Games Done Quick raises over $2.5 million for Prevent Cancer Foundation at annual gaming marathon
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Kyra Meister
703-836-1746
kyra.meister@preventcancer.org
Alexandria, Va. – In yet another remarkable achievement for the gaming community, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), an annual livestreamed video game marathon organized by Games Done Quick (GDQ), raised a total of over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
All-star gamers from around the world gathered in Pittsburgh to speedrun—play as fast as possible—their favorite games. In addition to approximately 2,000 attendees joining in person from the Steel City, tens of thousands tuned in on the official GDQ Twitch channel from across the U.S. and around the world to watch the “best of the best” take on their favorite games. All games were played live beginning on January 5 through the event’s conclusion in the early hours of Sunday morning, January 12.
The more than $2.5 million raised was comprised of mostly small, individual donations, adding up to big impact. The gaming community showed their support for cancer prevention and early detection efforts by tuning in for a combined 9,422,155 hours and donating to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, contributing over 40,000 separate donations throughout the week.
This was the second in-person AGDQ event since before the pandemic, with highlights from this year including a week-long “wellness quest” hosted by the Foundation. Throughout the week, participants completed different wellness challenges—including the ever-popular planking challenge—promoting healthy behaviors and lifestyle choices, culminating in a prize drawing for a plushie of the Foundation’s mascot, Earl E. Bird.
In its 14 years of partnering with the Prevent Cancer Foundation®, the speedrunning community has raised $25 million for the Foundation. AGDQ dollars have enabled the funding of new research, innovative, technologies, cancer prevention and early detection education and outreach, and community grants—both in the U.S. and abroad. In 2024, the Foundation announced support of nine research projects, four of which were made possible by AGDQ. The Foundation will announce its 2025 research grants at the end of this month, where five grants are expected to be funded by the AGDQ.
“Awesome Games Done Quick has cemented itself as a major catalyst in progress in cancer prevention and early detection,” said Jody Hoyos, CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. “They are the ones ensuring there are resources for research, outreach and education so we can stay ahead of cancer, and we are inspired every day by their vision and generosity.”
Pour en savoir plus sur l'impact de l'AGDQ sur la Fondation Prévenir le Cancer, visitez prévenirlecancer.org/agdq.
Thank you to the 2025 AGDQ sponsors:
Platine:
- Yetee
Gold:
- Fangamer
- Konami
- Humble Bundle
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À propos de la Fondation Prévenir le Cancer®
La Fondation Prévenir le Cancer® is the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection. Through research, education, outreach and advocacy, we have helped countless people avoid a cancer diagnosis or detect their cancer early enough to be successfully treated. We are driven by a vision of a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.
La Fondation se mobilise pour relever le défi de réduire les décès par cancer de 40% d'ici 2035. Pour y parvenir, nous nous engageons à investir $20 millions dans des technologies innovantes pour détecter le cancer à un stade précoce et faire progresser le dépistage multi-cancer, $10 millions pour étendre le dépistage du cancer et la vaccination. l'accès à des communautés médicalement mal desservies et $10 millions pour informer le public sur les options de dépistage et de vaccination.
Pour plus d'informations, s'il vous plaît visitez www.preventcancer.org.