New Shooting Star Overwatch Animated Short Released by Blizzard

The first person shooter from Blizzard Entertainment in Overwatch has risen to become one of the most popular games and esports titles in the world. While the title is an online multiplayer title only, the fanbase for the game have come to learn and love each of the characters that are apart of the title's roster thanks to Blizzard interweaving the lore of Overwatch throughout the game. 

The most popular of these lore elements are the animated shorts Blizzard has produced for a few of the characters that dive deeper into their backstory or show them in spectacular adventures. Wednesday, August 22nd is when the latest Overwatch animated short called Shooting Star was released, and this time the mech piloting gamer D.Va was at the focus of the Overwatch animated short story telling in Shooting Star. 

Shooting Star shows off that while D.Va is a famous esports athlete turned mech pilot hero who defends her city from Omnic attacks, she is more comfortable drinking energy drinks, eating Doritos style chips and working on her favorite mech instead of enjoying her celebrity status much to the dismay of her friend. 

However, Shooting Star reflects on the past battles of D.Va and how they affect her in the hero putting all of the pressure of defending the city on herself.

A surprise attack by a group of flying Omnics then begins to spur the action of the Shooting Star Overwatch animated short where after destroying all but one of the Omnics, D.Va uses the self destruct feature of her mech to save the city from the last remaining enemy. 

The success and popularity of the Overwatch animated shorts, such as Shooting Star, continue to drive the notion and desire by the community for Blizzard to sign off on having an Overwatch movie or television series created, as the lore of Overwatch continues to be one of the most treasured features of the game for players.