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Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 raises $2.5 million for cancer research
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 has wrapped after a nonstop weeklong speedrunning marathon. This year’s charity raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and featured the event’s first canine-assisted speedrun.
How to watch the Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 speedrun marathon
This year's Awesome Games Done Quick charity speedrun marathon starts on Sunday, January 14. Here's how to watch it and how to donate to Prevent Cancer Foundation.
The next Awesome Games Done Quick will feature a speedrun by a Shiba Inu
A Shiba Inu called Peanut Butter will be the first dog to take part in a Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon. The pooch will play through the NES game Gyromite.
Speedrunning charity event Awesome Games Done Quick returns in January
The annual Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) speedrunning charity gaming event is returning in January. It’s also going to be an in-person event once again, the first time since covid. It all takes place in Pittsburgh at the Wyndham Hotel from January 14th to the 21st. Despite the change to an in-person format, there will be plenty of ways to stream the festivities if you are nowhere near Pittsburgh.
How to watch the Summer Games Done Quick 2023 speedrun marathon
Watch someone blaze through 'Breath of the Wild' while blindfolded and check out skilled gamers tearing through dozens of other games in the name of charity.
Summer Games Done Quick 2023 will speed-run Zelda for charity
Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) released the full schedule for its return to in-person activities for 2023. The charity speed-running event takes place in Minneapolis from May 28th to June 4th. This year, the organizers added a slew of Zelda runs in honor of the upcoming Tears of the Kingdom, which gamers will spend countless hours exploring beginning next month.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 raises $2.6 million for charity
In its first event of the year, Games Done Quick raised more than $2.6 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
How to watch the Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 speedrun marathon
Awesome Games Done Quick will kick off on Sunday to once again raise funds for Prevent Cancer Foundation. 'Splatoon 3,' 'Stray,' 'Cult of the Lamb' and 'Neon White' will make their first appearances at AGDQ.
Games Done Quick bans speedrunning cheater from future events
A player admitted to faking an apparent 'Metal Gear Solid' world record during SGDQ.
Summer Games Done Quick 2022 raises $3 million for charity
In its first in-person event since 2020, GDQ’s Summer Games Done Quick 2022 raised more than $3.01 million for Doctors Without Borders.
How to watch the Summer Games Done Quick 2022 speedrunning marathon
This week-long charity event starts on June 26th and will include at least one 'Elden Ring' run.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 raised a record $3.4 million for charity
Viewers enjoyed runs like a blindfolded 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' playthrough.
How to watch the Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 speedrunning marathon
Highlights include a blindfolded run of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' and the debut of 'Deathloop' at the event.
Summer Games Done Quick will be an online-only event this year
SGDQ 2020 will still take place from August 16th-23rd.
Games Done Quick will host a charity stream for COVID-19 relief
If you want to help people directly affected by the coronavirus pandemic while watching some of the best speedrunners in the world show off their craft, you're in luck. The good folks over at Games Done Quick (GDQ) announced today they plan to host a COVID-19 charity stream next month. Dubbed Corona Relief Done Quick (CRDQ), the event will take place online over the April 17th weekend, with 100 percent of donations going directly to Direct Relief. The humanitarian agency works with doctors and nurses in the US and across the world to equip them with medical supplies to care for people affected by poverty and other emergencies. You'll be able to watch the stream on GDQ's Twitch channel.
Watch Games Done Quick's summer charity event starting June 23rd
If you're hoping to immerse yourself in video games now that summer has officially reached the northern hemisphere, you're in luck. Games Done Quick is kicking off its annual summer charity livestream (below) on June 23rd at 12:30PM ET, and you can expect some very eclectic speedrunning in the name of a good cause -- this time, for Doctors Without Borders. The week-long event will include more than its fair share of classics, but you'll also find relatively recent games as well as the occasional left-field game to keep it fresh.
Awesome Games Done Quick concludes with more than $1 million raised
The Awesome Games Done Quick marathon, where speedrunners solicit donations for charity while blazing through video games as fast as they can (only pausing to get engaged) has concluded. This year, the event has raised more than $1 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, with donations still being accepted and a themed Humble Bundle still available for purchase (though at time of publication, that bundle will only be available for a few more hours). The Games Done Quick Twitter account announced the good news early Sunday morning, quoting a figure of "over $1.1 million," but that number has since climbed to nearly $1.3 million (as of this writing). For comparison, the Awesome Games Done Quick 2013 marathon raised $1,031,189. We said it then and we'll say it again: good job, internet. [Image: Awesome Games Done Quick]
Speedrunners get engaged on Awesome Games Done Quick
They met on Twitch, so getting engaged on Twitch is wonderfully romantic. While blasting through a cutscene in the Nintendo 64 game Mischief Makers, Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunner Jackafur took a moment to thank his friends for their support over the years, and then he turned his attention to Kittyrawr, his girlfriend seated right next to him. He said he would love her forever, pulled out a ring, got on one knee and popped the question – and she said yes, all live on Twitch. Onions, guys. Onions. Awesome Games Done Quick has so far raised more than $500,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and last year the group raised more than $1 million for Prevent Cancer. They're streaming through January 10 – watch it live right here. [Image: Awesome Games Done Quick]
Awesome Games Done Quick charity drive returns January 4
The good people behind the Games Done Quick charity fundraiser have announced that their next Awesome Games Done Quick event will take place between January 4 and January 10, with proceeds again going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. For those unaware, Awesome Games Done Quick is a days-long exhibition in which some of the world's most talented speedrunners utterly destroy their games of choice for the amusement of the streaming public. Watching the event is free for anyone with Twitch access, but Games Done Quick does tidy business raising money through donations. A January 2014 Awesome Games Done Quick stream managed to pull in over $1 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. As the event's still months away, the final details and full schedule of exactly what will be streamed at the upcoming Awesome Games Done Quick event has yet to be finalized. However, if you're not allergic to spreadsheets, you can find a current outline of the event on Google Docs. [Image: Games Done Quick]
Summer Games Done Quick speedruns raise $700k for charity
Sometimes it's good to know that the more superhuman among us choose to use their powers for good; SpeedDemosArchive announced via Twitter that the talented players behind the Summer Games Done Quick gaming marathon raised $713,338.96 for the Doctors Without Borders charity last week. In Games Done Quick marathons, gamers speed their way through games as fast as they can or sometimes with extra conditions like being blindfolded for the entertainment of a live audience, which donates money as they see fit throughout the event. This year marks a combined total of more than $2.75 million raised for charities since the Games Done Quick marathons began. [Thanks, David!] [Image: Games Done Quick]
