{"id":85815,"date":"2026-07-13T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85815"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:39:52","slug":"gdq-cancels-snk-stream-over-saudi-arabia-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85815","title":{"rendered":"GDQ Cancels SNK Stream Over Saudi Arabia Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games Done Quick is best known for its feel-good moments like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/a-dog-hit-a-walk-off-homer-in-the-greatest-gdq-moment-ever\/1100-6524727\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/a-dog-hit-a-walk-off-homer-in-the-greatest-gdq-moment-ever\/1100-6524727\/\">a dog hitting a walk-off home run<\/a> in a baseball video game while raising money for charity. However, this year&#8217;s Summer Games Done Quick charity stream ran into controversy after GDQ announced a sponsored stream with SNK only to cancel it shortly thereafter due to players angered over the latter&#8217;s ties to Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, July 12, SGDQ announced it was partnering with SNK to stream a sponsored speedrun of Metal Slug in support of the franchise&#8217;s 30th anniversary. <\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076394968633975242  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under three hours later, GDQ reversed course and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436115620606385\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436115620606385\">announced the cancellation<\/a> of the stream citing &#8220;concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company\u2019s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In subsequent posts, GDQ <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436119697432782\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436119697432782\">apologized to the streaming host and speed runners<\/a> and pledged that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436116958523616\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436116958523616\">it wouldn&#8217;t accept any future sponsorships from SNK<\/a>. The organization also reiterated its support for human rights and inclusivity <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436121006022870\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GamesDoneQuick\/status\/2076436121006022870\">before promising<\/a> to &#8220;review and strengthen our process for evaluating future sponsors and partners, including closer examination of companies&#8217; ownership, to make sure they&#8217;re aligned with our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games Done Quick is best known for its feel-good moments like a dog hitting a walk-off home run in a baseball video game while raising money for charity. However, this year&#8217;s Summer Games Done Quick charity stream ran into controversy after GDQ announced a sponsored stream with SNK only to cancel it shortly thereafter due&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":85817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85818,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85815\/revisions\/85818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}