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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. Other highlights included four broken world records and a dog named Peanut Butter beating the oddball NES classic Gyromite.This year’s AGDQ, which took place in Pittsburgh, passed the million-dollar threshold early on day five. Standout playthroughs included a no-hit run of Resident Evil 2 (2019), Super Mario 64 finished entirely on an electric…

Though Awesome Games Done Quick will go on for the rest of the week, the charity speedrunning event may have already peaked with a run performed by Peanut Butter... a Shiba Inu. Using a custom-made controller and spurred by commands and treats, Peanut Butter button-pressed his way into our hearts and the speedrunning history books with his run of Gyromite in the first-ever speedrun done by a dog. Gyromite is a game where the player guides a sleepwalking scientist through his lab by pressing buttons to raise or lower…

Speedrunning is, from my own outsider’s perspective, an impressive effort in constantly chasing new goals. At first, runners might try to simply finish a game as fast as possible. Then, they might try to fully finish it, or complete certain objectives, or hit credits with limiters on themselves. It’s that last bucket that CarcinogenSDA’s run of Resident Evil 2 Remake at AGDQ 2024 falls under. I’ve been a fan of Carci’s speedrunning for a while. His AGDQ 2018 run of Resident Evil 7 is an easy recommendation for…

The Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 speedrunning marathon kicks off this Sunday, January 14. To mark the occasion, Humble is offering an Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Game Bundle featuring several games to be showcased during the week-long charity event.For as little as $10, you get seven PC games, including AAA titles like stylish character-action brawler Bayonetta and Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition, as well as indies like the acclaimed puzzle-platformer Celeste, cyberpunk first-person…

This year's Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) starts up on Sunday, January 14. The event is hybrid, and you can catch the in-person portion in Pittsburgh. The speedruns will be broadcast worldwide. This year, AGDQ benefits the Prevent Cancer Foundation, you can make donations during the event on the viewing page on the GDQ website.AGDQ 2024 Start TimesAfter a pre-show starting 8:30 AM PT / 11:30 AM ET on January 14, the marathon will continue for seven straight days. The kick off will be Radicoon's Any% PC…

Cancel your plans and ghost your loved ones, Awesome Games Done Quick is back this weekend to play games faster than the Gods of Gameplay intended and raise money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. The AGDQ 2024 festivities kick off on January 14 and end on January 21. It’s viewable in person in Pittsburgh and streamed through AGDQ’s Twitch channel. If you’re unfamiliar Awesome Games Done Quick is a biannual series of live speedruns broadcast to encourage charitable donations. There’s a mix of games on the docket,…

The biannual speedrunning event starts on Sunday A new year is here, and so too is a new Games Done Quick event. Awesome Games Done Quick 2023, or AGDQ 2023, starts on January 8 and hosts 24-7 speedrunning showcases all the way through January 14. The biannual charity speedrunning event raises funds for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and will host a variety of streamers from around the globe. This will also be the final GDQ for event founder Mike Uyama, who is stepping down to pursue new ventures. Director of…

(Speed) Running Up That Hill The Games Done Quick (GDQ) team has released a jam-packed schedule for its next speedrunning event, AGDQ 2023 — Once again, the fastest fingers in gaming will be gathering online to lay waste to a wide variety of new, classic, and debuting games, from a variety of genres, and all for a worthwhile cause. While GDQ had planned to host the AGDQ 2023 extravaganza in a physical capacity, the team decided that Florida does not currently provide a safe enough environment, (from a social or…