We’ve known that Blizzard would give Overwatch’s cowboy hero a new name for a while, but now we know what it is: Cole Cassidy.
After the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Blizzard in August for sexual harassment and discrimination of its employees, the developer pledged to make things right piece by piece. One (small) means to do this was to rename a particular Overwatch hero, formerly known as Jesse McCree, as the character was named after a developer at the studio were let go amid serious allegations. Now, that hero’s name is Cole Cassidy.
Check out the announcement from Blizzard for yourself below.
Meet Cole Cassidy.
Rides into Overwatch October 26. pic.twitter.com/CT6PmaNXNs
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 22, 2021
“The first thing a renegade loses is their name, and this one gave up his long ago,” Blizzard said in some flavor text on Twitter. “Running from his past meant running from himself, and each passing year only widened the divide between who he had been and what he had become. But in every cowboy’s life, there comes a time when he has to stop and make a stand. To make this new Overwatch better – to make things right – he had to be honest with his team and himself. The cowboy he was rode into the sunset, and Cole Cassidy face the world at dawn.”
The cowboy hero’s new name of Cole Cassidy will take effect on Oct. 26 in a new update for Overwatch.
