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 supporting outreach programs.
• The 18-minute Crazy Taxi run was a standout, raising over $24,000 in donations.

From January 5 to January 13, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2025 successfully raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, exceeding the previous year's total by more than $100,000. The annual winter event featured speedruns of games like Crazy Taxi, Super Metroid, and other titles across multiple genres.

Awesome Games Done Quick, held every January, is one of two flagship events organized by Games Done Quick (GDQ), with Summer Games Done Quick taking place in July. GDQ also hosts smaller events like Frame Fatales and GDQ Express throughout the year. In October 2024, GDQ responded to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in the Southeastern US with an impromptu Disaster Relief Done Quick event, raising over $45,000 in just over two days for Direct Relief, a charity focused on emergency medical support.

Kicking off the new year, AGDQ 2025 raised a significant amount for cancer research. From January 5 to January 13, the event amassed over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, surpassing the 2024 total by over $100,000. The Prevent Cancer Foundation's mission centers on early cancer detection and prevention, as well as funding research and outreach programs. This event marked another successful collaboration between GDQ and PCF, with GDQ having raised over $26 million for the foundation across multiple events. AGDQ 2025 took place in Pittsburgh and began 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 highlights of AGDQ 2025 was the run of Crazy Taxi, a beloved Dreamcast title. Despite the challenges posed by copyrighted music, speedrunner Chuckles825 was accompanied by a live band that played music from the game, creating a unique and engaging experience. The 18-minute run of Crazy Taxi raised over $24,000 in donations.

The final event of AGDQ 2025 was a thrilling randomized, four-player race of the SNES classic Super Metroid, with runners Eddie and Andy finishing within one second of each other. GDQ is set to return on July 6 with Summer Games Done Quick 2025 in Minneapolis, raising funds for Doctors Without Borders.