{"id":254494,"date":"2020-08-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/summer-games-done-quick-2020-raises-2-3-million-for-charity\/"},"modified":"2020-08-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T13:00:00","slug":"summer-games-done-quick-2020-raises-2-3-million-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/summer-games-done-quick-2020-raises-2-3-million-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Games Done Quick 2020 raises $2.3 million for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"
Against all of the odds, and despite all of the hurdles 2020 has put in place, the annual Summer Games Done Quick<\/a> speedrun marathon has delivered once again. As the curtain fell on this year’s event, SGDQ 2020 succeeded in raising an amazing $2.3 million USD for charity.<\/p> Typically held every August at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Minnesota, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the GDQ team to move their annual summer extravaganza to an online-only format, with an army of speedrunners showcasing their skills from the comfort and safety of their own homes.<\/p> As a week of awesome gaming action closed with a five-hour speedrun of Nintendo’s Pokemon Shield<\/em>, a grand total of $2,309,530 had been raised by a home audience watching along on Twitch. The money raised will be donated directly to international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres<\/a>, a global network of medical professionals who provide relief, medicine and care wherever it is needed worldwide, regardless of race, creed or political persuasion.<\/p> <\/iframe> Once again the gaming community has succeeded in coming together, even under the most frustrating and oppressive of circumstances, to celebrate the medium of video games while raising a staggering amount of money for those who need it most. It makes you proud. Congratulations to the GDQ crew, the streamers, and the donors for contributing to a great event and keeping hope and hearts beating during this exceptionally difficult year.<\/p>
The week saw engaging playthroughs of modern titles such as Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us, Demon’s Souls<\/em>, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night,<\/em> alongside classics Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Doom 64, Super Metroid<\/em>, and Elevator Action Returns.<\/em> If you missed the action, don’t fret, as all of the week’s runs are now bookmarked over on the GDQ VOD website.<\/a><\/p>