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\"Event<\/p>\n

Save the date! GameBlast25 will be taking place between February 21-23, 2025!<\/strong><\/p>\n

GameBlast, the UK\u2019s biggest annual charity gaming marathon weekend, is the event specifically for gamers, to help gamers, via the gamer\u2019s charity. And that makes it the best excuse to game EVER!! Last year the event raised over \u00a3160,000<\/a> to help people with disabilities enjoy the magic of video games.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re so thankful to the wonderful game devs, companies, streamers, videomakers and artists who have supported us through the event over the last 11 years and we look forward to welcoming you to the GameBlast family next February ? ?<\/p>\n

Thanks to Faz_D for creating our artwork for #GameBlast25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Save the date! GameBlast25 will be taking place between February 21-23, 2025! GameBlast, the UK\u2019s biggest annual charity gaming marathon weekend, is the event specifically for gamers, to help gamers, via the gamer\u2019s charity. And that makes it the best excuse to game EVER!! Last year the event raised over \u00a3160,000 to help people with… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraiser"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGameBlast25 dates announced: February 21-23, 2025 - SpecialEffect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/gameblast-date-announced-february-21-23-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GameBlast25 dates announced: February 21-23, 2025 - SpecialEffect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Save the date! 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