On Aug. 4, 2025, RTA in Japan, the biggest speedrunning event in Japan, came clean with the reason why Nintendo games are absent from the event. According to the organizers, Nintendo deemed it necessary for them to submit a request for each of its games that will be featured at the event.

The note came to them on June 13, 2025, when Nintendo pointed out that the use of its games required permission, and prior events where its games were used were classified as unauthorized use.

Nintendo games are usually the highlight of these kinds of events due to games like Super Mario 64, one of the most popular games that is currently being speedrun by a large community, being one of the staples in events such as RTA in Japan.

The organizers mentioned that they still want to be able to feature Nintendo games at their events in the future and have started to work with Nintendo regarding permissions. Unfortunately, the summer event, as previously announced, will not have them, as the organizers failed to receive permission.

Automaton Media has pointed out that the complication might’ve been from RTA in Japan becoming a legal entity in 2020, despite it being a non-profit organization. Every donation made in the stream will go to charity. RTA in Japan is scheduled to run from Aug. 9 to 15. 

Angormus is dominating the any% official speedrun of Path of Exile 2 using a class that the community thought was the worst. He finished the March 2 speedrun forty minutes before the second one did.

The Warrior has been considered as the undisputed worst class in Path of Exile 2. PCGamesN as well as GamesRadar ranked it as the worst in their respective tier lists, but Angormus had other ideas. He used the class and has dominated the first two any% speedrun of Path of Exile 2.

Any% speedruns are all about getting to the end the fastest. This means that the player must be skilled enough to abuse the game’s mechanics which is what Angormus did in the speedrun. Warriors have the ability Rolling Slam which they are able to cancel into Boneshatter. The reason Warriors are canceling this ability is because the second slam has a long animation compared to Boneshatter.

Warriors also have access to two abilities that can be used as gap closers: Shield Charge and Leap Slam. Players can use these abilities to traverse the terrain quickly and sometimes even jump to a higher platform that would otherwise require the player to use the stairs.

Angormus was able to use these abilities–as well as some really lucky drops–to his advantage and was able to dominate the very first official speedrun competition of Path of Exile 2.

In the very first run, which happened on March 2, his run could’ve been faster. According to the casters, the game’s final boss could have been slayed faster if Angormus didn’t miss a Perfect Striker which would skip a phase and make the run even cleaner. In the second run, which happened on March 9, Angormus was able to cut his time by 2 minutes.

Path of Exile 2 was released in Early Access on December 7, 2024. The game is available on Steam, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Xbox Series S/X.

Blindfolded Super Mario 64 speedrunner Bubzia nearly faced a devastating disqualification during a world record attempt when his webcam shut off mid-run, violating official verification rules.

On February 10, Bubzia was attempting to break his 70-star blindfolded speedrun record of 1 hour, 25 minutes, and 11 seconds, which he set in June 2023. About 24 minutes into the run, his facecam unexpectedly disconnected—a critical issue since Speedrun.com regulations require visual proof that a player remains blindfolded for the entire attempt.

Because speedrun rules prohibit external assistance, Bubzia was unaware of the issue, and neither his Twitch chat nor Discord messages could alert him. He unknowingly played on for over an hour, believing he was on track for a potential record-breaking finish.

In the end, his time came in at 1:26:09, just 58 seconds behind his own world record—a fortunate outcome, as any faster completion would have been invalidated due to the webcam failure. When he finally removed his blindfold and saw that the facecam had been off, Bubzia reacted with frustration and relief: “If this would have been world record, I would have cried. I would have quit SM64, man.”

Originally released in 1996 for the Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64 is one of the most influential 3D platformers in gaming history. The game has remained a cornerstone of the speedrunning community for decades, with categories ranging from 16-star runs (Bubzia also holds a WR in this category) to full 120-star completions that require collecting every collectible in the game.