Who doesn’t love spreading the word about charity? Especially when the reason behind that charity comes from a very good game.

This year’s incarnation of Summer Games Done Quick managed to raise a staggering $2 million for Médecins Sans Frontières AKA Doctors Without Borders, restoring some hope to a world that has been blighted by several horsemen of the apocalypse.

The week-long festival will be raising funds for Doctors Without Borders and will take place as an online event rather than hosted in-person due to COVID-19.

This weekend saw a giant act of support in the name of gender activism. Tuning into Twitch, you will have seen H.Bomberguy, otherwise known as Harry Brewis, streaming Donkey Kong 64 in a bid to gather donations for the Mermaids Transgender Organisation in the United Kingdom. By weekend’s end, the streamer had played the game on-and-off for a total of …

Leaks rarely lead to major court cases. Blacklisting is usually the worst thing that can happen to a website as it finds itself shut out by a publisher, but the idea of being slapped with a hefty bill? Unheard of, until yesterday when website Trusted Reviews and their parent company TI Media forked out £1 million to charity after they published confidential information regarding Red Dead Redemption 2 back in February from a leaked internal document from Rockstar Games.

Summer Games Done Quick wrapped up another massively successful event this weekend, with a new record of $2.1 million raised for Doctors Without Borders.

Surpassing the first $2 million total from last year, Awesome Games Done Quick grows yet again with another incredible week for speedruns and cancer prevention.

The January edition of Games Done Quick is underway, so here are a handful of great speedruns you can check out during the week for charity.