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There's a running thread in Overwatch lore about a conspiracy that isn't Overwatch or Talon — something bigger tying nearly every character together. Sombra's the only one actively digging into it, and her research suggests basically the entire cast has some kind of connection to it, even if most players never notice.
Reed Shannon, who voices the time-bending rebel Ekko, has said the production team told him this kind of character could end up sticking with him for the rest of his career, given how deep Riot's plans for the wider franchise go beyond just the two seasons already released.
When Jason Hudson returns for Black Ops II, he's no longer voiced by the same actor from the first game. Michael Keaton stepped into the role instead, giving Hudson a new voice years after Keaton had already played his own version of Batman in Tim Burton's films.
The production designer built Tommy's office in season two around The Godfather's influence on purpose, right down to dressing a few oranges into the set. In Coppola's film oranges quietly signal that doom is coming, and the Peaky Blinders team snuck the same trick in as a little wink for anyone paying close attention.
Verrückt wasn't just console and PC DLC - it also launched as a $4.99 standalone add-on for the Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies app on iPhone, complete with nine new weapons and its own set of 13 achievements bolted on for mobile players.
With over 200 horses used across the trilogy and huge battle scenes to shoot, the team put both horses and riders in motion capture suits and filmed their gallops and rears safely in a studio before digitally dropping them into the fighting.
The launch-day numbers were only the start. Within five days MW3 had racked up $775 million worldwide, smashing the previous record of $650 million set by Black Ops the year before and putting it on a faster track to a billion dollars than any game before it.
Two of the show's most enduring characters nearly never made it past their debut season. Eleven was written to sacrifice herself to save Hawkins, while Steve was meant to stay a flat, unlikeable jerk who wasn't going to last long anyway. It was really the actors themselves, Millie Bobby Brown's intensity and Joe Keery's easy charm, that convinced the Duffers to let both characters live and grow.
Poros are already the most beloved thing Riot has ever made, but there's a bonus if you're playing Braum. Keep feeding your Poro-Snax to the same little critter and it eventually sprouts a big black moustache to match its owner. Purely cosmetic, completely unnecessary, and somehow one of the most-loved details in the game.
