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Blizzard and Make-A-Wish Give Child Ultimate 'WoW' Experience


Submitted by thankeeka on May 23, 2007 - 12:44pm. General News

Not only do they make good, popular games, but they also do really good things for people, such as this heart-warming story that has just come out. In the story, after hearing from the Make-a-Wish foundation about this kid's dream and how it tied into World of Warcraft, they seemed only too happy to oblige the request.

From the article:

Blizzard Entertainment teamed up with the Make-A-Wish foundation to give 10-year-old Ezra Chatterton, who suffers from a brain tumor, the ultimate World of Warcraft experience imaginable.

Ezra, an avid World of Warcraft fan with a heart-wrenching backstory, told Make-A-Wish that he wanted to visit Blizzard to see if they would make a character for him. Blizzard obliged, and not only did Ezra create his character (Ahab Wheathoof, pictured), they recorded his voice for the character and also let him add his dog Kyle to the game, in addition to creating a very unique (and very powerful) flaming crossbow for his now maxed-out character.

Read the full article over at joystiq.com


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