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Celebrities and Gamers Unite in Childhood Nostalgia for War Child UK

War Child UK returns with RE-PLAY, the unique fundraising campaign that shines a light on the giants of old and reconnects gamers with favourite titles from their formative years, supporting the right to play for some of the world’s most vulnerable children.

From 5^th-11^th April, a variety of activities will take place, from an in-game celebrity disco and a retro-inspired Steam sale, to leading comedians and gaming personalities playing their favourite games live on Twitch.

Join War Child UK for a retro-gaming livestream, hosted by Mark “Turps” Turpin from The Yogscast, and transport yourself back in time. Turps will be joined by star guests such as comedians Nish Kumar and Steve McNeil, Blake Harrison, famously known as Neil Sutherland from The Inbetweeners, as well as Radderss & Geestar from The Yogscast, and famed games crew Outside Xbox/Outside Xtra.

The stream can be watched live on The Yogscast’s official Twitch channel from 3pm GMT, 9^thApril: https://www.twitch.tv/yogscast.

A number of retro titles from acclaimed studios such as Devolver, DoubleFine, Dotemu, Motion Twin, Kongregate, Oddworld Inhabitants, SEGA HARDlight and team17 will have some of their illustrious titles on Steam or Mobile at a discount, with a percentage of proceeds donated to War Child. Halfbrick, the creators of Dan The Man, is also making a fixed donation of $5,000 USD.

The RE-PLAY sale celebrates all things retro; from classics to modern pixel-art titles running from 5th–11th April and can be found on the Steam store.

Terraria by RE-LOGIC, Stories Untold by Devolver / No Code are donating 100% of developer proceeds on Steam and Kongregate is donating 100% of net revenue of Bit Heroes from specific in-app purchases on all platforms; AppStore, Google Play, Steam and the Kongragate store.

War Child UK has also partnered with Lockwood, creators of Avakin Life, the hugely popular free-to-play 3D mobile app where players can customise their avatars and socialise and party with friends, all in a huge online community. Avakin Life and War Child UK will play host to an exclusive retro themed disco party within the game, with arcade machines and light up floors. Players can enter the private party by having their avatar don a War Child Peace & Love T-shirt, designed by British design sensation Bella Freud which they can purchase in-game, with proceeds going to the charity.

Wayne Emanuel, Head of Gaming Partnerships, War Child UK, commented:

We all remember our favourite games growing up, but not every child is fortunate enough to have a childhood they would like to remember. It’s only our second year of RE-PLAY and it’s amazing to see even more support from so many generous, talented studios and personalities to help raise vital funds and awareness. Childhood is such an important time, we’re looking forward to celebrating it.

Mark ‘Turps’ Turpin, CEO and content creator at The Yogscast, added:

We’re really excited to have this great event on the main Yogscast Twitch channel this year. I’m looking forward to introducing some big names playing some great games.

Yordan Gyurchev, Technical Director at SEGA HARDlight, also joined in with a few words:

The Sonic Forces team and all of us at HARDlight are delighted to be part of an event contributing to such a great cause.
Sonic the Hedgehog sparks happy childhood memories for many of us in the studio and it means a lot to be able to contribute to War Child’s work as they help give children a better chance of building happy memories of their own.

War Child UK supports children whose lives have been torn apart by war. The specialist gaming team has innovative fundraising partnerships across the PC, console and mobile industries, as well as through streaming and support from the gaming community and to date has brought in a massive $4.3 million through gaming. RE-PLAY aims to increase the amount of engagement and funds generated via retro gaming. You Play, So Every Child Can.

Full list of games promotions:

Steam
Game	Studio	Donation to War Child (developer proceeds)	Link
Stories Untold	Devolver	100%	https://bit.ly/2U3izY9
Pang Adventures	DotEmu	30%	https://bit.ly/2Tjza5G
WonderBoy	DotEmu	30%	https://bit.ly/2TWsO0x
Broken Age	Double Fine	30%	https://bit.ly/2Cxmfr5
Axiom Verge	Thomas Happ Games LLC	20%	https://bit.ly/2UMADD9
Dead Cells	Motion Twin	10%	https://bit.ly/2FpB7bY
Abe’s Oddysee	Oddworld Inhabitants	30%	https://bit.ly/2CuNRgL
Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus	Oddworld Inhabitants	30%	https://bit.ly/2CuNRgL
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee	Oddworld Inhabitants	30%	https://bit.ly/2CuNRgL
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty	Oddworld Inhabitants	30%	https://bit.ly/2CuNRgL
Dandara	Raw Fury	30%	https://bit.ly/2U86Ckd
Kingdom: Classic	Raw Fury	30%	https://bit.ly/2FYPB3M
This Kingdom: New Lands	Raw Fury	30%	https://bit.ly/2YL8deZ
Terraria	RE-LOGIC	100%	https://bit.ly/2YemLU8
The Escapists	team17	30%	https://bit.ly/2WIIlPd
Worms Blast	team17	30%	https://bit.ly/2TpEZ1i
Worms Revolution	team17	30%	https://bit.ly/2ulpvBG
Bit Heroes	Kongregate	100% of RE-PLAY in-game items	https://bit.ly/2TO1KfE

Mobile
Game	Studio	Link
Another World	DotEmu	https://bit.ly/2Id6GZw
The Last Express	DotEmu	https://bit.ly/2UcwI6a
Dan The Man	Halfbrick Studios	https://bit.ly/2HXeRJV
Sonic Forces	SEGA HARDlight	https://bit.ly/2Idel9V
Bit Heroes	Kongregate	https://bit.ly/2uJTx1Z
Avakin Life	Lockwood	https://bit.ly/2IesaFd
Dandara	Raw Fury	https://bit.ly/2uLsNhO
Kingdom: New Lands	Raw Fury	https://bit.ly/2UhnllC
The Last Vikings	Springloaded	https://bit.ly/2WMFe8R
Tiny Dice Dungeon	Springloaded	https://bit.ly/2TTSmr4

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