It was this time last year Blizzard began teasing Overwatch hero Orisa, and the tease-mobile is in action once again. We presume we’re building up to the reveal of Overwatch hero 27 (which tallies with Blizzard saying it was “well along the path on hero 27” at the turn of the year) and we could know their identity officially by the end of next week if Blizzard is sticking to a similar timeline to Orisa’s unveiling from 2017.
What we’ve had so far is an official Overwatch tweet containing a report written by character Ana about an old Overwatch mission where the gang were ambushed and Torbjorn lost his arm. We also had a follow-up letter by Torbjorn to his wife, but it’s Ana’s report people are talking about.
[DECLASSIFIED] After-Action Report: Operation “WHITE DOME” pic.twitter.com/34j688oKw2
— Overwatch (@OverwatchEU) February 23, 2018
They’re talking about a name contained within it – the name Emre Sarioglu. Emre is Turkish male name, and Sarioglu was on the Overwatch mission to Istanbul in Turkey alongside Reinhardt, Torbjorn and Ana. Sarioglu was a Private First Class, which is a fairly low rank.
And… that’s it. There’s no explanation for who Sarioglu is, and he hasn’t popped up in Overwatch lore before – a conspicuous absence, given the way Overwatch lore tends to be scrutinised by the game’s community. Sarioglu’s inclusion in the brief report, therefore, is significant – but is he the new hero?
Not necessarily. Sarioglu could be a stepping stone to the new hero in the same way Efi Oladele was to Orisa, as Orisa’s creator. It was Oladele that Blizzard introduced before her creation was revealed a week later, although Sarioglu isn’t singled out as an inventor or technician of any kind. Sarioglu could, however, be the parent of a new hero, the mission he’s mentioned in having occurred around 26 years in Overwatch’s past. We shall see.
The role hero 27 will play in the game could be meta-changing, according to suggestions Blizzard has made in the past. Then again, Blizzard probably thought similar about each of the other heroes before they showed up. There have been whispers of a tank-healer, a multi-class. These whispers and others are discussed by Overwatch lore-follower Hammeh in the embedded video.
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