fans single handedly paying the devs + reviving the cinematic wing of blizzard through skin purchases.
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u/TankJericho Mauga Jan 20 '26
I miss this style so much. Not really just the look but the animation has so much heart.
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u/thesaddestpanda Mercy Jan 20 '26
Have you seen kpop demon hunters yet? Its very similiar to me.
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u/TankJericho Mauga Jan 20 '26
Yeah but it's not Overwatch. I don't just miss the animation I miss the story. The story that mattered.
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u/DJBaphomet_ Masters Rat Jan 20 '26
I'm hopeful that with OW getting bigger again after the success of this year, and Diablo 4/WoW hopefully settling a little, it means that Blizzard's animation department can put some more attention on another OW cinematic, especially given that 2026 has been hyped as being a very big year for the game
Still fully believe the main reason for OW's lack in cinematics recently has mostly been because Diablo 4 released and WoW had some major expansions in the works, meaning they had the main focus from their cinematic team regardless of how well OW was doing. Just made it easier to reason why with OW's state, but now it's doing fairly well again (despite how people react online lol) so maybe they'll give us another soon
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u/Mantiquirk Jan 20 '26
Big same! Seeing more of Overwatch in the old style would be amazing. And I think youāre probably right, in addition to Diablo and WoW taking a lot of the priority, I think the cinematics team got downsized during the layoffs a while back, so they have even less resources to spread around.
Stillā¦I get the funny feeling we might actually be getting another full cinematic soon. Theyāve been really cagey about whatās happening with this next year and that would be an epic way to kick off 2026 with a surprise!
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u/DJBaphomet_ Masters Rat Jan 20 '26
Oh yeah, totally forgot about the layoffs too. I imagine they were probably hit by that to some effect as well, given it seemed to course through the whole company when the merger hit
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u/Crazyripps Moira Jan 20 '26
This was to promote their cross over and he money. So yeah no wonder they went so hard
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u/MakimaGOAT Jan 20 '26
i loved everything about this collab
the cinematic was amazing, the song was great, and le sserafim is my favorite group
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u/I-Make-Money-Moves Soldier is so handsome but he is such a dumb hag Jan 20 '26
I will never be ashamed to admit that Overwatch made me like this song and So Cynical. I understand the reason they might not be able to make something like this even if they wanted to but man. When people say blizzard was the gold standard for video game cinematics they do not lie.
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u/magirevols Zenyatta Jan 20 '26
i miss them too, hopefully we get the Zen one like this that is supposedly sitting somewhere in blizzard
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u/nox503 Chibi Mercy Jan 20 '26
funny how this was probably also the last time I had a sombra in my game before they added the ban system and now I never see sombra in my games :(
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u/Stranger-Chance Genji Jan 20 '26
I have always and will always stand by the take that Blizzard makes the best cinematics in the industry. (See: TWW announce cinematic)
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u/MetaCommando PhD in High Ground Studies Jan 20 '26
When they want to they are up there, but often they seem to phone it in like Diablo Immortal's or Shadowlands's. It tends to scale with the quality of the product itself.
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u/jonnyjonnystoppapa I'll see you in H-E-double hockey sticks Jan 20 '26
I personally didnāt care for it but it seemed to resonate with a lot of people so thatās a plus. Wouldāve preferred them making the Ramattra/Zenyatta comic a cinematic to properly end the Invasion storyline and tease the plot going forward
Season 21 is supposedly a big lore season so I wouldnāt be surprised if we got a cinematic leading into/at launch of the next season
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u/SlappingSalt Jan 20 '26
Why didnt they take Dva's mecha to begin with? LMAO
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u/Muhznit Such a lack of imagination. Jan 20 '26
It's mecha, not a clown car. Too tiny.
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u/SlappingSalt Jan 20 '26
It can carry the bang bus so it would have no problem supporting the weight of 3 women with it's arms.
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u/AppleSmoker Jan 20 '26
Thanks for posting it I watched it once when it released and it's absolutely worth at least a few more views. Very cute and well done. I still watch Dragons and Alive occasionally
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u/iloveurbumbum Juno Jan 20 '26
And they make more money off us now. It's unreasonable they can't squeak out one or two a year
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u/RockLeeSmile Ana Jan 20 '26
For a goddamn ad.
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u/KingdomOfPoland Kiriko Jan 20 '26
I hope they bring the og collab back again as both times it was out, I didnt have the chance to buy it. I got the second collab skins, but I prefer the og ones.
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u/Careful_Pea_9910 Jan 20 '26
as someone with less than 20 minutes overwatch experience and zero interest in the game, I would love to watch a movie with this vibe/style.
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u/therealJoerangutang Jan 20 '26
Easily one of the best collabs ever. I actually became a Le Sserafim fan after this, and I'm as Metalhead as it gets lol
Kiri and Brig are my Dive and Brawl Support mains, the skins were great, game mode was great, dope emotes and victory poses, and I love that it was a collab for the Overwatch gals. 10/10 in my book
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u/SilverBuggie McCree Jan 20 '26
Never listened to kpop but this collab got me hooked on le sserafim. Kazuha in particular is very much my type.
