From January 5th to 13th, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2025 raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, surpassing the 2024 event's total by over $100,000. This annual winter event featured speedruns of diverse games, including Crazy Taxi, Super Metroid, and many others across various genres.
AGDQ is one of two major GDQ events held yearly, with Summer Games Done Quick occurring in July. GDQ also hosts smaller events like Frame Fatales and GDQ Express throughout the year. In October 2024, a special Disaster Relief Done Quick event raised over $45,000 for Direct Relief in response to Hurricane Helene's impact on the Southeastern US.
AGDQ 2025, held in Pittsburgh, saw a remarkable fundraising achievement for cancer research. The over $2.5 million raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation exceeded the 2024 total by over $100,000. The Prevent Cancer Foundation's mission centers on early cancer detection and prevention, research funding, and public outreach. This partnership between GDQ and the PCF has yielded over $26 million in donations across multiple GDQ events. The event began with a speedrun of the Switch version of Pikmin by Ray0ken, completed within an hour.
A unique highlight of AGDQ 2025 was a Crazy Taxi speedrun. While the game's fast-paced nature lends itself to speedrunning, its copyrighted music presents streaming challenges. Speedrunner Chuckles825 overcame this by performing alongside a live band covering Crazy Taxi's soundtrack. This 18-minute run raised over $24,000.
AGDQ 2025 concluded with a randomized four-player race of Super Metroid for the SNES, with two runners, Eddie and Andy, finishing within a second of each other. GDQ will next host Summer Games Done Quick 2025 in Minneapolis on July 6th, benefiting Doctors Without Borders.
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