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Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), Game Done Quick’s annual gaming speedrunning marathon, returns this weekend for 2025 to raise funds for Prevent Cancer Foundation.
Speedrunners from around the world, including UK streamers like Froob and English Ben and others, will show off their skills by racing through video games as quickly as possible.
Taking place in-person at the Wyndham Grand in downtown Pittsburgh from January 5th to 12th 2025, the event will also be streamed throughout the week on the official Games Done Quick Twitch channel.
This year, attendees and viewers can expect a bevy of speedruns such as a six-hour speedrun through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Crazy Taxi with a live backing band, Astro Bot, and more.
The event will kick off at 12pm EST on January 5th with a speedrun of Pikmin by Ray0ken. The full schedule can be found here:
AGDQ 2025 is being held in support of Prevent Cancer Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to empowering people to stay ahead of cancer through prevention and early detection.
During the event, donations can be made directly to the charity via GamesDoneQuick.com. 100% of proceeds will go directly to the non-profit. Last year, AGDQ raised more than $2.5m for Prevent Cancer Foundation.
Since 2010, Games Done Quick has partnered with charities such as AbleGamers, Organization for Autism Research, and Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières.
Games Done Quick events have raised more than $51.8m for charity overall.
The news comes after a mix of Christmas esports charity fundraisers happened over the last month.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
