Matthew Mercer, the voice actor who voices gunslinger McCree from the popular first-person shooterOverwatch, decided to have some fun and cosplay as his own character. And honestly? The results are fantastic. Thankfully he shared this great success through a status update on hisofficial Twitter accountso we could see for ourselves.The Hero McCree is an outlaw and former gang member who fights for the principle of righteousness. Using his Peacekeeper, McCree takes out targets with deadeye precision and dives out of danger with eagle-like speed:
After aseries of leaks, it wasofficially confirmedat Blizzcon 2019 thatOverwatch 2would be releasing. Hero talents and in-game items are coming toOverwatch 2PvE, and one of the missions will be a four-player story experience set in Rio de Janeiro, as opposed to the 6v6 gameplay in the originalOverwatch.
While much of the focus will be on story and narrative elements,ÂOverwatchwill see its first new mode since the game was released in beta in 2015, with “Push” set to be unveiled alongside Assault, Control, Escort, Hybrid. Push will be set on a new map based in Toronto."
The reveal ofÂOverwatch 2 comes at a tumultuous time for the developer and publisher, withÂa Nintendo Switch port for the first game recently releasing andÂorganized protests against Blizzard in full force today, due to the companyâs stance on speech regarding the ongoing Hong Kong protests. Blizzard Entertainment President J. Allen Brack addressed the controversy at the top of the presentation,Âgiving a sort of âapologyâ while not addressing Hong Kong by name and not reversing any of the companyâs decisions.
Matthew Mercer is a popular American voice actor who has voiced many characters in both anime and video games. In anime, he voices Levi Ackerman inAttack on Titan, Kiritsugu Emiya inFate/Zero, Jotaro Kujo inJojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Kanji Tatsumi during the second half ofPersona 4: The Animationand Trafalgar Law from the Funimation re-dub ofOne Piece.
In video games, he voices Leon S. Kennedy inResident Evil, Chrom inFire Emblem, Jack Cooper inTitanfall 2, McCree inOverwatch, Yusuke Kitagawa inPersona 5, MacCready inFallout 4and Edér Teylecg inPillars of Eternity. In addition to voice-over work, he also developed theDungeons & Dragonsweb seriesCritical Role, in which he plays the Dungeon Master.