

EST: The Legend of Zelda (yes, the original), in a frenetic 100% run in a three-way race between JSR2gamers, BT, and RandomEffekt. EST: Mega Man 1 through 3 team relay race featuring WhiteHat94, fastatcc, dxtr, coolkid, ColonelFatso, EndySWE, prisi, shoka, Streamline, Zaraki, cyghfer, and cassiothird. EST: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Final Mix HD, the "longest" Kingdom Hearts game, will be speedrun in what still has yet to be determined (but may be a race) within an hour by KHfan169 and RebelDragon95. EST: Super Monkey Ball's beginner, advanced, and expert stages completed in 26 minutes by Zela1. EST: Owlboy in under an hour, defeating all bosses by Zic3. Directly beforehand, the same speedrunner will be playing through all of Dishonored for a run that's a little over an hour, starting at 12:35 p.m. EST: Prey (2017) will be speedrun in an astounding 15 minutes by DrTChops. PST: Star Fox 2 run on New Game+ on expert difficulty by zallard1. EST: Bubsy 2 for all the masochists out there, speedrun in 20 minutes by garbanzcurity. EST: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island will host a big warpless race between speedrunners, featuring Calco2, Kolthor_TheBarbarian, yamayuu, and Poahr. EST: Battletoads Arcade will be played on max difficulty by PJ, while also hosting a bidding war to raise additional money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. EST: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard new game playthrough on Madhouse difficulty by Carcinogen. EST: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night run with zero bosses by Dr4gonBlitz. EST is a playthrough of all of Super Lovely Planet within 14 minutes by sigma. EST: Lovely Planet kicks off with a race run of the original game between sigma and Bullets, with a total time of 13 minutes directly following at 3:01 a.m. EST: Metal Gear Solid run at any% on extreme difficulty by plywood. EST: Sonic Mania run with Sonic & Tails with any% by Claris.

EST: Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, hero story race run by Seraphim1313 and a_moustache. EST: Wario's Woods on hard difficulty versus COM by peteyboo. EST: Contra co-op run by TheMexicanRunner and angrylanks. EST: LittleBigPlanet 2 co-op of New Game+ by RbdJellyfish and p-p-j. EST: F-Zero GX, all tracks time attack at max speed by AKC12. EST: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's main quest in 50 minutes by Wall of Spain. EST: Splatoon 2 campaign run by TonesBalones with no completion requirements (also known as "any%"). We've also included an embedded Twitch stream above so you can see the action right here.

And a tip from yours truly: always be sure to catch any Super Monkey Ball speedrun, they're always the most entertaining and crazy to watch.īelow are a selection of highlights from the upcoming event, and you can find the entire schedule on Awesome Game Done Quick's own website. The planned speedruns themselves are increasingly ludicrous this year, from themed blocks of Metal Gear Solid to multiple speedrunner races. This year's first AGDQ event's chosen charity is the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a common choice from years' past too.

Watch live video from GamesDoneQuick on The Games Done Quick events have raised over $12 million for charity organizations since 2010. The week-long event kicks off this Sunday from the confines of a quaint banquet hall in Herndon, Virginia at 8:30am PST / 11:30am EST with dozens upon dozens of players speedrunning games. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email is a wild thing to behold, and that's what makes the biannual Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) event such a delight.
