Pac-Man made its debut almost 30 years ago in 1980 and has seen countless remakes and variations ever since. However, despite being on the market for so long gamers are still working tirelessly to smash previous world records for the game.
The latest record set forth by David Race managed to get to level 256 while collecting every piece of fruit and pill in just 3 hours, 41 minutes and 22 seconds. This is 42 seconds faster than the previous record of 3 hours, 42 minutes and 4 seconds.
So folks, Mr. Race now claims the top Pac-Man spot. What have you done with your life?
via kotaku
Here’s something I’m sure no one saw coming — It was recently announced that Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham Asylum has earned itself a spot in the Guinness World Record Book.
It doesn’t have the biggest games, doesn’t feature the highest polygon count, but it is the “Most Critically Acclaimed Super Hero Game Ever”. Wait, what? Who the hell decides which game is the most critically acclaimed, isn’t that all about opinion? I mean the game looks cool and all but who is tasked with deciding stuff like this?
It looks like Guinness has sold out, I wonder how much Warner Bros. had to pay to get Arkham Asylum in the book.
via joystiq
As you can see above, Asobo Studio’s has recently secured themelves a spot in the Guiness World Book of Records for the “largest playable videogame environment”.
The game Asobo will recieve the award for is FUEL, a racing title set in a world annihilated by global warming. Players will be able to take to the enormous open world on both two and four wheeled vehicles. How enormous you say?
Well, Destructoid says that the side of FUEL‘s environment is 5,560 square miles, roughly the size of Trinidad & Tobago. So Rockstart, it looks like you will really have to go over the top for Grand Theft Auto V.
It seems that Steve Wiebe and current Donkey Kong champ, Billy Mitchell, have been duking it out in an ongoing battle to claim the game’s world record.
Wiebe, being the underdog, has gained the support of Stride Gum who even went as far as saying that they will give the man $10,001 dollars in quarters if they beat Mitchell’s high score of 1,049,100. Gary Osifchin, marketing director over at Stride, was quoted to say:
“Steve Wiebe is an inspiration to gamers everywhere, and we believe he truly deserves the title of Donkey Kong world champion. This is exactly the kind of long lasting endeavor that we here at Stride appreciate, and we have full confidence that Wiebe will once again surpass the million points mark and avoid the kill screen for long enough in the process.”
Tune into G4 on June 2nd when Mr. Weibe will go for the gold live at this year’s E3.
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