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Overwatch does the robot with 7 minutes of Bastion gameplay

Overwatch's latest spotlight takes a look at one of the game's mechanical combatants, the oddly-zen defense robot known as Bastion.

Ozzie Mejia

June 24, 2015 11:28 AM

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Overwatch has had its share of mystical combatants and hardened mercenaries, but what about the robotic representation? Blizzard's shooter has machines, too, as evidenced by the latest character to get a spotlight video, Bastion.

Bastion comes with two distinct modes: Recon and Sentry. While in Recon mode, he can fire his submachine gun to ward off any attackers. His Sentry mode will leave him stationary, but with a powerful shield and gatling gun. Bastion can switch between both modes at will, while he can also use his Self-Repair ability to fix any damage. Of course, he'll be completely immobile while recovering, so find a good hiding spot.

Check out the full seven minutes of Bastion below.

During the fuss of E3 2015, a few other videos were posted on the Overwatch YouTube page. So let's also take a look at seven minutes of the simian support character Winston and eleven minutes of the dangerous Widowmaker.

Overwatch is going into beta later this year. Visit Battle.net for information on how to sign up.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?