Speedrunners have a knack for finding new ways to mess with games in the search of faster clear times, and the latest Dragon Quest 3 strategy is no exception. Runner Hitshee has now cleared Dragon Quest 3 in under seven minutes by swapping ...

The Games Done Quick team has announced that it will once again be hosting its sunny speedrunning event Summer Games Done Quick in July. The event will bring together some of the fastest and... furiousest players from across the globe to co...

Another Awesome Games Done Quick event has drawn to a close. The past week has seen some of the best – or at least fastest – video game players in the world come together to smash their way through a cavalcade of titles old and ...

It's January, and you know what that means, it's once again time for some of the savviest players in the business to gather together for a non-stop marathon of fantastic gaming action. Awesome Games Done Quick is upon us once again, and wil...

The Fleet Fatales extravaganza has finally wrapped. As the curtain falls on a week of daily game-busting escapades, the Games Done Quick team announced that an amazing total of $81,101 USD was accrued over the course of the seven-day, all-w...

[Update: The course is live! Just log into Super Mario Maker 2, go to "play," then "course world," then locate "35th Anniversary Auto-Mario." If you can't find it, bring up the news reel: it'll be the latest update. Or, locate it at the bot...

The record-smashing folks over at Games Done Quick are at it again, as another awesome speed running event is scheduled for this week. Dedicated video game fans will once again be blitzing through a host of titles, old and new, in a worthy ...

Awesome Games Done Quick is getting set for its 2021 iteration. The organizer of the annual speedrunning marathon has released a tentative games list for the event, revealing over 150 titles from the pantheon of gaming - all being played in...

UK developer Bossa is offering free copies of Surgeon Simulator 2 to all NHS staff members. And if you do work for that excellent organisation, all you need do is visit this website before October 22 and register your official NHS email add...

In today's contest, you can win trippy swinging game Cyber Hook for Steam! If you don't know me by now, you will never never never know me. I'll be simply red with anger if you don't understand how much I love '80s neon and synthwave. Angry...

Unsurprisingly, the Awesome Games Done Quick team has confirmed that their first event of the new year, AGDQ 2021, will be an online-only affair, as the world continues to be rocked by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Much like last month's SG...

Against all of the odds, and despite all of the hurdles 2020 has put in place, the annual Summer Games Done Quick speedrun marathon has delivered once again. As the curtain fell on this year's event, SGDQ 2020 succeeded in raising an amazin...

It's that time of year once again, and nothing's gonna stop it. The Games Done Quick (GDQ) speedrunning community has hit the green light on its annual summer event Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), which will see some of the world's fastest,...

Demon's Souls has never been more prominently relevant than it is right now. Possibly the most infamous of the From Software Souls-type games, everyone has their eyes trained on that PS5 remake that was announced last month. It's being...

Devolver Digital has announced that the Nintendo Switch port of hyperactive shooter Ruiner will launch on the Nintendo eShop June 18. The isometric action title previously launched on PS4, PC, and Xbox One back in 2017.Developed by Reikon G...

Summer Games Done Quick has a format shakeup this year, even though every part of its name still holds true. It's the world's largest and most prominent speedrunning event, so the "Games Done Quick" part is accurate. And, it takes place in ...

Image Credit: Direct Relief websiteThe video game community has, once again, mobilised our favourite pastime to help a worthy cause. Despite lockdown legislation, the good folk at Games Done Quick successfully hosted an impromptu speedrunni...

As we're all stuck indoors trying to beat quarantine, Samura1man decided to do something a little differently in mid-March: beat Mario Sunshine with a Guitar Hero controller. But it wasn't a slow, clunky completion run. No, they a...

Capcom has revealed that the upcoming Resident Evil 3 remake will allow players the option of partaking in "Knife Only" runs, pitting Jill Valentine and pals against Nemesis, massive spiders, and the armies of the infected with merely the s...

As if I needed another reason to boot up Bloodborne and accidentally play the whole game again. Yesterday, Bloodborne speedrunner GiantCookieJar discovered a glitch that let his brave hunter clip through some walls in the starting area and ...

Spelunky is a supremely frustrating game. It's frustrating failing over and over again, slowly and meticulously mastering the systems to accomplish your goals. And, it's frustrating watching other people effortlessly run through Spelu...

We've come to the end of another amazing week of exciting, amusing, and heart-stopping  speedruns, as the curtain falls on another amazing Awesome Games Done Quick event, which saw expert players from across the globe gather at the Dou...

In between the speedruns, tool-assisted gimmickry, and marathon RPG sessions, Awesome Games Done Quick is also known for its interesting "stunt" runs, which sees players take on games under specific (and usually quite odd) rules and conditi...

Looking for something to semi-mindlessly watch this cold winter weekend while you melt into your chair? Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 starts this Sunday, January 5, at 11:30am ET in Orlando, FL. As usual, the streaming-for-charity event is...

It's nearly the end of the year, which means it's nearly 2020, which means it's nearly time for one of the most exciting events in video games. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 kicks off in just under three months, so it's time to see which ga...