Jesse McCree was a game designer for Blizzard who was the lead designer for Diablo IV. Blizzard has announced that the character named for McCree in the game Overwatch will be renamed.
McCree Posted Images On Facebook About “The Cosby Suite.” “But Blizzard faced growing calls to rename the character after a Kotaku report surfaced old Facebook images showing McCree posing with other Blizzard staff in front of a giant portrait of Bill Cosby at a BlizzCon 2013 hotel room nicknamed the “Cosby Suite.”” [Kotaku]
McCree Left Company In August 2021. “A spokesperson for Activision Blizzard confirmed the departures in an email. “We can confirm Luis Barriga, Jesse McCree, and Jonathan LeCraft are no longer with the company,” they wrote.” [Kotaku]
McCree Overwatch Character Renamed. ““As we continue to discuss how we best live up to our values and to demonstrate our commitment to creating a game world that reflects them, we believe it’s necessary to change the name of the hero currently known as McCree to something that better represents what Overwatch stands for.”” [Blizzard]
Overwatch Arc Delayed Due To Name Change. “Blizzard is not ready to announce the character’s new name, but plans to incorporate the change into a narrative arc originally intended to appear in the game in September. That arc has now been delayed to accommodate (and presumably justify) the cowboy’s new call sign.” [Washington Post]
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