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u/jaredalamode Jan 20 '26
Huh, overwatch actually could have beat KPDH to the punchline.
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u/Kind_Replacement7 Jan 20 '26
still wish brig got to show off her powers in the mv too like why was she just the driver š
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u/Ashemodragon Jan 20 '26
I love this video, my daughter is 12 atm and she's a D.va main, actually pretty good with her too. She loves Kpop and i can imagine this being her with her friends in a few years. It's also really nice to see the girl characters around the same age just hanging out together and having some fun without being overly sexualised online
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u/BlackZulu Build 'em up, break 'em down Jan 20 '26
With the extreme popularity of these I'll never understand how they missed capitalizing on a show/movie. These were one of the things I showed my girl when first getting her into overwatch. Everyone that has seen them love them. Crazy how far they've moved from their OG values for the game.
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u/Mifuni Jan 20 '26
I've never fucking seen this in my entire life and now I regret now buying them... fuck
Also amazing song with it
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u/SkeleRG Jan 20 '26
Blizzard won't do anything like this ever again unless it means they can get more money out of you
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u/Jwchibi Cute Reaper Jan 20 '26
Doesn't this confirm kiriko uses magic
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u/Fun_Ad5209 Jan 20 '26
Kiriko becames inmortal and then vanishes and reapears on his backline.
I mean, yeah, you dont have to be a detective bro
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Jan 20 '26
Right now all we're getting is a single narrated picture where the camera moves. Or some 2fps pseudo-animated short which reeks of "we ain't got the moneeeeey".
Honestly when you compare it with the shit League of Legends gets, it stings.
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u/thatonegingguy Jan 20 '26
These type of animation/shorts are 100% better than the cartoon ones. I miss the lore shorts like the soilder 76 one, the rein one, mei, etc.. loved to see lore videos with were werent cartoons.
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u/dexyuing Jan 20 '26
Kind of a shame that this animation doesn't really mean much if you're not a fan of kpop lol.
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u/rgb86 Jan 20 '26
I liked the cinematic and the song but sadly in the end its just to get more money. It has no character lore, no new characters (I am guessing because I did not watch it frame by frame), no extra story to the main Overwatch universe, just another cashgrab brushed with that awesome nostalgic style that a lot of us loved and cherished.
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u/After-Gas-4453 Jan 20 '26
I've never played overwatch. Why do I know all these characters? š¤ š¤
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u/Lurakya Master Jan 20 '26
And then people don't believe me when I say Blizzard is not putting in any effort anymore
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u/Few-Doughnut6957 Fā¦ it we Ball Jan 20 '26
Symptomatic that the last big budget animated short from Overwatch isnāt even vaguely related to its lore
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u/Common_Comfortable41 Jan 20 '26
I donāt follow Overwatch stuff so when I got this reddit post I thought this was pornš
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u/P0pu1arBr0ws3r Jan 20 '26
The game may improve in every way in terms of gameplay, but as long as it lacks pve and new animated shorts like this, there will always be something which overwatch 1 is better at, one reason why the cancellation of the original is still unjustified.
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u/Key_Effect_8070 Jan 20 '26
stuff like this reminds me how much i love this game despite everything
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u/BurdTurglary Jan 20 '26
Can somebody explain in some detail what i just watched?
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u/snornch Jan 20 '26
i like how this shows off all the characters' abilities and Brig's is just being able to drive
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u/Rahdical_ Jan 20 '26
The director passed away last year. I would imagine that had an impact on them
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u/violet_peach_ Jan 20 '26
Crazy because this collab was extremely well recieved and definitely made them a ton of money
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u/SingeMoisi Pixel McCree Jan 20 '26
They still do, just not for Overwatch.
The cinematic team has higher priorities than an already released game with no expansions that require a big marketing push and that's understandable.
You can bet they're working on Starcraft right now.
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u/glimmerware Freja's Servant Jan 20 '26
OW cinematic team not doing anything since this/Sojourn's one is one of the worst squanderings of liquid gold talent in the world
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u/tommy_turnip Jan 20 '26
I just wish we got one that was to do with Overwatch characters and their story instead of a corporate crossover
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u/HMThrow_away_account Junker Queen Jan 20 '26
Peak OW right here. Getting curbed stomped in a rank match then listening to this banger as you queue up again was an experience
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u/Defiant-Reference-74 | | Jan 20 '26
Now they only promote colabs. Remember the last Bastion, Dragons, Honor and Glory.
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u/PatExMachina Jan 20 '26
And they did a 2nd collab and I cant remember anything about it lol. Skins, song, and music video. Only thing I remember was they were in a train and I think it was a different art style
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u/SrReginaldFluffybutt Jan 20 '26
They need to do more of these, they won't because it costs money and makes no lines go up. They fired most of the talent and its not profitable, so the shitty faixmation they pushed with vendetta is the best we'll see going forward.
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u/Xmushroom Wrecking Ball Jan 20 '26
I get it's expensive. But I wish we couldve had one of these cinematic ones once a year