What just happened? Awesome Games Done Quick, the winter version of the bi-annual charity speedrunning marathon, ended this weekend. After a full week of non-stop gaming action, organizers announced that the event raised $3,416,729 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
It’s the the more money never raised in a single GDQ event and also the first event to cross the $1 million mark by Wednesday (events usually run Sunday through Sunday).
Participants in the AGDQ 2022 achieved impressive races during the marathon. This series of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice by Mitchriz in 2:00:35 was made completely blindfoldedand this attempt to Resident Evil Village in 1:55:54 by 7rayD is also worth a look.
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#AGDQ2022 raised a total amount of $3,416,729 for @preventcancer! This is officially the most we’ve ever raised in the history of @GamesDoneQuick – ANOTHER WR????
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and thank you all for your generosity and support❤️– Games Done Quickly (@GamesDoneQuick) January 16, 2022
GDQ’s best precedent for a week-long event happened at AGDQ 2020 in Orlando, Florida. The last in-person event before the pandemic raised $3,164,002, also for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. When the format went virtual with Summer Games Done Quick later that year, donations dropped significantly to $2.35 million, which is understandable given the new format and the uncertainty in the world at the time.
Speaking of which, SGDQ is still on deck for later this year, although it hasn’t been revealed yet if this will be another virtual event or if we’ll see a return to in-person shows. . Fans are no doubt hoping for the latter, but it will all depend on what the pandemic situation looks like in the coming months.
The next event on the calendar is Fatal Frost 2022an all-female charity speedrun event that will run from February 27 to March 5 to benefit the Malala Fund.