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, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2025 successfully raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, exceeding the 2024 event's total by more than $100,000. This annual winter event, hosted by Games Done Quick (GDQ), showcased speedruns of various games, including Crazy Taxi, Super Metroid, and other titles across multiple genres.

Awesome Games Done Quick, held every January, is one of GDQ's two mainline events, with the other being Summer Games Done Quick in July. Additionally, GDQ regularly organizes smaller events such as Frame Fatales and GDQ Express to bridge the gaps between the major marathons. In October 2024, GDQ swiftly organized an impromptu Disaster Relief Done Quick event in response to Hurricane Helene's devastation in the Southeastern US. Over just two days, this event raised over $45,000 for Direct Relief, a charity dedicated to providing emergency supplies, transportation, and medical assistance to disaster-stricken and disease-affected areas.

As the new year kicked off, AGDQ 2025 made a significant impact by raising over $2.5 million for cancer research. The event, which ran from January 5 to January 13, surpassed the previous year's total by more than $100,000. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, which focuses on early cancer detection, prevention, and funding research and outreach programs, has benefited from over $26 million raised through multiple GDQ events. AGDQ 2025 took place in Pittsburgh and started with an impressive 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 18-minute run of Crazy Taxi, a beloved Dreamcast title. Typically, streaming this game is challenging due to its copyrighted music, which often results in muting or risking a Twitch takedown. However, speedrunner Chuckles825 ingeniously collaborated with a live band that performed the game's music in sync with the gameplay, enabling the event to proceed smoothly. This unique run alone raised over $24,000 in donations.

The final event of AGDQ 2025 featured a thrilling randomized, four-player race of the SNES classic Super Metroid, where runners Eddie and Andy finished within one second of each other. GDQ's next event, Summer Games Done Quick 2025, is scheduled to take place in Minneapolis on July 6, and will support Doctors Without Borders.