Every winter, Games Done Quick holds a week-long speedrunning event on Twitch where people race through video games as fast as possible. All the while, viewers make charitable donations during the broadcast, and 2022 was a record-smashing success.
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2022 began Jan. 9 and wrapped up Sunday after raising over $3.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. As with last year’s event, AGDQ 2022 was held online to ensure participants’ safety during the ongoing pandemic and prevent any last-minute cancellations from happening.
According to AGDQ’s press release, there were several world records broken during the event, including:
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits by InsertLogic (28:35)
- Pumpkin Jack by Jaxler (44:18)
- Webbed by Shadowthepast (17:21)
🏁TIME 🏁
#AGDQ2022 has raised a total amount of $3,416,729 for @preventcancer! This is officially the most we've ever raised in the history of @GamesDoneQuick – ANOTHER WR🏆
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and thank you all for your generosity & support❤️— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 16, 2022
The most jaw-dropping spectacle during AGDQ 2022 was runner Mitchriz finishing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice while blindfolded. Yes, he made it through the notoriously challenging action game by FromSoftware while being unable to see — in about two hours, no less. What’s even more bananas is rarely took damage from bosses.
Check out a clip of Mitchriz’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice run below. There’s a high-quality YouTube mirror here as well.
While we are already well on our way in the Sekiro blindfolded run, we still cannot get over this Burning Bull fight. #AGDQ2022 pic.twitter.com/R5NQasxo6Q
— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 16, 2022
Games Done Quick’s next event will be the Frost Fatales, which begins on Feb. 27 and goes until March 5 on Twitch.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
