Awesome Games Done Quick’s week of speedrunning and fighting cancer starts now

One of the best weeks of the gaming year is underway.

Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2017 has started, and the event will go on until the night of Saturday, January 14. AGDQ is a marathon of speedruns, which has players beating games as quickly as possible. It’s all broadcasted on Twitch. Best of all, the event takes donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Last year, AGDQ raised $1,216,309.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.