Video games Performed Fast has introduced that its bodily Summer time Video games Performed Fast (SGDQ) 2020 occasion has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, however a web-based occasion will take its place to permit runners to “take part from the security of their properties.”

Summer time Video games Performed Fast 2020 On-line will run from August 16-23, 2020 in assist of Medical doctors With out Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières. 100% of all donations go on to Medical doctors With out Borders and Video games Performed Fast has raised over $26 million for charities around the globe since 2010.

“We want to thank the group for its endurance whereas we had been determining one of the simplest ways to proceed with Summer time Video games Performed Fast 2020,” mentioned Kasumi Yogi, Director of Advertising and marketing and Enterprise Growth at Video games Performed Fast. “We’re excited to proceed showcasing a few of the most proficient speedrunners on the planet whereas observing finest practices to maintain everybody secure within the midst of a worldwide pandemic.”

Video games Performed Fast additionally holds the Awesome Games Done Quick event in the Winter, and the final one occurred earlier this yr and raised over $3.13 million for the Forestall Most cancers Basis. The over 54,000 donations had been from over 80 nations.

Video games Performed Fast additionally lately held a speedrunning marathon to help raise funds against the COVID-19 pandemic called Corona Relief Done Quick. It was held in April 2020 and raised over $400,000.

For extra on speedrunning, be sure you take a look at our Devs React sequence the place builders watch speedrunners race by way of their video games. A few of the newest runs had been from Darksiders Genesis, Resident Evil 2, Dead Cells, Doom Eternal, and Half-Life 2.

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