Most players pick up a game and play through it like they normally would, just how the game intended itself to be played, and then finish it before either replaying it or moving on to the next game.

Developer Goblimp Games and publisher Byzantium have announced a brand-new speedrunning game titled Play Faster. This new platformer will push players to the limit as it gives them a simplified but ...

Every year, there are two significant speedrunning charity events. Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), held in January, and Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), held anywhere between May and August. Initially ...

“Speedrunning” in video games conjures images of frenetic sprints and glitchy hacks to go as fast as possible while skipping as much as possible. But what if you didn’t have to go so fast? Lorn’s Lure ...

Monica is a writer, artist, musician, and indie game developer, loving all things related to video games. She’s a woman with a bit of adoration for every game genre. From her first experience with ...

Stick around to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make an event like AGDQ run and to hear how GDQ’s 10-plus years of charity funding has impacted cancer prevention and research. AGDQ ...

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The twice-a-year video game speedrunning and fundraising live event Games Done Quick has been a source of amazement and joy for years, but we’re still saying “that’s never happened before” even now, ...

RTA In Japan, the largest video game speedrunning community in the country, has confirmed why no first-party Nintendo games will be featured at its upcoming August event. According to officials at RTA ...

If you’ve been hankering to watch people go alarmingly fast in your favorite video games, good news: GDQ is back with its latest speedrunning event, Games Done Queer, an all-new four-day marathon ...

As a playstyle, speedrunning may sound foreign, but there’s a whole community of people just like Cole, who love to push video games to their limits. Often, the practice is done with the help of ...

RTA in Japan, a well-established charity speedrunning contest, has removed Nintendo games from its upcoming Summer 2025 event, despite showcasing them for the past nine years. This is because they ...