Games Done Quick は毎年恒例のゲームマラソンで、がん予防財団に $250 万ドル以上を寄付しました。

2024年1月25日

Games Done Quick photo by Wes “Fish” Chan

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バージニア州アレクサンドリア – After convening virtually for the last three years, the prominent gaming event Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) made a triumphant return to an in-person format, raising more than $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

Games Done Quick photo by Wes “Fish” Chan

All-star gamers from around the world gathered in Pittsburgh, Pa. to speedrun—play as fast as possible—their favorite games. In addition to the 1,600 attendees joining from the Steel City, hundreds of thousands tuned in 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 14 through the event’s conclusion in the early hours of Sunday morning, January 21.

The $2.5 million grand total was mostly comprised of small individual donations. The gaming community showed their support for cancer prevention and early detection efforts by tuning in for a combined 10,499,485 hours and donating to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, with over 36,000 separate donations made throughout the week.

Aside from its return to an in-person event, other AGDQ highlights this year included the first-ever dog to speedrun a game during the charity event. The Shiba Inu—who goes by the name Peanut Butter—completed the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System game “Gyromite” in 26 minutes and 24 seconds. Donations poured in during Peanut Butter’s speedrun, with viewers in Pittsburgh, across the U.S. and around the world tuning in to cheer on the canine participant and raise money for cancer prevention and early detection.

Games Done Quick photo by ZanDamascus

In over a decade of supporting the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Games Done Quick has funded new research, innovative technologies, cancer prevention and early detection education and outreach, and community grants—both in the U.S. and abroad. Earlier this month, the Prevent Cancer Foundation announced the funding of four global grants—made possible by AGDQ—supporting cancer prevention and early detection projects in Mexico, Cameroon, Nigeria and Zambia.

“What a joy it was returning to an in-person AGDQ, surrounded by a group of people who have undoubtedly advanced the field of cancer prevention and early detection,” said Jody Hoyos, CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. “The positive power of the gaming community inspires me and everyone at the Foundation year-round, but for one week in January, I am truly reminded of the impact this dedicated, creative and spirited community can have on changing the world.”

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To learn more about AGDQ’s impact on the Prevent Cancer Foundation, visit preventcancer.org/agdq.

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がん予防財団について^®

がん予防財団^® は唯一の米国-ベース非営利団体専らひたむきなに癌予防と早期検出. 研究、教育を通じて、アウトリーチおよびアドボカシー, 私たちは、数え切れないほど多くの人々ががんの診断を回避したり、早期にがんを発見して治療を成功させるのを支援してきました。私たちの原動力はがんが予防できる世界のビジョン検出可能そして打ち負かすことができるすべてのために.

財団は、2035年までに癌による死亡者数を40%減らすという課題に取り組むために立ち上がっています。これを達成するために、私たちはがんを早期に発見し、進歩させるための革新的な技術に$20百万を投資することを約束マルチがん検診、がん検診とワクチン接種へのアクセスを拡大するために$1000万医学的に十分なサービスを受けていないコミュニティを支援し、検査とワクチン接種の選択肢について一般の人々を啓蒙するために$1000万ドルを支出します。

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