And a lot of that was helping guide our philosophy in tank design changes for Overwatch 2.” “She’s very aggressive as a tank - not really the hold back/hold-the-shield type.

“We had been experimenting with her kind of idly for a while, but we didn’t really start on her in earnest until really pushing toward Overwatch 2’s release,” lead hero designer Geoff Goodman told Polygon in an interview last week. She both epitomizes Overwatch 2’s new approach to tanks and helped guide the design team’s philosophy to make the game’s bruisers more aggressive as Blizzard reworked Overwatch’s meta. “One of the coolest things about Junker Queen is that she’s unique, in that she makes the rest of the team deadlier,” said Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie, lead narrative designer and writer on Overwatch 2. She charges into battle, can heal herself, and can even boost her allies’ health and movement. But setting her apart from the armor-clad and shield-bearing remainder of Overwatch’s tank lineup, Junker Queen is fast and in-your-face, blurring the line between a tank, damage, and support character. And she’s hardy, in her back story, her personality, and in her role on the battlefield. She’s unquestionably tank-sized Junker Queen stands an imposing seven feet tall. Junker Queen - real name Odessa “Dez” Stone, and voiced by actor Leah de Niese - is a spicy new addition to Overwatch’s tank lineup, unlike any other hero in the game so far. “They’re probably wondering what sort of changes I’ll make,” Junker Queen says, standing over the defeated King in the final moments of her cinematic. But it appears Junker Queen will rule benevolently, rallying the citizens of Junkertown to build a strong community in Australia’s irradiated wastelands. The lore trailer tells the story of a girl exiled from Junkertown who returns to face the King in a Thunderdome-esque battle, with the spoils being rulership. But Junker Queen was finally, fully, and thoroughly revealed on Thursday, and she’ll be playable later this month when the beta for Overwatch 2 goes live.īlizzard fleshes out the Queen’s backstory in a new cinematic, “ The Wastelander,” the first new short film for Overwatch in years. As the disembodied voice of Junkertown’s ruler, she’s only been seen, officially, in scraps of artwork. Overwatch’s newest hero, revealed just a few days ago, has been a presence in Blizzard’s hero shooter for nearly five years now.

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