Awesome Games Done Quick, the video game speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, has set a new record for a single Games Done Quick event by raising over $3.4 million.
Games Done Quick shared the news on Twitter following the week-long 24-hour AGDQ 2022, confirming the event had raised a total of $3,416,729 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and "is officially the most we've ever raised in the history of @GamesDoneQuick - ANOTHER WR."
🏁TIME 🏁
— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 16, 2022
#AGDQ2022 has 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 & support❤️
Additionally, AGDQ 2022 reached the first $1 million in donations in the shortest amount of time in Games Done Quick history.
Throughout the event, which ran on Twitch from January 9-16, speedrunners from around the world showed off their incredible skills for a good cause. There were even a few more world records broken during the week, including InsertLogic's 28:35 run of Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Jaxler's 44:18 run of Pumpkin Jack, and Shadowthepast's 17:21 run of Webbed.
There were also some other truly impressive runs, which you can see on Games Done Quick's YouTube channel, including a blindfolded run of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Yes, you read that right.
While we are already well on our way in the Sekiro blindfolded run, we still cannot get over this Burning Bull fight. #AGDQ2022 pic.twitter.com/R5NQasxo6Q
— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 16, 2022
According to Games Done Quick's donation tracker, AGDQ featured 148 runs, 28,034 donors, and 49,438 donations
Since 2010, Games Done Quick has raised over $37 million for various charities around the world, including Prevent Cancer Foundation, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières, Direct Relief, AbleGamers, Malala Fund, and Organization for Autism Research.
At AGDQ 2021, the team raised $3.13 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and it's so great to see the momentum continue to build.
GDQ's next event will be the all-women winter speedrunning event Frost Fatales from February 27-March 5. Summer Games Done Quick 2022 will also still take place this year, but more details will be annonuced at a later date.
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.