McCree’s new name in Overwatch will sadly not be ‘Shooty McShootface’

Two months after it was promised, McCree, the cowboy hero of Overwatch fame, has gotten a brand new title. Blizzard introduced that McCree is now Cole Cassidy, and never Dave to some followers’ disappointment. The need for the change got here following the lawsuit towards Activision Blizzard. Within the wake of the go well with, Jesse McCree, the character’s namesake, was fired. In August, Blizzard promised that McCree will get a brand new title as a part of its efforts to slash ties with the various alleged abusers.

Blizzard revealed the brand new moniker on Twitter earlier right this moment. Within the announcement, the staff revealed that McCree will turn out to be Cole Cassidy beginning on October 26. Hopefully the corporate already completed swapping out the title in most of the sport’s voice strains. As a result of in any other case, it’s going to sound just a little awkward for some time. The message included within the announcement supplies some Spaghetti Western-style reasoning to make the title change appear lore pleasant. Blizzard couldn’t assist however to sneak in a nod to the precise intention, after all.

“The very first thing a renegade loses is their title, and this one gave up his way back,” reads the Twitter message. “Working from his previous meant working from himself, and every passing 12 months solely widened the divide between who he had been and what he had turn out to be. However in each cowboy’s life, there comes a time when he has to cease and make a stand. To Make this new Overwatch higher — to make issues proper — he needed to be sincere together with his staff and himself. The cowboy he was rode into the sundown, and Cole Cassidy confronted the world at daybreak.”

Meet Cole Cassidy.

Rides into Overwatch October 26. pic.twitter.com/CT6PmaNXNs

— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 22, 2021

Ashe and Cole, collectively once more

So, there you could have it: McCree’s new title in Overwatch is Cole Cassidy. It’s a superb Western title, so far as stereotypical Western names are wont to be. One particular person within the Twitter thread already identified how the title matches contemplating McCree’s Cassidy’s rival, Ashe.

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