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With GameBlast23 only a week away, it’s fantastic to welcome SEGA Europe<\/a>, CD PROJEKT RED<\/a>, EA DICE <\/a> and many other games industry companies who’ll be joining gamers and gaming communities from around the world for three days of non-stop fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

EA DICE<\/strong> will livestream for six hours starting at 12:00pm GMT \/ 13:00 CET on Friday 24th February. There will be plenty of chat about game development and creative experiences with members of the development teams behind Battlefield 2042, plus much more.<\/p>\n

The EA DICE Social Impact Team, who have helped put the livestream together, commented: \u201cWe are super excited to once again support SpecialEffect and the fantastic work they do. Their cause is something very important for all of us and we want to encourage our colleagues, community and players to join us at twitch.tv\/EA_DICE<\/a> to support SpecialEffect and to celebrate GameBlast\u2019s tenth birthday!\u201d<\/p>\n

CD PROJEKT RED<\/strong>, creators of The Witcher series of games, will also be hosting a stream of their own. Senior Communication Manager Pawe\u0142 Burza will adventure deep into the Hearts of Stone expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, joined by the voice of Geralt of Rivia himself, Doug Cockle. The stream will air live on February 21st, 6PM CET, at twitch.tv\/cdprojektred<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the stream, Senior Community Manager Carolin Wendt said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to be a part of GameBlast for the second year running \u2014 and to support SpecialEffect at the same time! As a charity, SpecialEffect has one main goal: levelling the playing field for everyone with physical challenges all around the world. Their focus lies on improving people\u2019s lives through video games and technology \u2014 and we\u2019re so excited to be able to play a role in this. Together with our community, we\u2019re eager to support this charity project while discussing The Witcher with old and new players alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

SpecialEffect are also delighted to welcome back SEGA Europe<\/strong>, one of the longest running GameBlast partners, who will be building on the success of previous years by coordinating an incredible team of streamers, with events set to run throughout the whole weekend.<\/p>\n

Marilia Campos, Community Manager at SEGA Europe, commented: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to celebrate ten years of GameBlast and support this amazing event again! Our SEGA Stream Team is filled with talented content creators that are super excited to raise awareness and funds for SpecialEffect and all their incredible efforts. Stay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n

Insert Coin<\/strong> have this year created a limited edition GameBlast mug<\/a> with all profits going to the charity, and AOC<\/strong> will kindly be providing peripherals and monitors as incentives for fundraising giveaways and competitions.<\/p>\n

SpecialEffect\u2019s COO Tom Donegan said, \u201cGameBlast\u202fis\u202fvery close\u202fto our hearts here at SpecialEffect because it reflects the very essence of what we do:\u202fgamers coming together to help their fellow gamers. It’s\u202falways a\u202freally\u202ffeel-good weekend\u202fand we can\u2019t wait to see the variety of streams and challenges our amazing supporters come up with this year to mark the 10th anniversary of the event!\u201d<\/p>\n

The event has raised over \u00a31M over the last decade, enabling the charity to help thousands more people all over the world to enjoy video games to the very best of their abilities. A full streaming schedule can be found on the charity\u2019s official community Discord<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sign-ups for GameBlast are live at www.gameblast.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With GameBlast23 only a week away, it’s fantastic to welcome SEGA Europe, CD PROJEKT RED, EA DICE and many other games industry companies who’ll be joining gamers and gaming communities from around the world for three days of non-stop fun. 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