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 is focused on early cancer detection and prevention, along with funding research and outreach programs.
- The 18-minute Crazy Taxi run stole the show, 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, surpassing the 2024 event's total by more than $100,000. This annual Games Done Quick (GDQ) winter event featured captivating speedruns of games like Crazy Taxi, Super Metroid, and various other titles spanning multiple genres.
Held every January, Awesome Games Done Quick is one of the two mainline events organized by GDQ each year, with Summer Games Done Quick taking place in July. In addition to these flagship events, GDQ hosts smaller gatherings like Frame Fatales and GDQ Express to bridge the gap between marathons. In October 2024, GDQ responded to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in the Southeastern US with an impromptu Disaster Relief Done Quick event. Within just over two days, this event raised over $45,000 for Direct Relief, a charity dedicated to providing emergency supplies, transportation, and medical response to areas hit by natural disasters and disease outbreaks.
As the new year kicked off, Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 made a significant impact by raising over $2.5 million for cancer research. From January 5 to January 13, AGDQ 2025 not only exceeded the previous year's total by over $100,000 but also continued the longstanding partnership between GDQ and the Prevent Cancer Foundation, which has seen over $26 million raised across multiple GDQ events. The event took place in Pittsburgh and was inaugurated 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 title. Despite the challenges posed by the game's copyrighted music, which typically complicates streaming, speedrunner Chuckles825 was accompanied by a live band that performed covers of Crazy Taxi's soundtrack in sync with the gameplay. This innovative 18-minute run raised an impressive $24,000 in donations.
The final event of AGDQ 2025 was 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 is set to return on July 6 with Summer Games Done Quick 2025 in Minneapolis, supporting Doctors Without Borders.
