According to the game’s lore, Bastion was just one of an army of peacekeeping robots who turned on their creators during the Omnic Crisis. Bastion has been dormant for more than a decade after the war and woke up to a brand new world.
Bastion’s origin story also ties into a new map, Eichenwalde, which comes this September, and is set in an abandoned village in Stuttgart, Germany. The village was the scene of an epic battle between the German defence force and the Omnics, and subsequentially is also where Bastion reawakened decades later.
So far Blizzard has released shorts focusing on Winston, Hanzo and Genji, Soldier:76 as well as Widowmaker and Tracer. Who could be next? we’re hoping for Mercy.
