{"id":643141,"date":"2026-03-29T07:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-25-million"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:36:21","slug":"summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-2-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-2-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Games Done Quick raises almost \u00a32.5 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-2-5-million.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is over for another year, netting a staggering $3,018,320.49 with donations still coming in &#8211; that&#8217;s almost &pound;2.5 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>In all, the event showcased 134 different speedruns with games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Super Mario World, Portal 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, to name but a few &#8211; and racked up over 42,000 individual donations.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-games-done-quick-2022-reveals-full-charity-speedrun-schedule\">Summer Games Done Quick returned this summer<\/a> with more charity speedruning attempts and an in-person event to complement its online component for the first time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-years-summer-games-done-quick-charity-speedrunning-event-will-be-online-only\">two years<\/a> in Bloomington, Minnesota.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-25-million\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-games-done-quick-raises-almost-25-million\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is over for another year, netting a staggering $3,018,320.49 with donations still coming in &#8211; that&#8217;s almost &pound;2.5 million. In all, the event showcased 134 different speedruns with games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Super Mario World, Portal 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, to name but a few &#8211; and racked up over 42,000 individual donations. Summer Games Done Quick returned this summer with more charity speedruning attempts and an in-person event to complement its online component for the first time in two years in Bloomington, Minnesota. 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