of Overwatch cowboy hero Jesse McCree was renamed Cole Cassidy.
The name change is part of a series of updates Blizzard has made to its games to remove references to troublesome individuals or themes that have emerged in the wake of various discrimination and harassment lawsuits against the company. Last month World of Warcraft removed NPCs named in the harassment lawsuit, citing former senior creative director Alex Afrasiabi, who was involved in the notorious “Cosby Suite” incident. Jesse McCree, a former chief designer, was also a part of this event, and of Overwatch Named after the cowboy character.
When these allegations were made public, the players Overwatch He refused to say the character's name during league matches. Overwatch The team later stated that they were in the process of changing the name to McCree.
A overwatch in tweet The team framed the name change as Cassidy reconciled with her checkered past and dropped her outlaw name, providing a clever in-game explanation for a change stemming from real-world forces.
“To make this new Overwatch better – to get things right – he needs to be honest with his team and himself,” the announcement tweet says.
The name change will be released on October 26.