Overwatch w/Devs: Doctrine, Grimsvötn, Reworks, and More | Official XBOX Podcast
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Hey everyone, welcome to the official Xbox Podcast, the only podcast coming to you from inside Xbox. Uh I'm Lena, this is Jeff, and we're here at BlizzCon 2026.
In case you didn't hear the noise behind you, we hear the noise, don't we? Yeah, yeah. All right, Ben Bell, Aaron Keller, fresh off the stage here at BlizzCon. Thank you so much for joining us during like your Super Bowl weekend.
Thank you so much for having us. It's super exciting.
I would love to talk about this year in general. Starting with the Overwatch spotlight at the beginning of the year, from that point forward, it felt like everyone I was talking to, they'd be like, you know, I've really gotten back into Overwatch this year. And then announcement after announcement, new characters, and then sort of peaking here on stage with yet another announcement of both a map and a character. I'd love to hear just like tell us about the state of Overwatch here as you're wrapping up 2026.
Yeah, we wanted to go big this year. And we had this plan to do all of that early on in our spotlight event in February. We announced five new heroes, the return to story to Overwatch. And since then, every season we've released a new hero, we've moved the story forward. And you're right, it culminated here at BlizzCon 2026, where we announced our ninth hero. hero of the year. His name is Doctrine, and he has a big part to play in the wrap-up of the whole story that we've been telling that's going to end next season, you know, in season five.
Yeah, I'm very much looking forward to February, the spotlight, 'cause I loved last spotlight. And so looking forward to kind of what's coming to Overwatch. Is there anything that you could maybe share? Maybe tease? I don't know. Yeah.
But so Aaron talked a little bit about Spotlight next year. And, you know, I think first I'd say we want every season to feel big, but we want to blow people away at Spotlight. And, you know, it's not going to be exactly the same formula as this year, but we're going to bring some new gameplay, new heroes, things that people want and have asked for and some things that are really gonna I think gonna surprise people and they're gonna be excited by. You know, the thing about this team is we're just so focused on players and like the team is just so passionate about the game. So I think we're gonna blow people away.
It's gonna be really cool. And this
is BlizzCon. So we really wanted to make sure we showed up in a big way. Ben, you mentioned the players. This is your first BlizzCon, right? What was it like like announcing things in front of them, seeing them like immediately jump on and play and enjoy these new characters and map? Yeah, it's really humbling and awesome. Like You know, we do this to make people happy and to bring people together. And, you know, I said it on stage, but it's really true. Like it's totally inspirational to be here and see people out there. You know, we have this event called Play the Devs and just like seeing the interactions between like, you know, players and our team. It's amazing. So, you know, I I I can't wait to go down to the floor and see some more of it.
Um Um and uh you know, I can't wait to be at BlizzCon again in the future.
Um so for folks who may have just seen the reveal, nothing else, who is Doctrine?
What is the current state of Overwatch as 2026 wraps up?
Oh, okay, so doctrine is Overwatch is take or inspired by a vampire. Um and you can kind of see it when you look at them. And I I do think when Overwatch is at its best, when we're making our best heroes, you can look at them and just kind of understand what that fantasy is supposed to be. You can take a look at Reinhardt, this medieval knight or Mercy, who is like an angel, and I think doctrine kind of fits in with all of like some of those greatest hits that we've made over the years. And Doctrine is a support hero, which is maybe a little bit surprising, you know, because it it's a it's a vampire and he's a villain at the same time. But he's got this past that kind of like really fits in with him being a support and him kind of like dealing with the life energy of people.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:19
2
What is the current state of Overwatch as 2026 wraps up?
3:19–5:45
3
Who is the new Season 5 hero Doctrine and what is his story?
5:45–7:50
4
How does Doctrine’s kit work – weapons, dash, drones and transform ability?
7:50–11:46
5
What are the re‑works coming to Sombra and Roadhog and why?
11:46–17:04
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