AGDQ 2025 Raises Over $2.5 Million For Charity

Summary

• Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, surpassing the 2024 total by $100,000.
• The organization's mission focuses on early cancer detection and prevention, funding research, and outreach programs.
• The 18-minute Crazy Taxi run was a highlight, raising over $24,000 in donations.

From January 5 to January 13, the Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2025 event successfully raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, exceeding the 2024 event's total by more than $100,000. This annual winter event, hosted by Games Done Quick (GDQ), featured thrilling speedruns from games like Crazy Taxi, Super Metroid, and numerous other titles spanning multiple genres.

Awesome Games Done Quick, held every January, is one of two major events organized by GDQ each year, with Summer Games Done Quick taking place in July. GDQ also hosts smaller events such as Frame Fatales and GDQ Express to keep the community engaged between the main marathons. In October 2024, GDQ organized an impromptu Disaster Relief Done Quick event in response to Hurricane Helene's impact on the Southeastern US. This event raised over $45,000 in just over two days for Direct Relief, a charity dedicated to providing emergency aid and medical response to disaster-stricken areas.

As the new year kicked off, Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 continued its tradition of raising significant funds for cancer research. From January 5 to January 13, AGDQ 2025 raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, surpassing the previous year's total by over $100,000. The Prevent Cancer Foundation's mission centers on early cancer detection and prevention, as well as funding research and outreach programs. This event marked another successful collaboration between GDQ and the Prevent Cancer Foundation, which has seen over $26 million raised across multiple GDQ events. AGDQ 2025 was held in Pittsburgh and began with a swift run of the Switch version of Pikmin by speedrunner Ray0ken, completed within an hour.

Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 Raises Over $2.5 Million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation

One of the standout moments of AGDQ 2025 was the run of Crazy Taxi, a beloved Dreamcast game. Despite challenges with copyrighted music, speedrunner Chuckles825 was accompanied by a live band that played covers of the game's music, allowing for a seamless streaming experience. This innovative 18-minute run of Crazy Taxi raised over $24,000 in donations.

The final event of AGDQ 2025 was a randomized, four-player race of the SNES classic Super Metroid, where runners Eddie and Andy finished within one second of each other. GDQ will continue its efforts with Summer Games Done Quick 2025, scheduled for July 6 in Minneapolis, supporting Doctors Without Borders.