Overwatch players discover World of Warcraft\u2019s Pepe bird easter egg Blizzard EntertainmentOverwatch players have discovered an older easter egg from Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s World of Warcraft franchise: Bastion\u2019s Ganymede cosplaying as WoW\u2019s infamous Pepe bird. Around 2015, Warcraft\u2019s Pepe, a chestnut-colored bird with a little blue beak, became a cultural sensation \u2014 first showing up in the Garrison and soon making additional appearances in various expansions and other Blizzard titles. While Pepe has been seen in Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone, it\u2019s not until now that a majority of Overwatch\u2019s fans realized that the little, winged celebrity exists in Blizzard\u2019s FPS title as well. As Reddit\u2019s \u2018Classic_Lee\u2019 just recently noticed, Bastion\u2019s BlizzCon 2016 skin features a subtle easter egg. Always joined by his trusty bird companion, Ganymede, it appears that the avian friend is cosplaying as Pepe in the Blizzard-centric skin. Aside from the obvious chestnut colorway with beige accents, Ganymede also features Pepe\u2019s patented blue beak and feet. While not as infamous as Sigma\u2019s toes, Pepe\u2019s blue talons are an easy giveaway for a Ganymede cosplay. This is far from the only disguise for Bastion\u2019s bird buddy, as the little character has been redesigned in different colors and even in LEGO blocks. Instead of the patented yellow and green, the tiny bird enjoyed a red and blue colorway joining Bastion\u2019s LEGO-inspired \u201cBrick\u201d skin. This is also far from the only easter egg between Blizzard\u2019s World of Warcraft and Overwatch titles. Back in November 2020, Warcraft fans discovered a casual nod to Torbjorn in the Halls of Valor \u2014 where two non-playable characters (NPCs) are named \u201cKing Torb\u201d and \u201cKing Bjorn.\u201d And, as for other Blizzard titles, Overwatch\u2019s aptly named Blizzard World map contains a sneaky Diablo 3 easter egg. Back in May 2020, Redditors realized that the barrels in Blizzard World can be broken to hear the Diablo 3 \u201clegendary drop\u201d sound effect. While this Ganymede cosplay of Pepe the bird dates back to 2016, it\u2019s nice to see it finally noticed and getting some love. If anything, fans can hope that Overwatch 2 brings more diverse outfits and appearances for Bastion\u2019s beloved bird friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Overwatch players discover World of Warcraft\u2019s Pepe bird easter egg Blizzard EntertainmentOverwatch players have discovered an older easter egg from Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s World of Warcraft franchise: Bastion\u2019s Ganymede cosplaying as WoW\u2019s infamous Pepe bird. Around 2015, Warcraft\u2019s Pepe, a chestnut-colored bird with a little blue beak, became a cultural sensation \u2014 first showing up in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}