Awesome Games Done Quick Raises $1.2 Million Fighting Cancer

The game speedrunning charity marathon Awesome Games Done Quick raised over $1.2 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation this past week (via IGN). The event ran for one week, streamed live on Twitch.

Amazing work, all of you donors, for we've just hit 1.2 MILLION dollars! Wow, the numbers you are all pulling is fantastic #AGDQ2016

— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) January 10, 2016

Some of the games marathoners sped through were Pokemon Blue, Half life 2, Super Mario Maker, and Bloodborne.  The event achieved $1.5 million raised last year, but even though this year’s total fell a bit short, it still garnered significant support and attention, at one time having 220,000 concurrent viewers. Almost 24,000 individual donors contributed to hit the $1.2 million mark, making this the third year in a row the charity has raised more than $1 million.

Super Mario Maker and Stepmania had the largest spikes in viewership during the event. More stats from this past week can be viewed on the charity’s website. Games Done Quick has another event set for July 3-9, in downtown Minneapolis, MN.