Overwatch Cinematics

Every major Overwatch animated short, origin story and season trailer in release order – from the 2014 reveal and Recall to the Reign of Talon shorts of 2026.

Blizzard tells most of Overwatch's story outside the matches – in animated shorts, origin stories and hero trailers. Below are 42 official videos, numbered in release order from the 2014 reveal to the Reign of Talon story of 2026. Click any video to play it here.

Reveal & launch7 Growing the world7 Overwatch 2 launch5 Invasion5 New heroes every season6 Reign of Talon12

Reveal & launch

2014–2016

**Overwatch Cinematic Trailer**November 2014

Growing the world

2017–2019

Overwatch 2 launch

2022

**Overwatch 2 Launch Trailer**October 2022

Invasion

2023

New heroes every season

2024–2025

Reign of Talon

2026

The year-long Reign of Talon story. Trailers released in the same month are listed in the order we could confirm; within February the exact day order of the season trailers is not certain.

**5 New Heroes Gameplay Trailer**February 2026

**Season 3: Into the Tiger's Den**June 2026

**Season 4: Heroes of Busan**August 2026

**Season 5: A Grim Doctrine**October 2026

All videos are official uploads from the PlayOverwatch YouTube channel, embedded with YouTube's privacy-enhanced player.

Where to start

New to the story?Start with the 2014 Cinematic Trailer, Recall and Zero Hour – they set up Overwatch, its fall and its return.

Want the heroes?The classic shorts – Alive, Dragons, Hero, Rise and Shine, Honor and Glory, Reunion – each focus on one or two heroes.

Catching up on 2026?Watch the Reign of Talon short, then the hero trailers in order, and finish with In the Wolf's Mouth.

Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.