Blizzard Releases Possible Overwatch Lore News Story for Archives Event

Blizzard posted an Overwatch in-lore news story to their website today that was taken from the game's lore archives eight years ago. The story details an attack that took place at one of Overwatch's facilities in Oslo, Norway. 

"At a televised news conference, Commander Jack Morrison stated that a complete investigation of the incident is ongoing, and that at this point it is too early to identify the parties responsible. Morrison issued a stern warning to the perpetrators. "Overwatch will not rest until the ones behind this attack are brought to justice.""

The report from Atlas News stated "Morrison confirmed that Overwatch has identified a number of suspects behind the strike but declined to provide further details."

It is likely that this news story is a teaser for the upcoming Overwatch Archives event that is set to kick off April 10th. Other teasers for the event have pointed to a story called Overwatch Retribution with speculation by the community pointing to the possible involvement of Overwatch's shadow organization Blackwatch, which has employed the likes of Genji, Widowmaker, McCree, Reaper, Moira and Doomfist.

Archives is the latest in-game event coming to Blizzard's first person shooter and will bring back the Uprising event from last year that comprised of Tracer's first mission with Overwatch. This year the Uprising event will be accompanied by the Retribution story and possibly other secrets that Blizzard has in store for the community. However, at the moment all of this remains speculative until any official announcements from Blizzard, but more details are going to be revealed during the April 4th Overwatch League Broadcast.

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