Games Done Quick’s Flame Fatales 2024 Raises Over $118,000 For Malala Fund

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August 26, 2024 – Games Done Quick’s all-women and femmes summer speedrunning event Flame Fatales, which ran from August 18-25, concluded yesterday with over $118,000 raised for the non-profit Malala Fund. The week-long speedrunning marathon took place online and was broadcast on Games Done Quick’s Twitch channel.

This year, viewers watched speedruns of contemporary and older games alike, including Super Mario 64 DS, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Splatoon 3, Portal, and much more. Some highlights include an intense final boss attempt in the Chrono Trigger Any% Vortex Save by Jerikandra, achieving a New Game+ world record during the Sonic & Knuckles run by SnowballSMB, and much more. Additionally, during a Bayonetta 3 run, a new milestone of lifetime donations raised for all Flame Fatales events was reached, now totaling over $1 million.

Organized by GDQ’s Frame Fatales community, Flame Fatales – and its winter sister event Frost Fatales – aim to highlight the women, femme, and nonbinary gamers of the speedrunning community while raising money for charity. Flame Fatales 2024 benefits Malala Fund, a non-profit that works to secure free, safe, and quality education for girls around the world. 

For fans looking for more, additional exciting speedrun marathons are just on the horizon. Awesome Games Done Quick marks its return January 5-12, 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Since 2010, Games Done Quick has partnered with some of the world’s most impactful charities, including AbleGamers, Doctors Without Borders, Organization for Autism Research, and Prevent Cancer Foundation, uniting people globally through popular speedrunning events. To date, Games Done Quick events have raised more than $51.7 million in total for charity. 

For more information, visit https://gamesdonequick.com/framefatales.

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About Games Done Quick

Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its 14-year history, including Doctors Without Borders and Prevent Cancer Foundation. To date, Games Done Quick has raised over $51.7 million for charity. 

For more information, please visit gamesdonequick.com

About Malala Fund

Malala Fund is working for a world where all girls can learn and lead. Malala Fund advocates for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education, invests in local education activists and amplifies the voices of girls fighting for change. Learn more at malala.org.

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