Conquer
Elden Ring
and its moody bosses in less than two hours, fold the dystopian adventure of
Half-Life 2
in less than one, or even ship
Mega Man 2,
the retro classic from 1988, in close 40 minutes.
No, definitely, Speedons is not chomping at the bit yet.
The 3rd edition of the charity event organized by streamer Xavier Dang, alias MisterMV, kicks off this Thursday for a 75-hour marathon of video game speedruns for the benefit of Doctors of the World.
Presented live on Twitch, from the Palais des Congrès in Paris, the meeting will bring together several dozen “
speedrunners”
who will take turns until Sunday evening in order to finish the video game of their choice as quickly as possible.
A real performance requiring hours of training, unparalleled skill and steely attention, the art of finishing a game quickly - the
speedrun
- can simply consist in optimizing a way of play to the extreme.
The exercise sometimes also consists of playing bugs from a given work to go faster, or even skip entire parts of the game.
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Speedruns for
all
tastes
No less than 70 games have been selected for this 3rd edition, which will open with a speedrun of
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
.
The lineup, which mixes old and new titles, small indie productions and industry behemoths, will give participants the opportunity to show off their prowess on
Tomb Raider II
,
Pokémon
Hearthgold/Soulsilver
,
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
,
The Legend and more .
of Zelda
: Majora's Mask
or
Cuphead
.
The complete schedule of the event can be found on the Speedons website.
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Finally, several animators, videographers and streamers - including Zerator, Antoine Daniel, Damdam, Real Myop, Gomart or, of course, Mister MV - will comment on the various performances of the Speedons 2023. Ordinarily, the speedrun is the opportunity to share anecdotes and manufacturing secrets of the game presented, or to present and explain some strategies - sometimes surprising, often spectacular - used to overcome it.
The last edition of Speedons had collected more than 802,000 euros for the benefit of Doctors of the World and brought together nearly 1.2 million spectators on Twitch.
With some of the same personalities, and also presented live on Twitch, the 2022 edition of ZEvent for its part collected more than ten million euros in September, for the benefit of five associations chosen by the public.