Overwatch's Next Character Is Echo

After a whole bunch of speculation from the Overwatch community, Blizzard has finally revealed the identity of its hero shooter's next character. It's Echo, a robotic character we saw back during BlizzCon 2019's Overwatch 2 announcement.

Blizzard dropped an origin story video to give players a sense of who Echo is, which you can watch below. According to Blizzard's tweet introducing the Echo video, she's "an evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence." It didn't say when Echo will be available in the game, however.

We also don't know yet what "rapidly adapting artificial intelligence" means in terms of gameplay. Blizzard hasn't revealed Echo's role or capabilities yet, so we'll have to wait and see what the super robot will bring to her Overwatch teams.