{"id":89352,"date":"2026-09-13T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89352"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T20:39:20","slug":"overwatch-devs-confirm-that-yes-tracer-is-still-the-games-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89352","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch Devs Confirm That Yes, Tracer Is Still The Game\u2019s Mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>You heard it here first, folks: Tracer is still the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/overwatch\">Overwatch<\/a>, despite not being featured in many major collaborations or promotional materials as of late.<\/p>\n<p>We got the chance to sit down with the minds behind Overwatch at Blizzcon 2026 to discuss the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/overwatch-2-gets-new-vampire-inspired-support-hero-map-and-big-character-reworks\">newest support hero, Doctrine<\/a>, and the future of the franchise \u2014 as well as grill them about Tracer\u2019s role as its supposed mascot.<\/p>\n<p>When you think about Overwatch, you probably think of Tracer. She was essentially the star of the show when the game first launched in 2016, and was consistently featured in marketing materials, merchandise, advertisements, and more. Her iconic silhouette and speedy abilities were inescapable back then\u2026 but now, not so much.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"overwatch-tracer-london-calling-graphic-novel-preview\" data-value=\"overwatch-tracer-london-calling-graphic-novel-preview\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\">\n<p>We directly asked Overwatch\u2019s Lead Hero Producer Kenny Hudson, as well as art director Dion Rogers, if Tracer is still the mascot of the game \u2014 or if she was ever really considered its mascot, at all.<\/p>\n<p>Their answer was firm and decisive: Tracer is, and always was, the mascot of Overwatch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTracer is still the mascot for Overwatch. Very much. \u2018Tracer orange\u2019 is a quote that the team uses all the time. The little cheeto on top of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You heard it here first, folks: Tracer is still the face of Overwatch, despite not being featured in many major collaborations or promotional materials as of late. We got the chance to sit down with the minds behind Overwatch at Blizzcon 2026 to discuss the game\u2019s newest support hero, Doctrine, and the future of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":89354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89356,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89352\/revisions\/89356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}