After 25 years, Quake’s oldest speedrun record has just been broken
Between Resident Evil, GTA, Half-Life, Doom, and all the other games ripe for speedrunning, when it comes to new records, they often involve the discovery of a hidden glitch, or…
Shack Chat: What was your favorite speedrun from Summer Games Done Quick 2024?
SGDQ 2024 has wrapped and it was packed full of some excellent speedruns. Here are our personal favorites!
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is an Any% speedrun through memory lane
Nintendo takes its earliest hits and blends them into a series of exciting challenges. Shacknews takes a first look.
Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition Hits Switch In July With 150 Speedrun Challenges In 13 Games
Nintendo has revealed Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition, a game designed around speedrunning challenges and more across 13 classic NES games. Set to hit Switch on July 18, Nintendo World…
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Roadmap Will Add Speedrun Mode, Boss Attack, and New Story DLC
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is getting a host of new content as part of its 2024 DLC roadmap, including a Speedrun Mode, Permadeath Mode, and lots more. Here…
A Dog Is Going To Speedrun A Game At AGDQ 2024
Awesome Games Done Quick has presented some amazing speedruns in the past, as it has featured everything from relay races to custom-made Mario games to blindfolded Punch-Out. There's another first-time-ever…
Resident Evil 4 update kills ‘scope warp’ speedrun glitch
A popular glitch that allowed players to circumvent locked doors in Resident Evil 4 has been removed in the game's latest update.
Minecraft speedrun record smashed as xQc Forsen rivalry continues
A Minecraft speedrun record, challenging players to get from the start of the Mojang building game to defeating the Ender Dragon in as fast a time as possible, has been…
Half-Life 2 speedrun beats Ravenholm in almost 2 and a half minutes
A new Half-Life 2 speedrun world record sees the iconic and terrifying Ravenholm level from Valve’s sci-fi FPS defeated in barely over 2 and a half minutes, just enough time…