Overview
- Blizzard, which revealed the updated face Monday on the Overwatch X account, says the changes will ship with Season 2 on April 14.
- Game director Aaron Keller said the team reworked Anran’s eyes, eyebrows, and mouth to move away from a baby-faced look and also adjusted her posture to project more confidence.
- The update adds freckles, darker facial shading, and more defined cheeks and jaw, and Blizzard says the look strengthens her family resemblance to her brother, Wuyang.
- Voice actor Fareeha Andersen, who had criticized the original model in February, endorsed the revision and thanked the developers and community for pushing for a fix.
- Player reaction is split, with praise for the course correction and frustration that some cinematic details—especially the longer nose shown in Elemental Kin—remain different; Keller said lessons from this process will guide five more heroes planned this year.