{"id":1514,"date":"2026-04-29T01:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/games-done-quick-will-host-its-first-ever-event-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:06:38","slug":"games-done-quick-will-host-its-first-ever-event-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/games-done-quick-will-host-its-first-ever-event-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Done Quick will host its first ever event in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Games Done Quick, the charity video game speedrunning series, is making its European debut in a live event at Germany\u2019s Gamescom this summer.<\/p>\n<p>GDQ\u2019s marathon event will run for the duration of the three-day show in Cologne, starting August 28-30, and will feature popular runners and an on-site live audience. The event will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube, with programming kicking off at 4am ET (one for all you early risers) daily and running until 2pm.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re thrilled to expand Games Done Quick globally and to bring a live event to gamescom in Germany, an opportunity that\u2019s incredibly meaningful to our team,&#8221; said Ashley Farkas, Games Done Quick\u2019s Owner and Business Director. &#8220;This partnership not only supports an amazing initiative, but also creates space for more runners to participate, especially those who haven\u2019t previously had the opportunity to travel to the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Games Done Quick was established in 2010 and has since raised more than $60 million for charities worldwide. Its first <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/how-to-watch-awesome-games-done-quick-2026-174938687.html\"><ins>event<\/ins><\/a> of this year took place back in January, and featured live speedruns of <em>Super Mario Sunshine<\/em>, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/hades-2-slot-machine-horror-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out-110000884.html\"><em><ins>Hades II<\/ins><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>and <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-review-an-original-hit-rpg-090012488.html\"><em><ins>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/ins><\/em><\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/games-done-quick-will-host-its-first-ever-event-in-europe-170637194.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/games-done-quick-will-host-its-first-ever-event-in-europe\/\">Games Done Quick will host its first ever event in Europe<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games Done Quick, the charity video game speedrunning series, is making its European debut in a live event at Germany\u2019s Gamescom this summer. GDQ\u2019s marathon event will run for the duration of the three-day show in Cologne, starting August 28-30, and will feature popular runners and an on-site live audience. The event will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube, with programming kicking off at 4am ET (one for all you early risers) daily and running until 2pm. &#8220;We\u2019re thrilled to expand Games Done Quick globally and to bring a live event to gamescom in Germany, an opportunity that\u2019s incredibly meaningful to our team,&#8221; said Ashley Farkas, Games Done Quick\u2019s Owner and Business Director. &#8220;This partnership not only supports an amazing initiative, but also creates space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}