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In May of 2014, Hanzo was first implemented. His scatter arrow was first called Ricochet Shot, and Dragon Strike was labeled Spirit Dragon and was composed of orange spheres. The team called this iteration of Dragon Strike "The Caterpillar".
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During BlizzCon 2016, Mei's voice actress Yu Zhang revealed that the character's popular line "Sorry! Sorry, I'm Sorry. Sorry." was a botched take that was put into the game anyways. The following year, the game's senior designer at the time Michael Chu took credit for including the line in the game after catching the mistake on tape in the recording booth, citing it as his favorite voice line in the game.
BlizzCon panel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufCFHcw5u8#t=273s
Polygon article:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/1/15506768/overwatch-mei-voice-line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufCFHcw5u8#t=273s
Polygon article:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/1/15506768/overwatch-mei-voice-line
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Hanzo's character is likely inspired by the historical figure Hattori Hanzo, a famous ninja who served the Shogun during Japans Warring Period.
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The payload was originally a truck during development. Its icon was the Doge meme.
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Hanzo's in May of 2014 development build used the third person animations from Reaper.
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When the map Volskaya Industries was originally implemented, it had a capture point that also functioned as a payload.
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Winston's leap originally had a targeting indicator in the form of a banana with a circle on it where he would land.
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During development, Torbjorn had a mechanic where he had to develop his turret from a "stub" before it could shoot.
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In June of 2014, when Symmetra was first being tested, the model for Torbjorn's turrets was used as a placeholder for her turrets. The teleporter was functional at this stage.
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When Hanamura was first implemented, Point B had a circular design, and the victory pose location on the map was the map origin as the victory pose placement tool hadn't been used yet. Since the origin was partially submerged, the development team referred to the victory pose screen as "The Hottub" as characters looked like they were in a bath.
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In April of 2014 during development, Reinhardt had the ability to throw his hammer.
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Widowmaker's ultimate originally put markers above characters' heads because the development team hadn't yet managed to get silhouettes to render through walls.
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Early animation prototypes for Tracer had aggressive headbob which made headshots difficult.
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During development, Reaper's model was used as a scale in order to determine building proportions.
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The English voice actress of D.Va, Charlet Chung, has attributed the personality of D.Va's voice lines as having been inspired by the Korean pop band 2NE1.
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When Genji was first implemented into a developer build, he had the ability to "perch" on walls, sitting in place without falling. He also only had his dragonblade.
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Bastion's ultimate ability was changed numerous times during development. Early versions included Bastion shooting out bouncing grenades, being able to shoot through walls, and deploying a remote-controlled turret that could not be destroyed by enemies.
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Reinhardt was originally intended to be from Numbani instead of Germany, with early designs showing him with African-styled armor based on a wildebeest. Additionally, it was originally devised to have a little girl piloting Reinhardt's suit of armor. While these ideas weren't used in the final game, they did later influence the creation of Orisa.
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Soldier: 76 was originally created in the 1990's for a comic by Blizzard employee Chris Metzen. When the development team behind Overwatch sought to include a "fallen leader" character, Metzen gave the team full permission to use Soldier: 76 to fill in the role.
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During development, Lucio's ultimate originally slowed down time for a short duration, while Lucio himself stayed at normal speed. However, this also affected Lucio's teammates, and the ultimate was replaced to avoid potential frustration.
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