Fictional character in the 2016 video game Overwatch
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Fictional character
Doomfist
Overwatch character
First game
Overwatch (2017 update)
Designed by
Arnold Tsang[1] David Gibson (animation)[2]
Voiced by
Sahr Ngaujah
In-universe information
Full name
Akande Ogundimu
Nationality
Nigerian
Doomfist, full name Akande Ogundimu, is a character who first appears in the 2016 video game Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter. His design is based on a powerful, cybernetic gauntlet. As an offensive, brawler-style character, he uses close-range attacks: a charged punch and slam. Doomfist was released in late July 2017 as the title's 25th hero of the franchise, and the fourth introduced after the game's launch.
Overwatch's announcement video, in 2014, contained a stray reference to a gauntlet. Following its obsessive popularity with fans, the developer, Blizzard Entertainment, expanded the gauntlet into a full-fledged, playable character. This period included a series of teasers from the developer and a campaign by actor Terry Crews to voice the character. Doomfist was ultimately voiced by Sahr Ngaujah. In Doomfist's fictional backstory, the playable character became the third generation to wield the gauntlet, and is presented as a villain after killing his predecessor and becoming a leader of Talon, the game's nemesis group. A digital comic accompanied the character's release.
Fans were excited by the character's reveal, and professional players praised the balance of his move set. Other critics considered Doomfist too vulnerable to be viable, and insufficiently exciting to rekindle the interest of old players.
^Burns, Matt (December 2021). The Art of Overwatch, Volume 2. Titan Books Limited. pp. 14–15. ISBN 9781950366668.
^David, Gibson [@Poodletime] (May 26, 2018). "When I'm animating a character I create a sheet of inspiration/reference. These guide me & keep me focused on the character I'm animating. I go into more detail about this w/Mei in my 2016 GDC talk: http://goo.gl/esjuOG These are the inspiration sheets I used for Doomfist" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
Doomfist, full name Akande Ogundimu, is a character who first appears in the 2016 video game Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person...
Ogundimu seized his Doomfist gauntlet to reclaim the Doomfist name and retake his position within Talon. The concept of the Doomfist has existed since the...
In July 2017, Ngaujah lent his voice to the video game Overwatch's hero Doomfist. In Summer 2018 he appeared in the stage musical Moulin Rouge! as Henri...
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Orisa and Doomfist characters. Initially, prior to Doomfist's introduction as a playable character, the map saw players escorting Doomfist's gauntlet to...
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combination between Choi "JJANU" Hyeon-woo on Sigma and Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong on Doomfist. After claiming 65% of the point, the Titans finally lost control. The...
combinations between Chang-hoon "rOar" Gye on Orisa and Gui-un "Decay" Jang on Doomfist. While they were able to keep the battle competitive, the Shock proved...
Titans on September 13. Titan's DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong ran rampant on Doomfist in the first map, Lijiang Tower, as the Titans took a convincing map one...
Excelsior on September 13. Titan's DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong ran rampant on Doomfist in the first map, Lijiang Tower, as the Titans took a convincing map one...
composition and the Dragons countered by swapping Jin "Youngjin" Young-jin to Doomfist. Compounded with the Dragons ability to shut down main tank Kim "Mano"...
DPS duo Yang "DDing" Jin-hyeok on Pharah and Jin "YoungJIN" Yong-jin on Doomfist came alive thereafter, helping Shanghai to claim the third map, Hanamura;...
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