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Games Done Quick's Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow

February 04, 2026 5 min read views
Games Done Quick's Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow
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Games Done Quick's Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow

The four-day event will highlight Black speedrunners and raise money for Race Forward.

Ian Carlos CampbellContributing ReporterWed, February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM UTCAdd Engadget on GoogleGames Done Quick / Instagram

Hot on the heels of AGDQ in January, Games Done Quick is hosting its second speedrunning event of the year, Back to Black 2026, starting tomorrow, February 5. The four-day event is organized by Black in a Flash and is raising money for Race Forward, a nonprofit that works across communities to address systemic racism.

Back to Black is timed to the start of Black History Month and highlights the deep bench of talent in the Black speedrunning community. A few runs, like ones for Hades II, Donkey Kong Country and Silent Hill 4, were teased when Back to Black 2026 was announced last year. The full schedule has plenty of other runs worth checking out, though, like a co-op run through Plants vs Zombies: Replanted on February 5 or an Any% run of The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery on February 6.

Back to Black 2026 will be live on Games Done Quick's Twitch and YouTube channels from Thursday, February 5 through Sunday February 8.

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