Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Breaks Record For Money Raised - Nintendo Life
AGDQ, the annual charity speedrunning marathon, has set a record this year for its fundraising — fantastic news, considering that the first COVID-19 online-only event last year resulted in a dip in funds.In January 2020, AGDQ raised $3,164,002 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, over half a million more than its previous year's fundraising total of $2,425,790.This year, GDQ is back on form, with a whopping $3,416,780 raised — resulting in the highest-ever donation record at any GDQ event, including Summer Games Done Quick, where the record is currently $3,039,596.It's not the only fundraising record that AGDQ 2022 set, either: This year was also the shortest amount of time that it took to raise $1 million?Over the 12 years that the Games Done Quick speedrun marathons have existed, the amount raised for charity has increased by over 30,000%!According to at least one person on Twitter, there were even more records set this year — seven world records, that is, for games that were speedrun (speedranned?) on stream.Did you catch AGDQ this year!Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Breaks Record For Money RaisedGuide: AGDQ 2022 Starts This Weekend - Here's How To Watch It, And Which Speedruns To Stay Up For'Awesome Games Done Quick'Best Feel-Good Nintendo Switch Games Mon 10th Jan 2022 3 hours ago 1 day ago 3 hours ago 6 hours ago 10 hours ago 5 hours ago 8 hours ago