{"id":88157,"date":"2016-04-04T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=88157"},"modified":"2016-04-04T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:29:41","slug":"overwatchs-latest-animated-short-introduces-widowmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/88157-overwatchs-latest-animated-short-introduces-widowmaker","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch&#8217;s latest animated short introduces Widowmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has released the second animated short for Overwatch, its upcoming team-based first-person-shooter.<\/p>\n<p>The latest video is named &#8216;Alive&#8217;, and features Widowmaker facing off against Tracer in an intense rooftop battle.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows off Widowmaker&#8217;s skill with a sniper rifle, and provides additional background on the conflict present in the world of Overwatch.<\/p>\n<p>Widowmaker&#8217;s showcase follows the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/87392-overwatchs-first-animated-short-released.html\" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch&#8217;s first animated short<\/a> &#8211; featuring the genetically-engineered gorilla, Winston.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard will continue to release animated shorts for Overwatch on a regular basis, featuring the stories of various different playable characters.<\/p>\n<p>Overwatch is set to release on 24 May 2016 after an open beta on 5 May, and will arrive on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyBUMabtslI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Blizzard turns the other cheek with sexy pose from Overwatch\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/87766-blizzard-turns-the-other-cheek-with-sexy-pose-from-overwatch.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blizzard turns the other cheek with sexy pose from Overwatch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Best ADSL ISP accounts for gaming\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/87900-best-adsl-isp-accounts-for-gaming.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Best ADSL ISP accounts for gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Mobile is still the biggest threat to Console gaming\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/87692-mobile-is-still-the-biggest-threat-to-console-gaming.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mobile is still the biggest threat to Console gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widowmaker takes on Tracer in Overwatch&#8217;s latest animated short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":88159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,17787,665,10096,17789,17785,183,17783],"class_list":["post-88157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-active","tag-alive","tag-blizzard","tag-overwatch","tag-short","tag-tracer","tag-video","tag-widowmaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88275,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88157\/revisions\/88275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}