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Software developer MuchDifferent set a Guinness-sanctioned world record over the weekend, setting up an online FPS session that supported nearly 1,000 simultaneous players. The one-off stunt was a demonstration of the company's Pikkotekk technology, which was the backbone of the experiment. At its... More

I must love pain. In college, I would feel a small thrill of pride whenever I pulled an all-nighter working on a paper. Whenever I push myself to the physical limits of exhaustion, I feel like I tap into some kind of primal, creative energy. It’s simultaneously exhausting and exhilarating. It must... More

We here at Game Informer are developing somewhat of a fascination with going after Guinness World Video Game Records. We previously broke the record for longest fighting game marathon with our 30 hour, live-streamed Smash Bros. session, which has since been bested. Now six editors are going after six... More

After our Smash Bros. Guinness Record was beaten by two hours at E3, I decided we had to immediately get to work at obtaining another record. Guinness representatives were at the show, so I started discussing the idea of setting multiple world records simultaneously. It's been a couple months since... More

Last March, four GI editors teamed up and broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Video Games Marathon Playing A Fighting Game. Since then, a group of gamers topped our time by two hours at E3. Over the weekend of August 6-7, GI is attempting to reclaim their spot in the record books, but with six... More

Apparently Microsoft was inspired by our heroic record-breaking Super Smash Bros. marathon, because they've announced they're giving Live members the chance to help set a record of their own. On April 23rd at 10am CST, they're attempting to set the "largest online 100m sprint" record... More

In the wake of Game Informer's marathon world record session, tell us what world record you'd one day like to go for. Ben Reeves, Dan Ryckert, Jeff Cork, and Tim Turi had a long weekend of game playing. Their efforts won them a certificate from Guinness for the longest fighting game marathon... More

We're attempting to set the Longest Fighting Game Marathon world record tomorrow , and we have tons of giveaways planned for our livestream. It all begins at 9am CST, and will be running all weekend. Among the prizes: Five Legendary Editions of Halo:Reach Five codes for the Halo: Reach Defiant Map... More

As I was flipping through the Guinness World Records 2011: Gamer's Edition a few weeks ago, I had a bit of a crazy idea. I decided I wanted to become an official Guinness world record holder. Problem was, I didn't know which record to go after. I don't have any crazy-huge collections, I'm... More

The guys at Swedish network technology company Pikkotekk are apparently looking for a pickup line and a world record. They're working on a 1,000-player FPS game that will obviously shatter any current records for player count (even you, MAG). Pikkotekk's Christian Lonnholm says "About one... More

If you've seen the documentary King of Kong , you're familiar with the name Steve Wiebe. The classic gaming expert still holds the current Donkey Kong world record, but he's hoping to put Billy Mitchell even further behind by attempting to beat his own score of 1,064,500 points. The attempt... More

In a marathon session that started early Saturday morning and drew to a close just last night, John McAllister broke the standing world record for Asteroids on the classic 1979 Atari arcade cabinet. A locksmith from Seattle, McAllister defeated prior champion Scott Safran, who set the world record back... More