Thinking Globally: Building the Optimistic Future of Overwatch

In this 2017 GDC session, Blizzard s Michael Chu explains how a teambased multiplayer shooter went from a simple idea: a world worth fighting for, and ended up with the sprawling story of Overwatch. GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every weekday. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more indepth talks from our archives.