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Games Done Quick: Frost Fatales scheduled for March

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Games Done Quick has revealed the schedule for Frost Fatales 2024, the latest charity speedrunning event which is due to kick off in March. The 2024 schedule includes such titles as the original Tomb Raider, Celeste, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Resident Evil 4, Pokémon Sword and Shield, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Super Mario Sunshine, Hollow Knight, and many, many more. Games Done Quick: Frost Fatales will run from the 3rd
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Awesome Games Done Quick returns to in-person events

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Awesome Games Done Quick has announced a return to in-person events which will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The annual speed-running event will take place between the 14th and 21st of January 2024, and will once again raise money for good causes. Submissions will be open for the next week. In recent years the foundation has raised over $46 million for numerous charities including Doctors Without Borders and the Malala
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Games Done Quick – Frost Fatales – raises over $150k for charity

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The latest Games Done Quick all-women speedrunning event - Frost Fatales 2023 - has now finished, and raised a staggering $150k for charity. Over the course of eight days, 65 different speed runs were broadcast live on Twitch, and highlights have now been uploaded onto YouTube. Proceeds this time go to the Malala fund, a nonprofit organisation that helps girls around the world go to school. To date, the GDQ
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Games Done Quick – Frost Fatales 2023 – Is now underway

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Games Done Quick has kicked off its latest charity fundraising event - Frost Fatales 2023 - and runs until the end of the weekend. The all-women speedrunning event will cover many games including: * The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword* Cult of the Lamb* Stray* Hollow Knight* Mario Kart 8 Deluxe This time, GDQ will partner with the Malala fund, a nonprofit organisation that helps girls around the world go
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Awesome Games Done Quick raises over $2.5m for charity

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Following the announcement that Mike Uyama, the founder of Games Done Quick, is departing the company, the latest event - Awesome Games Done Quick - has come to a close. The week-long marathon speedrunning event has raised an impressive $2,642,493 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Prior to this occasion, GDQ had already raised an impressive $41 million for various charities. Kudos to all involved. Games Done Quick's next charity event
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Games Done Quick founder departs, raises awesome $41m

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This week's Awesome Games Done Quick has begun, their first major speedrunning event of 2023 with proceeds going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. You can view the online-only event schedule here. Immediately before the event, Mike Uyama, the founder of Games Done Quick, officially announced that he is departing the company. Since he started back in 2010 from his mum's basement in Utah, the organisation has grown and grown and
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£660k raised for game charity SpecialEffect

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over 90 game companies across the globe joined forces for One Special Day that aimed to raise funds for the video game charity SpecialEffect. Across the day, donations from game sales and other fund raising activities meant that a total of over £660,000 was raised to help gamers with disabilities. The charity is celebrating its fiftenth year and Dr Mick Donegan, SpecialEffect’s CEO and Founder, said “We simply cannot thank
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2023

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Games Done Quick, the speedrunning showcase events have raised plenty of cash for charities over the years, including £135k for the Malala Fund in the summer, and £3 million for Doctors Without Borders before that. The next event, Awesome Games Done Quick 2023, will be online-only, and will now take place between 8th-15th January 2023, with proceeds going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. You can peruse the preliminary schedule here.
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Summer Games Done Quick raises $3 Million

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The first in-person Games Done Quick event since 2020 raised a staggering $3 million in donations for Doctors Without Borders. This summer's Minnesota event showcased 134 speed runs, featuring games such as Super Mario World, Ocarina of Time, and Portal 2. In addition, organisers announced that the next GDQ event will take place in August - Flame Fatales, the annual all-women speedrunning showcase. To date, the events have raised over
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