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

Over the weekend, dozens of speedrunners whizzed by means of 50-odd video games in a bonus Games Done Quick to boost cash for charity. In complete, the Corona Relief Done Quick occasion raised $400,774.60 (£320okay) for an American charity offering private protecting gear and medical assist in these making an attempt occasions. That’s fairly nice! And it produced a complete lot of strong speedruns you possibly can nonetheless watch within the archived streams, barrelling by means of all kinds of games from Cuphead and Crypt Of The Necrodancer to Dark Souls and Deus Ex.

I’ve generally considered Games Done Quick occasions as constructed on SNES platformers, however they actually do have all kinds. Other games which caught my eye on the schedule embrace Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, Max Payne 2, Alien: Isolation, Doom Eternal, Resident Evil 7, Baldur’s Gate, Mirror’s Edge, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. I didn’t even know folks speedran THPS. Splendid.

You can watch the whole streams on Twitch, and I see the organisers have now began chopping out particular person runs to add to the YouTube channel. That’s in all probability simpler than skipping by means of day-long movies, consulting the schedule to search out the place you’re by on the lookout for games you recognise. Here’s the Donkey Kong Country run which began all of it:

And yup, that’s 400 grand going to Direct Relief. They say their Covid-19 reduction efforts together with getting hundreds of thousands of masks, gloves, robes, and different medical gear to healthcare employees.

Games Done Quick introduced this newest occasion after postponing Summer Games Done Quick from June to August. Rather than fill a lodge corridor with runners, spectators, and commentators, this was sensibly completed on-line.