Congratulations to Microsoft, who took what I thought was going to be a modest hit and making it a giant one. Now let’s get that next wave of games coming! [GuinnessWorldRecords.com]
The Guinness Book of World Records is starting to take a keen interest in video games – even released what I think is a pretty spiffing annual focusing on video games. Now they’ve released a fan voted top 50 video game characters of all time list. And you may be surprised at who made it in. More »
If anyone wonders what a gathering of 800 people playing the portable game consoles look like, it looks like this. Because that’s exactly what happened this week in Odawara City in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. More »
A 27-year-old video gaming world record has fallen to a British man playing on an arcade cabinet he rescued from a garbage dump nearly 20 years ago. More »
The 2010 Guinness Book of World Records Gamer’s Edition features a list of the Top 50 video game series as voted by the gaming public. Which series came out on top between The Legend of Zelda, Call of Duty and Halo? More »
Walter Day, a former oil industry executive so captivated by the video game craze that he founded an arcade that would later become the international sanctioning authority for record high scores, has retired from his creation, Twin Galaxies. More »
One year older, and about two dozen or so titles fewer, Pac-Man still retains the “most recognisable” title among video game characters in the United States, according to the upcoming edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. More »
With entries for professional gaming, top selling games in history, the history of hardware and Guitar Hero, the Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition looks to be a must have for fans of gaming.
Almost exactly a year ago, 381 Australian kids set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous Nintendo DS playing.
