From Press Release:
March 16, 2026 — Games Done Quick’s all-women and femmes winter speedrunning event Frost Fatales, which ran from March 8-14, finished strong on Saturday with an amazing $147,532 raised for the non-profit National Women’s Law Center. The week-long speedrunning marathon took place online and was broadcast live on Games Done Quick’s official Twitch and YouTube.
Frost Fatales had numerous heartfelt and memorable community moments, with some of the biggest highlights happening during runs like Resident Evil Village, blindfolded Plants Vs. Zombies, Cooking Mama: Cook Off IRL Mama Cook Off, and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Frost Fatales is organized by Frame Fatales, a community that highlights women, femme, and nonbinary gamers in video game speedrunning while raising money for charity. Frost Fatales benefits National Women’s Law Center, a non-profit that fights for gender justice working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
Frame Fatales events have raised over $1 million for charity since 2019. Last year’s Frost Fatales marathon raised $155,000 for the National Women’s Law Center. This past January, GDQ raised over $2.5 million during Awesome Games Done Quick for Prevent Cancer Foundation. The next Frame Fatales event is Flame Fatales, returning September 13 to 19.
For more information on Frame Fatales, visit https://gamesdonequick.com/
framefatales and follow on Bluesky. About Games Done Quick
Games Done Quick is an organizer of video game speedrunning marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its 16-year history, including Prevent Cancer Foundation and Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). To date, Games Done Quick has raised more than $59 million for charity. For more information, please visit gamesdonequick.com and follow Games Done Quick on Bluesky, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
About the National Women’s Law Center
The National Women’s Law Center fights for gender justice—in the courts, in public policy, and in our society—working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls. We use the law in all its forms to change culture and drive solutions to the gender inequity that shapes our society and to break down the barriers that harm all of us—especially women of color, LGBTQ people, and low-income women and families. For more than 50 years, we have been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women.
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