The Narrative Design of “Overwatch” | An Evening with Blizzard Entertainment

Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie is a lead narrative designer at Blizzard Entertainment. He has written short stories for Overwatch, StarCraft, Warcraft, and Diablo, and contributed wondrous things—and terrible things—to Diablo III. His other projects include Horizon: Zero Dawn, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Wasteland III, Baldur’s Gate 3, and more.

Currently, he is leading the Overwatch narrative design team and will continue to do so until someone defeats him in ritual combat.

Jen Stacey is a senior narrative designer at Blizzard Entertainment. She is a short fiction fiend and a detail-orientated gamer. Previous projects include the distant memory of a career in publishing, Hearthstone, and Marvel Puzzle Quest.

Currently, she is working on the Overwatch 2 narrative design team and will continue to do so until someone defeats her in ritual Mario Kart.

Joshi Zhang is a narrative designer at Blizzard Entertainment. She has previously worked on a few secret unannounced indie projects. Currently, she is working on the Overwatch 2 narrative design team and will continue to do so until someone defeats her in ritual Roomba racing.