Overwatch

So they will finally reveal that it's actually the bird is named Bastion. It whispers things to the poor omnic. An omnic that only knows to take orders. It does as it's told and does not know any better. He was fresh off the assembly line ready to make a new and better world. It had not yet received it's full programming. It's AI not on par with the likes of Zenyatta. A child if you will.

After the war it was left alone. Nobody to complete his AI installation. It could only do as it was told and do as it's told. A bird found the onic and took pitty upon it. He would teach this robot in return he would have protection from a harsh world. A world that cared only about it's own war and cost the lives of millions of animals. Helpless animals caught in the cross fire and burning remains of battle.

With these thoughts the birds mind grew twisted. He took on the name Bastion so the omnic would know what to call it's master. It heard of Overwatch being called back into battle and knew that he must end it. HE must rise up and get revenge for his fallen animal friends. Now he has the means to do it. This lonely omnic that has befriended him. Bastion told his story to the omnic and was pleased to find the robot was willing to aid his cause.

Now they have joined the battle. Not with Overwatch or even Tallon. Only their own means keep them fighting. Bastion sits in safety of the omnic. Giving the orders, showing it the enemy, and whispering...

"Kill, kill them all."

Hey everyone,

When we implemented the “High Bandwidth” option to Custom Games back in beta, we also noted that—if the feature performed well and players responded positively to it—we would investigate adding it to other games modes. We’re holding to that promise and are currently in the process of rolling out high bandwidth support globally for PC. This process may take a few weeks for all regions, but once fully deployed all games including those in Quick Play and Competitive Play will be running in high bandwidth mode by default.

So what does that mean? In Overwatch, our high bandwidth option adjusts the game’s client update rate (the frequency at which your client gets updates from the game server) from 21 updates per second to 63 updates per second. This reduces the amount of time between when you complete an action and when your client hears back about the result, which in turn will help make the game feel more responsive.

Since we know that not all internet connections are equal, we’ve also added in tech that will automatically and adaptively scale down your update rate if we find your connection can't keep up. Similarly, because high bandwidth servers (as the name suggests) will increase your bandwidth consumption, we’re also looking to add an option to self-limit your update rate in a future patch.

We’re very excited to be able to roll out this support on PC, and are already exploring how we can bring it to consoles. We hope your experience in Overwatch will be improved as a result, and look forward to hearing your feedback!