Corona Relief Done Quick raised $400,000 with speedrunning this weekend

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Corona Relief Done Quick raised $400,000 with speedrunning this weekendGood games, good runs, and a good cause

Good games, good runs, and a good cause

Over the weekend, dozens of speedrunners whizzed through 50-odd video games in a bonus Games Done Quick to raise money for charity. In total, the Corona Relief Done Quick event raised $400,774.60 (£320k) for an American charity providing personal protective equipment and medical support in these trying times. That’s pretty great! And it produced a whole lot of solid speedruns you can still watch in the archived streams, barrelling through a wide variety of games fromCupheadand Crypt Of The Necrodancer toDark SoulsandDeus Ex.

I’ve sometimes thought of Games Done Quick events as built on platformers and sure this had plenty of good’uns (including Celeste,Shovel Knight: King Of Cards,Sonic Mania, and Super Meat Boy) but they really do play all sorts. Other games which caught my eyeon the scheduleinclude Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, Max Payne 2, Alien: Isolation, Doom Eternal, Resident Evil 7, Baldur’s Gate, Mirror’s Edge, Halo: Combat Evolved, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. I didn’t even know people speedran THPS. Splendid.

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And yup, that’s 400 grand going toDirect Relief. They say their Covid-19 relief efforts including getting millions of masks, gloves, gowns, and other medical gear to healthcare workers.

Games Done Quick announced this latest event afterpostponing Summer Games Done Quick from June to August. Rather than fill a hotel hall with runners, spectators, and commentators, this was sensibly done online.