AGDQ 2025 Surpasses $2.5M in Charity Donations

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 standout, raising over $24,000 in donations.

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

Held every January, Awesome Games Done Quick 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 like Frame Fatales and GDQ Express to keep the community engaged between marathons. In October 2024, GDQ organized an impromptu Disaster Relief Done Quick event in response to Hurricane Helene's devastation in the Southeastern US. In just over two days, this event raised over $45,000 for Direct Relief, a charity that provides emergency supplies, transportation, and medical aid to disaster-stricken areas.

As the new year began, Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 made a significant impact by raising over $2.5 million for cancer research, surpassing the previous year's total by more than $100,000. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, which focuses on early cancer detection and prevention, as well as funding research and outreach programs, benefited greatly from this event. This collaboration between GDQ and the Prevent Cancer Foundation has now raised over $26 million across multiple GDQ events. AGDQ 2025 was held in Pittsburgh and started 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

A highlight of AGDQ 2025 was the unique run of Crazy Taxi, a beloved Dreamcast game. Despite the challenges posed by copyrighted music, speedrunner Chuckles825 was accompanied by a live band that played Crazy Taxi's soundtrack in sync with the gameplay. This innovative 18-minute run raised over $24,000 in donations.

The event concluded with a thrilling randomized, four-player race of the SNES classic Super Metroid, where runners Eddie and Andy finished within a mere second of each other. GDQ will continue its efforts with Summer Games Done Quick 2025, set to take place in Minneapolis on July 6, supporting Doctors Without Borders.