The developers behind Blizzard’s immensely popular shooter Overwatch have frequently stated that diversity is important to them, and in this spirit they announced last year that at least one of Overwatch‘s playable characters would eventually be revealed as LGBT. Little has been said on the issue since then (leading some to question their sincerity), but lead writer Michael Chu recently reaffirmed that commitment. Speaking with the crowd during a Q&A session at BlizzCon 2016, Chu stated that the game contains multiple LGBT characters, and that one would be revealed very soon.

“We definitely haven’t forgotten about what we said. Like we said, it’s very important for us to have diversity and inclusiveness of all types and that includes LGBT characters. There are definitely LGBT heroes – that’s multiple heroes – it’s a decision that we make when we’re developing these characters early on.

“We do feel strongly that we want these stories about character’s relationships – not just romantic, but familial relationships and stuff like that – come out in the course of stories that we feel really do them justice. So, because of some of the stories we’ve done so far we haven’t had a chance to shine any light on that.

“But that said, I can say that we do have a story coming up soon – and that’s not ‘Blizzard(tm) soon,’ it’s actually soon – that will address this. And just to reiterate, it is absolutely something that’s important to us.”

— Michael Chu