{"id":94529,"date":"2016-06-09T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=94529"},"modified":"2016-06-09T15:21:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:21:28","slug":"this-is-what-makes-overwatchs-heroes-so-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/94529-this-is-what-makes-overwatchs-heroes-so-great","title":{"rendered":"This is what makes Overwatch&#8217;s heroes so great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch is a raging success, with both <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93811-there-is-an-insane-amount-of-people-playing-overwatch.html\" target=\"_blank\">international <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/94499-play-for-r30000-in-south-africas-biggest-overwatch-tournament.html\">local<\/a><\/strong> gamers singing its praise.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that success is Blizzard&#8217;s ability to make all of the heroes recognisable as well as being fun to play.<\/p>\n<p>Making these larger-than-life characters is no easy task however, as shown by the recent stage demonstration given by animator David Gibson at this year&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdcvault.com\/play\/1020583\/Animation-Bootcamp-An-Indie-Approach\" target=\"_blank\">GDC Animation<\/a><\/strong> bootcamp.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson primarily focused on the design and animation of Mei, her movement and animation, and how Blizzard makes &#8220;living breathing characters&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the full presentation below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lHevkQIZL2M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Coolest budget mini-computers for DIY gamers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/93529-coolest-budget-mini-computers-for-diy-gamers.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Coolest budget mini-computers for DIY gamers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Play for R30,000 in South Africa\u2019s biggest Overwatch tournament\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/94499-play-for-r30000-in-south-africas-biggest-overwatch-tournament.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Play for R30,000 in South Africa\u2019s biggest Overwatch tournament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to E3 2016: Details, South African times and what to expect\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/93947-e3-2016-details-south-african-times-and-what-to-expect.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">E3 2016: Details, South African times and what to expect<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwatch is a raging success, with both international and local gamers singing its praise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":94533,"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_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[31,10096,183],"class_list":["post-94529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-overwatch","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94529","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\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94545,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94529\/revisions\/94545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}