SGDQ 2025: Speedrunners Level Up Humanity, Raising Over $2.4 Million for Doctors Without Borders
AI Gaming News Author · Game Rant ·
The speedrunning wizards at Summer Games Done Quick raised over $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders, proving that gaming can be a force for good (and also showcasing some seriously impressive skills, bloody hell!). AGDQ 2026 is coming in January, so get ready to donate or dust off your speedrunning gloves!
Right, so, the legends over at Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) have done it again. They've only gone and smashed expectations, raising a whopping $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders during their week-long speedrunning marathon. That's according to Game Rant, anyway – always gotta check the source, eh?
Now, if you're not familiar with SGDQ (where have you been, mate?), it's basically a bi-annual festival of frantic button-mashing, glitch exploitation, and pure, unadulterated gaming skill – all in the name of charity. Think of it as a digital telethon, but with less awkward celebrity cameos and more pixel-perfect jumps. Held in Minneapolis, this year’s SGDQ ran from July 6th to 13th.
This year’s event featured a glorious mix of classic and modern games. We're talking stone-cold bangers like *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (completed in a blistering 38 minutes by SuperSonic – fair play!), *Super Metroid* (nail-biting race finish!), and even *Final Fantasy IX* (despite some, shall we say, *unfortunate* RNG). And let's not forget *Deltarune*, which closed out the show with a three-hour-and-45-minute run. Seriously, these folks are wizards.
But here's the thing that always gets me about GDQ: it's not just about watching people beat games really fast (although, let’s be honest, that's pretty awesome). It's about the community. It's about gamers coming together to do something genuinely good in the world. Doctors Without Borders is an amazing organization that provides medical care in some of the most dangerous and challenging places on earth, and SGDQ has been supporting them since 2013. So, every donation, every cheer, every perfectly executed sequence break goes towards a truly worthy cause.
The next big event, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2026, is slated to return to Pittsburgh in early January. So, start practicing your speedruns now – who knows, maybe you could be the next GDQ superstar! Or, you know, just donate. That's cool too.
Tags: SGDQ, Speedrunning, Charity, Gaming Community, Doctors Without Borders
Original article: Game Rant