Summer Games Done Quick 2022 nets more than $3 million for charity

Annual speedrunning occasion Summer season Video games Carried out Fast has raised greater than $3 million (£2.5 million) for the charity Docs With out Borders. SGDQ drew to a detailed yesterday with an All Remembrances run of Elden Ring on PC, adopted by a shorter bonus Any% run of the sport to cap issues off. You possibly can watch HYP3RSOMNIAC tackle FromSoft’s newest in simply half an hour within the video under.

SGDQ’s been taking place since 2011, so the various speedrunners who’ve taken half have generated fairly a sum for charity in that point. The summer season occasions alone have raised a complete of $18.9 million (£15.6 million) for Docs With out Borders and the Organisation For Autism Analysis. Video games Carried out Fast’s occasions have netted near $41 million (£33.8 million) for varied causes over the previous twelve years.

This 12 months’s SGDQ runs are all archived on the occasion’s YouTube channel now, if you happen to missed them. There’s loads of PC speedruns to tuck into. I’m keen on basic journey recreation runs, so I’m going to attempt to discover a half-hour someday to observe davidtki’s King’s Quest V: Absence Makes The Coronary heart Go Yonder! run. There’s additionally a Management boss rush from DemonicRobots, an hour-ish Monster Hunter Rise ‘Magnamalo%’ run by JalBagel and, after all, the closing Elden Rings runs.

Video games Carried out Fast’s organisers tweeted the entire quantity, thanking the runners and donors within the course of:

🏁TIME 🏁
#SGDQ2022 has raised a complete quantity of $3,016,200 for @MSF_USA!

Thanks to everybody who made this marathon potential, and thanks all on your superb generosity & assist❤️#heretogether pic.twitter.com/xSE7es0T4s

— Video games Carried out Fast (@GamesDoneQuick) July 3, 2022

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The subsequent in GDQ’s calendar of massive speedrunning occasions can be Superior Video games Carried out Fast 2023 subsequent January, however there’s no agency dates or a schedule for that but. We’ll maintain you posted and allow you to know nearer the time. You possibly can nonetheless chuck a donation their manner on the GDQ website right here.