Last week the annual charity speedrunning event, Awesome Games Done Quick 2019, officially went live, giving viewers and attendees the chance to watch some contemporary titles and classic releases of yore get beaten at incredibly fast clips. Now, AGDQ 2019 has finally come to a close after a full week of speedrunning and live streaming, and event organizers have announced that the event has managed to raise a whopping $2.39 million dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

There's no doubt that Awesome Games Done Quick has definitely grown from its humble origins back in 2011, with 2019's event seeing over 2,220 folks attend in person and with there having been 133 games getting the speedrun treatment. The event's week-long Twitch stream peaked with 219,240 concurrent viewers, and there were over 46,000 donations with 31,883 donors who helped to raise funds for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

For those unaware, this isn't the first instance of a Games Done Quick event generating such a huge amount of money for a charitable cause. For instance, Summer Games Done Quick 2018 was able to garner $2.12 million in donations for Doctors Without Borders. With this being the case, it definitely looks as if AGDQ has managed to continually grow in a major way, gaining more momentum and attention with each successive year.

Taking all of this into consideration, many speedrunning fans will likely be glad to know that AGDQ 2019 will be followed up with Summer Games Done Quick 2019 in Bloomington, Minnesota from June 23 to June 30, 2019, which happens to be about a week and a half after when E3 2019 is dated. A new location was also announced for AGDQ next year in order to celebrate of the event’s tenth anniversary, with Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 taking place in Orlando, FL. That said, though, event organizers plan on revealing exact location and dates at a later point in time.

Source: Games Done Quick