Overwatch Fans React to the New Hamster Hero

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There was a lot of speculation around Overwatch's new hero. A lot of fans thought it might be Hammond, the longtime rival of the existing ape hero Winston, the same character mentioned in a few morsels of lore. Reasoning was that the game was in for another playable simian, albeit possibly with a dash of evil genius. After a week of teasing, Blizzard went and did this. 

Rolling through. pic.twitter.com/T3fPXbTMQl

-- Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 26, 2018

Folks, it's a hamster in a giant rolling death machine straight out of The Phantom Menace. It's not what anyone was expecting (okay, like one person, we'll get to them), but so far the response from the community is positive overall. With the world the way it is today, something about a rodent cruising around in a massive killorb just seems right. We've collected some of the best fan reactions below.

1.

this is the next overwatch character. fucking hell

"h-hewwo? can i get some heawing pwease?" pic.twitter.com/TOGcdYVZFB

-- Iron Pineapple (@IronPineapple_) June 28, 2018

2.

i love hammond thank you bliz pic.twitter.com/mvsv3vvKQS

-- fin✨ (@fg083) June 28, 2018

3.

i guess it happened like this pic.twitter.com/1ai7RBQEcw

-- Kydro (@KydroTV) June 28, 2018

4.

overwatch, living in constant fear of how fuckable most of their heroes are: so the next hero is a little hamster

-- 🃏@AX E1 (@dilfosaur) June 28, 2018

5.

New hero arriving in the game like pic.twitter.com/6oBynzfc6z

-- Eventis (@Eventisbli) June 28, 2018

6.

via TMTIME

7.

Winston: Oh no... my greatest nemesis....
Hammond: 🐹
McCree: just...fucking step on him dude

-- doe 🌙⭐ (@nastywatch) June 28, 2018

8.

it was him all along pic.twitter.com/8u3yEKEoem

-- Patrick Gill @ Bed (@Pizza_Suplex) June 28, 2018

9.

Overwatch character meeting: "How do we make a character that our fans won't try to fuck?"

"...what about an adorable hamster in a death ball?"

*2 hours after reveal*

"Well, we've failed again team."

-- Absolute Unit 01 (@Roobots) June 28, 2018

10.

everyone: blizz im begging u we need a black woman or another lgbt character or both
blizzard: fuck you. hamster dance

-- lesbian hipster trash™ loves ana (@pentilyet) June 28, 2018

11. This Reddit user literally figured out Hammond's identity a day before his reveal

via stmaurer

12.

overwatch: stop asking us for lore we're giving you a new hero it's a hamster inside a giant mechaball just go shoot people jesus

-- 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (@ejnoodles) June 28, 2018

13.

the Overwatch team is making such good progress https://t.co/HazVSdsiHE pic.twitter.com/JTz7SguEV6

-- Michael McWhertor (@MikeMcWhertor) June 28, 2018

14.

the overwatch Character design team:
Artist #1: what about a cat in a jetpack?
Boss: Nah, too risky
Artist #2: A hámster in a giant metal hamster ball with guns
Boss: Kevin that's amazing. Here are my car keys. Go fuck my wife

-- 🐍⚡n i k o✨🇵🇪 (@nikoblasto) June 28, 2018

15.

New Overwatch Hero pic.twitter.com/jYnb9rHLgF

-- Stebby (@stebbyfrenchguy) June 28, 2018

16.

Overwatch: we're excited to announce our 203rd hero, a big hackie sack

players: how dare you release an OP hackie sack hero when you haven't even fixed hero #198, a small turtle with a backpack

-- sara (@damehasclass) June 28, 2018