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Games Done Quick may be launching its annual winter event today, but the team also revealed the schedule of Frost Fataels 2024, which is happening in March The team dropped the complete schedule online, as they will be holding this year's version from March 3-10 totally online to help raise funds for charity. Those looking to[...]

Organizers behind GDQ have revealed that their annual Awesome Games Done Quick event will be returning in-person for 2024, as it will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The team revealed that the next event will take place from January 14-21, 2024, at the Wyndham Hotel and Resorts in downtown Pittsburgh Presenting the same week's worth[...]

Organizers behind Games Done Quick revealed the full schedule for their annual Summer event, Flame Fatales 2023, which will kick off tomorrow Run by Frame Fatales, the all-women side of the speedrunning charity, this year's event will kick off on Sunday, August 13th, hosting a week's worth of games being run as quickly as they can,[...]

Limited Run Games and Games Done Quick have partnered up to release a special physical edition of Trip World for charity In case you're not already aware, Summer Games Done Quick is underway right now, running all the way until June 4th, as they attempt to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders throughout the event[...]

Organizers behind Summer Games Done Quick 2023 have revealed the schedule for this year's events, being held in person in Minneapolis, Minnesota This year's event will run from May 28th until June 4th, 2023, once again being held at the Hilton Minneapolis for those looking to attend in person and online for those who can't[...]

Games Done Quick announced today that Frost Fatales 2023 raised over $150k over the past week, all of which will be going to the Malala Fund In case you weren't aware, this is the winter version of GDQ's all-women speedrunning event, in which we saw over 65 different speedruns happen over the course of eight[...]

Games Done Quick will be kicking off its next charity event on Sunday, February 26th, as Frost Fatales returns for another year to Twitch The all-women speedrunning event organized by GDQ will start on February 26th at 9:30am PT and run all the way until the end of the night on March 4th Some of[...]

Over the past week, Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 has been happening online, and last night the event closed, having raised $2.6m In what will probably be founder Mike Uyama's last event for a while, the organization spent the past week playing retro games featuring hundreds of speedrunners doing their best to entertain you while[...]

Mike Uyama, founder of the charity speedrunning event Games Done Quick, has officially announced that he is departing the company Ever since the event started in his mom's basement in Utah in 2010, Uyama has been a part of it, helping grow the organization and helping raise more than $41M for a variety of charities[...]

Organizers at GDQ have revealed the full schedule of games set to run during Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 this January The event will be taking place from January 8th-15th, 2023, as they raise funds for charity throughout the event But unlike the Summer Games Done Quick that was held earlier this year, they will[...]

Games Done Quick revealed this week that they are officially bringing back Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 this January It looks like the team will be forgoing holding the event in Florida again, and instead, will be holding AGDQ 2023 as an online-only event from January 8th-15th This event will be held in support of[...]

Games Done Quick's annual Flame Fatales 2022 finished up this past weekend, and at the end, the event managed to raise over $135k toward the Malala Fund The schedule had a number of awesome runs that are totally worth checking out, which you can do so over on their YouTube channel as they are loading[...]

Games Done Quick has revealed the schedule for its next gaming event as Flame Fatales will be taking place next month The all-women run event will be taking place from August 21st-27th, with a cavalcade of streams that will have a little something for every gamer to check out Some of the more prominent additions[...]

Summer Games Done Quick 2022 closed out last night, and when all was said and done, they raised over $3m on Saturday night In case you haven't been checking out Twitch this past week, the event was broadcast online as it took place in person for the first time since the pandemic from June 26-July[...]

Summer Games Done Quick 2022 has revealed its full schedule of games for this year's event as they return to Minnesota In what feels like an eternity and a welcomed return, this event will be the first time a GDQ has returned to an in-person experience since Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 Those of you[...]

Games Done Quick will be starting their latest speedrun charity event, Frost Fatales 2022, this coming Sunday for a solid week on Twitch If you're not familiar with this one, starting on February 27th and running all the way to March 6th, you will see women speedrunners show off their skills as they run through[...]

Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Online took place over the past week and a half, bringing in a new record total during the event This year's event was, yet again, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to assure the safety of everyone involved while still being able to carry on the fundraising festivities The[...]

GDQ has released the full schedule for Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Online, showing off all the games that will be played AGDQ 2022 Online will be held from January 9th-16th, 2022, with all of the games broadcast on Twitch as they continue to plan around the pandemic This year all of the funds will[...]

This Sunday, August 15th, Games Done Quick will be launching Flame Fatales 2021 as the completely online event raises money for a worthy cause For those of you not familiar, this is an all-women speedrunning event, run much the way the annual GDQ events are done, as these amazing players will attempt to play games[...]

Summer Games Done Quick 2021 has come to a close, but not before raising a ton of cash for Doctors Without Borders over the past week The event, which included some amazing streams such as a Legend Of Zelda 1 & 2 completion race and an impressive blind Super Mario 64 run, the organization raised[...]

Games Done Quick's all-women's speedrunning event Flame Fatales will be returning this year from August 15th-21st As usual, the week-long event will showcase the skills of the women-in-speedrunning by highlighting some of the best of the best in the community, all for a great charitable cause Last year the organization raised funds for the Malala[...]

The organizers behind Games Done Quick revealed today that their summertime edition will be going back online for 2021 We may be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for the pandemic, but the reality is we're still a little ways off from public events being relatively safe from possible spreading, so the[...]

Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 revealed that they managed to raise over $2.75 Million during their 8-day online charity stream In case you happen to be unfamiliar with this event, from January 3rd-10th, hundreds of gamers got together to play several old-school titles as quickly as they could in bizarre speedrunning fashion with the goal[...]

Games done Quick will be doing something a little different this month for their next speedrunning event as they present Fleet Fatales Viewers will be getting a cool experience for this one as all of the players will be women who will be playing games as quickly as they can to benefit a charity This[...]

The filks behind Games Done Quick have officially released their schedule for the next event, Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 Much as the previous event was handled, due to the ongoing pandemic and the fact that the United States can't be bothered to get a grip on things, the entire event will be taking place[...]

In what feels like a safe and predictable move, Games Done Quick has decided to move their winter event online At the end of Summer Games Done Quick, which took place last month as an online-only event after a couple months of plans changing here and there, the organization revealed that Awesome Games Done Quick[...]

Summer Games Done Quick 2020 ended yesterday evening with an impressive total of $2.3 million raised for Doctors Without Borders It was an interesting road to get to this year's event as COVID-19 threw a wrench into the planned activities in person this year, forcing the entire event to take place online through a series[...]

Earlier today, the folks at GDQ revealed their complete lineup for Summer Games Done Quick as the 2020 version goes online The event was in jeopardy for a hot minute this year as COVID-19 changed plans a couple of times from moving the event back to taking it all the way online After changing the[...]

The annual Summer Games Done Quick announced today they are changing thief format for 2020 and are taking the event online The plans for SGDQ have changed a few times ever since the COVID-19 outbreak forced people to reorganized and adjust to life with ever-changing circumstances Originally the plan was to push the event back[...]

This past weekend, Games Done Quick held a special online-only charity stream in an effort to raise money for help with the coronavirus The organization planned three days of content from some well-known speedrunners to give you some entertainment at home while also asking for your donations Today they're proud to announce those efforts garnered[...]