Guild Wars 2 immortalizes a real-life hero as NPC ArenaNetDeveloper ArenaNet is partnering with Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals to add a CMN Champion child, April Arellano, as a Guild Wars 2 NPC. The crew at ArenaNet will once again take part in an Extra Life Game Day stream, a 24-hour broadcast that begins on Friday, November 4. Extra Life\u2019s annual marathon sees content creators and developers around the industry host 24-hour streams to raise funds for Children\u2019s Miracle Network. All donations to the nonprofit hospital network assist with healthcare costs for ill children who lack medical insurance coverage. ArenaNet has helped raise more than $500,000 for the cause in the last five years. The Guild Wars developer\u2018s participation this year involves something extra special. Introducing April, Guild Wars 2\u2019s newest NPC Untreatable pneumonia in 15-month-old April Arellano\u2019s right lung resulted in her parents transferring her to Children\u2019s Health of Orange County (CHOC), a Children\u2019s Miracle Network hospital. The doctors at CHOC treated April\u2019s pneumonia, then identified further complications stemming from septic shock. While the illness has a high mortality rate in cases involving children, specialists from the hospital were once more able to treat April. Unfortunately, the septic shock had cut off blood flow to the child\u2019s extremities, resulting in some areas of skin dying down to the muscle tissue. Doctors made the tough decision to amputate April\u2019s left leg. Now a 10-year-old who enjoys dancing, theater, and video games, April is being immortalized in Guild Wars 2 as an NPC of the same name. Notably, April and her family helped ArenaNet design the character, who\u2019s apparently \u201can ambitious and adept mesmer\u2014and a serial meddler.\u201d She\u2019ll appear in Guild Wars 2 as an \u201cimportant part\u201d of an update slated to go live during the studio\u2019s Extra Life 2022 Game Day event. Guild Wars 2 is available on PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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