Speedrunningmarathon Awesome Games Done Quick raised $3.4 million this year for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. According to the organization, this is officially the highest amount ever raised.
Games Done Quick organizes a sprint marathon twice a year: summer games run fast every June and great games run fast every January. Usually runners are physically present at the event, as well as the audience, but this has been canceled due to Covid-19. Additionally, live streams are available on Twitch. Quick runners provide explanations for their actions, and their hosts provide additional feedback and read the accompanying donation texts.
Speedrunning considers itself the sport of completing a video game as quickly as possible. Self-limiting variables are chosen, such as 100% complete, Flawless or newgame+. Everyone is free to create a new category and with it a new category leaderboard To make or to invent. They often do that speedrun.com.
This version featured special speeds, like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, played with a blindfold in front and The randomizer is working From Pokémon Crystal, where Key Elements They are shuffled randomly for extra variation. In addition, popular and popular games such as Portal 2, Halo: Combat Evolved, Hades, Dark Souls, Half-Life 2, Final Fantasy VII Remake and DeathLoop have been played. GDQ holds a YouTube playlist It is currently incomplete.
According to the commenters On Reddit, new world records were set for Pumpkin Jack, Sonic 4, Kena, Webbed and Garshasp. the $3,416,729 I went to the Prevent Cancer Foundation this year. This is AGDQ’s goal every year. The money raised from SGDQ always goes to MSF.
The video of Sekiro’s sprint race does not appear to be available at the time of writing
