Case study

Overwatch: mapping highlight-file metadata

Overwatch highlight reverse engineering maps metadata embedded near the end of the game's MP4 highlight videos. Its documentation describes the Base64 and UTF-16LE encoded structure and fields for map, hero, skin and highlight type, alongside Java code for working with the findings.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2020-09-07
Language: Java

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Overwatch-generated MP4 highlight files are the input described by the documentation.
Limits: Map and skin identifier values remain incomplete.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{overwatch-highlights-case,
  title = {{Overwatch: mapping highlight-file metadata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights}},
  url = {https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/}}
}

Plain text

Overwatch: mapping highlight-file metadata. https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/

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docs/index.rst GitHub · JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights · Revision 89f772e
README.md GitHub · JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights · Revision 89f772e