Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning charity raises record $3.1m
The annual Awesome Games Done Quick is a speedrunning charity event, where expert players compete to finish their chosen games as fast as possible to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This year, the event broke last year's record by 700,000 USD, raising a total of almost 3.1 milion USD from more than 54,000 individual donations.
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SuperData reports Fortnite once again bestselling game of 2019
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The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 players on Steam
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