Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 Raises Over $2.7 Million for Charity

All Games Done Quick 2021, the video game speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, has just raised $2,758,847 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Games Done Quick announced the incredible news on Twitter, while also thanking everyone involved and promising that news its next big event - Summer Games Done Quick 2021 - will be coming in the future. AGDQ 2021, which ran from January 3-10, saw 25,651 donors from around the world make 42,089 donations to reach the impressive total amount.

Just some casual Saturday afternoon Beat Saber. #AGDQ2021 pic.twitter.com/9Qjfy7rMTZ

— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 9, 2021

There were 157 total runs that had speedrunners playing through such games as Final Fantasy VII, Super Mario 64 (blindfolded!), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Beat Saber, and much more. While AGDQ 2021 may have not raised as much money as AGDQ 2020's $3.13 million, its important to note that this event was entirely online unlike last year's. Summer Games Done Quick 2020 was also online, and that event raised $2.3 million. For more on speedrunning, check out our series that has developers reacting to their games being speedrun. We've done such games as Hades, Doom Eternal, and the original Halo. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/24/original-halo-developers-react-to-legendary-speedrun"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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