As a part of its Extra Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 crew goes all out to have a good time one of many kids helped by the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals – by actually placing her into the sport for gamers to fulfill.
“As a part of our partnership with Children’s Miracle Network, we’re doing something extremely special this year: We’ll be adding a CMN Champion child, April Arellano, as a non-playable character to Guild Wars 2,” the studio explains. As a 15-month-old child, April developed pneumonia and septic shock, which is nearly all the time deadly in kids, however docs amputated her leg to save lots of her, and now she’s 10 years previous and “loves to sing, dance, perform in local theater, and play video games” – identical to her in-game counterpart.
“April was born and raised just outside of Divinity’s Reach, in the small village of Garenhoff. She’s an ambitious and adept mesmer – and a serial meddler. We spent a lot of time working together with the real April and her parents to nail down aspects of her design, and we’re extremely proud of the result! April will be appearing in Guild Wars 2 as an important part of a special game update that will go live during our Extra Life 2022 Game Day event.”
According to the crew, April’s “prosthetic will feature the most advanced jade technology,” and right here’s the kicker: She’ll be voiced by none apart from Jennifer Hale. Hale, after all, may be very well-known to avid gamers for voicing absurd numbers of outstanding characters, however Guild Wars 2 gamers particularly know her because the voice of the feminine Sylvari participant character and Queen Jennah.
The studio isn’t saying way more till its Extra Life Game Day stream on November 4th, though ArenaNet’s Indigo Boock does tease “April’s little adventure”: “April’s character in-game is resilient, brave, and filled with charm – but she barely compares to her namesake. We can’t wait for you to witness our little mesmer’s shenanigans firsthand.” Same!
Source: Press launch
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