Summer Games Done Quick Archives

Summer Games Done Quick 2024 has come to a close, and at the end of the event, the team revealed a massive total raised for Doctors Without Borders The in-person event was held June 30-July 6 at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minnesota, as well as broadcasting live on Twitch, and across all eight days they[...]

This evening, during Summer Games Done Quick 2024, the organization surpassed a huge milestone while one of the best runs we've ever seen was taking place GDQ has surpassed $50m raised in the entire span of the event, as they have raised funds for charities and worthy causes since it started 14 years ago. All of[...]

Organizers behind Summer Games Done Quick 2024 will kick off this year's event this Sunday at the Hilton Minneapolis Downtown in Minnesota As it has been in the past, players will speedrun games over the course of eight days, all to help raise funds for charity This year, they have once again decided to work[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

The organizers behind Games Done Quick revealed today that their summertime edition will be going back online for 2021.

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[...]

They have has to postpone Summer Games Done Quick You can read the statement below as they have pushed the event back into mid-to-late August. Games Done Quick also announced that it will be postponing Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2020 due to increasing coronavirus concerns SGDQ 2020 will take place August 16-23, 2020 in Bloomington,[...]

Games Dune Quick ended last night with some amazing news as Summer Games Done Quick 2019 scored a record-breaking fundraising number for the event After a week of 24-hour speedrunning on classic video games with some of the best players in the world showing off their skills, the event concluded with a total of $3[...]

The folks over at Games Done Quick have officially announced their full schedule for the Summer Games Done Quick 2019 event in June The event will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington – Minneapolis South, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, taking place from June 21st-30th, 2019 This time around the proceeds from the[...]

Summer Games Done Quick, which is an annual speed-running charity and companion to Awesome Games Done Quick, is returning in a few months The event runs from Sunday, July 2 to Sunday, July 9, and you can now check out the entire schedule. The festivities start off strong with a one-handed Normal A Difficulty speedrun of NeiR: Automata by[...]

By Joe Cammisa [audio:http://joecam.net/SML/SML-e116.mp3] Monday night is here and it's time for The SML Podcast, Episode 116: Fraudulent Charges, here on Bleeding Cool! This week saw both the release of Windows 10 and the happening of Summer Games Done Quick, both of which get plenty of mention on the show this week! Whether we talk about the depressing[...]