How to look at the Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 speedrunning marathon

It’s virtually time for Games Done Quick’s first speedrunning extravaganza of the 12 months. The 2023 version of Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) kicks off on Sunday, and this 12 months’s occasion appears to as soon as once more function a week-long feast of unimaginable gaming feats.

The first recreation on faucet is an any-percent run of Splatoon 3, that means the runner can use any means essential to beat the sport, and I can’t wait to see how an professional inks their strategy to the ending in simply over an hour. That’s adopted by a 29-minute run of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which can virtually definitely function loads of ridiculous physics stunts; you will get a preview of what’s in retailer by watching this recent video from the AGDQ runner.

From there, the schedule is chock-full of tantalizingly good runs, like a Super Mario All-Stars… shuffler? (Yes.) I’d actually advocate scanning by means of the entire record and marking some down that you just wish to watch.

AGDQ 2023 begins January eighth at 12PM ET and is scheduled to finish very early within the morning on January fifteenth. This 12 months’s occasion shall be totally digital; it had been set to happen in-person Florida, however the Games Done Quick group moved it on-line as a result of Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ legal guidelines and “continued disregard for COVID-19’s dangers.” You can watch the present dwell on Games Done Quick’s Twitch channel or compensate for particular person runs on the GDQ YouTube channel.