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Awesome Games Gone Quick 2022 Sets a New Record By Raising Over $3.4 Million for Charity
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 54692" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>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.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Games Done Quick shared the news on <a href="https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1482609194263990275" target="_blank">Twitter</a> 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."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Additionally, AGDQ 2022 reached the first $1 million in donations in the shortest amount of time in Games Done Quick history.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>There were also some other truly impressive runs, which you can see on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/gamesdonequick/videos" target="_blank">Games Done Quick's YouTube channel,</a> including a blindfolded run of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Yes, you read that right.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>According to <a href="https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/event/37" target="_blank">Games Done Quick's donation tracker,</a> AGDQ featured 148 runs, 28,034 donors, and 49,438 donations</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>At AGDQ 2021, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/awesome-games-done-quick-agdq-2020-total-money-raised-charity" target="_blank">the team raised $3.13 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation,</a> and it's so great to see the momentum continue to build.</p><p></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to </em><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ign/null" target="_blank"><em>newstips@ign.com</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter </em><a href="https://twitter.com/AdamBankhurst" target="_blank"><em>@AdamBankhurst</em></a><em> and on </em><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/AdamBankhurst" target="_blank"><em>Twitch.</em></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/awesome-games-done-quick-2022-sets-a-new-record-by-raising-over-34-million-for-charity-agdq" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 54692, member: 1"] 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 [URL='https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1482609194263990275']Twitter[/URL] 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." 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 [URL='https://www.youtube.com/c/gamesdonequick/videos']Games Done Quick's YouTube channel,[/URL] including a blindfolded run of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Yes, you read that right. According to [URL='https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/event/37']Games Done Quick's donation tracker,[/URL] 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, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/awesome-games-done-quick-agdq-2020-total-money-raised-charity']the team raised $3.13 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation,[/URL] 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. [I]Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [/I][URL='http://feeds.feedburner.com/ign/null'][I]newstips@ign.com[/I][/URL][I]. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter [/I][URL='https://twitter.com/AdamBankhurst'][I]@AdamBankhurst[/I][/URL][I] and on [/I][URL='https://www.twitch.tv/AdamBankhurst'][I]Twitch.[/I][/URL] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/awesome-games-done-quick-2022-sets-a-new-record-by-raising-over-34-million-for-charity-agdq"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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