speedrun
- News
Baldurs Gate 3 Speedrunner Gets Sex In Under 2 Minutes
Speedrunners often achieve some incredible feats though most of the time they stick to the simple runs which often involve completing a game or 100% completing a game in the fastest time. Alongside these runs, you do get a few shorter runs that often have humourous goals such as the…
Read More » - News
ESA Winter 2023 – eTeknix Has a Speedrunner and He’d Like Your Support!
I have always been a huge fan of speedrunning. I can’t honestly remember when I first got into it, but I have some vague recollection of it being something to do with Dark Souls. Likely the fact that I was impressed that some people out there were capable of beating…
Read More » - News
Breath Of The Wild Speedrunner Beats the Game 50 Times in Just 24 Hours!
Although it has been a fair while since I last played Breath Of The Wild if I was to give you an overview of a typical 24-hour gameplay period for me it would probably be mostly filled with my attempting to climb up things (repeatedly) that I probably shouldn’t! –…
Read More » - News
Billy Mitchell Launches 2 New Lawsuits Against YouTuber – Karl Jobst Needs Our Help!
I have a huge amount of both respect and interest in the speedrunning/high-score community. I am in fact, and in a very small way, actually a part of it myself. With that being said though, in terms of outright news, I think it would be fair to say that most…
Read More » 
- News
New Elden Ring Any% World Record Breaks 5-Minute Barrier!
The Soulsborne gaming franchise has always proven to be a popular choice for the speedrunning community. This is, of course, largely due to a combination of the game’s perceived difficulty as well as the fact that, by and large, FromSoftware isn’t a particularly good developer for PC meaning that glitches…
Read More » - News
Elden Ring Beaten in 12:13 With Sub 10 Minute Times Incoming?!
Edit – As mentioned below, we indicated that a sub-10 minute and possibly even sub-9 minute completion time for Elden Ring was likely set to arrive in the very near future. Well, it’s already happened! – We’ve embedded the video immediately below, but the original article continues after which is…
Read More » - News
Speedruns See New Trend With ‘All Achievement Steam Refund %’
I think it would be fair to say that when compared to practically every other platform, Steam is pretty fair when it comes to refunding games. Although this can sometimes vary depending on specific circumstances and account activity, the bottom line is that if you apply within 2 weeks of…
Read More » - News
Elden Ring is Already Being Beaten in 36 Minutes 20 Seconds! – Video
Elden Ring was released a little over 2 weeks ago and while I have been both playing and thoroughly enjoying it (even despite the problems the PC version still has), I have to admit that I haven’t exactly been rushing to get to the finish line. I’m having more than…
Read More » -
- News
GTA 5 Speedrun in 9 Hours With ZERO Damage Taken
Although I certainly didn’t keep track of such things, when I first played through the main story of GTA 5, I probably died around 40-50 times. A figure that’s probably reflective of my first 20 minutes in the online version of the game. However, it isn’t unusual that the speedrunning…
Read More » - News
Super Mario Bros Speedrun Achieves the Seemingly Impossible!
Back in 2018, speedrunner ‘Kosmic‘ set a new world record for Super Mario Bros of 4:55.913 in what was largely described as ‘the perfect run’. Ever since this was achieved though, many have debated whether it was humanly possible to get that time even lower! Of course, it was always…
Read More » - News
Demon’s Souls Remake Gets Speedrun Inside 20-Minutes!
Demon’s Souls, despite being a PS5 launch title, is already reaping the praise from it’s highly-anticipated and truly excellent, remake. It is, quite honestly, (and despite its early doors appearance), already well cementing itself as a ‘must-have’ game for the console. As you might expect with any ‘Souls’ title, however,…
Read More » - News
Summer Games Done Quick Moves to All Online Event
I am rather a big fan of video game speedrunning and if you are too, then you’ll undoubtedly be aware that Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) represents one of the biggest gaming charity events in the calendar. Due to the COVID-19 situation, however, the future of this year’s event has…
Read More » -
- News
Guinness Issues Mass SMB Speed Run Copyright Claims
I must admit to being a pretty huge fan of competitive speedrunning and among the various games on offer, runs of the original Super Mario Bros. game will always be some of the most popular. It seems, however, that Guinness World Records is currently on something of a warpath. Following…
Read More » - News
Untitled Goose Game is Already being Speedrun Inside 4 Minutes
We have kept a curious eye on the ‘Untitled Goose Game’ since it was announced back in 2017. With it being released last week, however, we finally got to find out if this was every bit as insanely fun as it looked. Spoiler alert – it was! Following a video…
Read More » - News
New Punch-Out World Record Set After ‘Exploit’ is Found
There are few games as iconic as the NES classic Punch-Out. As such, based on the nature of how it works, it’s also one of the most popular games in the speedrunning community. With the current record having stood for over a year, however, you would’ve been forgiven for thinking…
Read More »
