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Check out this selection of awesome gaming achievements, featuring the highest scores, biggest tournaments, largest cash prizes and most successful games ever. You can also find out about the latest gaming news and records on the GWR Gamer's Podcast.

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Meet the gamers who have set records over the years

DanTDM's Minecraft channel is the most popular in the world

DanTDM: How I became a Minecraft record holder

Most followed female gamer on Twitch

Longest single game of Football Manager

Kurt J Mac holds the record for longest journey in Minecraft

Longest Journey in Minecraft - Kurt J Mac

Stampy Cat has the record for the fastest time to make and display 10 cakes in Minecraft

Stampy Cat's fastest time to make 10 cakes in Minecraft

Longest videogame marathon on FIFA record is owned by Christopher Cook

Longest FIFA videogame marathon

The gamer who plays Fortnite with his mouth and smashes records

Your Fortnite creative maps could be used for an official record attempt

This gamer has the world’s largest videogame collection with more than 20,000

Four records set at first ever Fortnite World Cup

A timeline of Game Boy's record-breaking history as iconic console celebrates 30 years

The records held by Gamer's Edition 2020 cover characters - including Fortnite, Spider-Man and Pikachu

How speedrunning could earn you a Guinness World Records title on your favourite videogame

The day that Mario came to Guinness World Records HQ

Highest Xbox Live Gamerscore

A GamerScore is based on the number of Achievements that a player has completed in specific titles (mostly on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but also some PC and mobile titles). According to TrueAchievements, Raymond “Stallion83” Cox (USA) had racked up a GamerScore of 1,746,820 as of 26 February 2018, retaining a record that he has held for more than eight years. “Stallion83”’s highest haul of 3,300 was achieved on Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Longest single game of Football Manager

The longest single game of Football Manager was played for 221 in-game years as of 22 November 2017, and was achieved by Michał Leniec (Poland) on Football Manager 2016 (Sports Interactive). Real-life Lech Poznań fan Michał had managed his favourite club throughout the entire game but had also taken 35 different international roles, always simultaneously to his domestic career at Lech. His in-game manager was technically 258 years old! He had played 14,381 matches, winning 10,997 of them and losing just 1,720 – a win percentage of 76%

Fastest time to ride a Donkey in Red Dead Redemption

The fastest time to ride from the Dixon Crossing bridge to Gaptooth Ridge on the Donkey in Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, 2010) is 11 minutes 7 seconds, and was achieved by Dan White (UK) in London, UK, on 21 September 2017

Largest collection of Final Fantasy memorabilia

The largest collection of Final Fantasy memorabilia consists of 3,782 items, achieved by Tai-Ting Tseng (Chinese Taipei) in San Jose, California, USA, as verified on 22 July 2017

Largest playable Game and Watch device

The largest playable Game & Watch device was constructed by Thomas Tilley (Australia). The device measures 1.93 m wide, 1.16 m high and 0.14 m deep and was constructed in Port Elliot, South Australia, with work beginning in May 2017 and ending in October 2017. The device was showcased at the Maker Faire in Adelaide, Australia on 5 November 2017. The Game & Watch runs the game Octopus, which was known as Mysteries of the Sea and Mysteries of the Deep in the UK. The objective of the game was to retrieve treasure from a sunken ship while avoiding being touched by the octopus

Most subscribers for a dedicated virtual reality (VR) videogames channel on YouTube

Nathaniel "Nathie" de Jong (NLD) takes his YouTube subscribers with him as he delves into the latest virtual reality (VR) games. As of 20 March 2018, he had 345,389 subscribers, the most of any VR-dedicated YouTube channel. His channel covers games from all three of the main VR headsets currently available – the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. The nearest VR-dedicated YouTube channel is RowdyGuy who had 79,874 subscribers as of the same date

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Most subscribers for a female games broadcaster on YouTube

A “true geek” who loves to “make people smile”, “iHasCupquake” – aka Tiffany Herrera from Los…

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Most critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 (PS2) videogame

The most critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 (PS2) videogame is Resident Evil 4, which achieved a…

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First Dante cameo in a Monster Hunter videogame

2013's Monster Hunter Frontier G was the first game in the series to feature Dante as a freelancing…

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Fastest Any% completion of Monster Hunter: World

The fastest Any% completion of Monster Hunter: World is 5 hr 18 min 28 sec, and was achieved by…

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Tallest monster in Monster Hunter: Worlds

If measured from the lowest point to the highest point, the tallest monster in Capcom's Monster…

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Most large monsters hunted in Monster Hunter: World (Xbox One)

The most large monsters hunted in Monster Hunter: World on Xbox One is 6,689, and was achieved by…

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Best-selling videogame platform

The best-selling videogame platform is the PlayStation 2, which sold 157,680,000 units from its…

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First PlayStation 2 game to support online play

The earliest Playstation 2 game to allow online play was Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, published by…

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Most prolific beat-'em-up videogame soundtrack composer

Yuzo Koshiro is one of the longest-serving melody-makers for the world’s most memorable videogame…

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Best-selling SEGA videogame console

The best-selling SEGA videogame console is the SEGA Mega Drive aka SEGA Genesis, which according to…

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Largest payout for a single player in an e-sports tournament

The largest payout for a single player in an e-sports tournament is $3,000,000 (£2,421,270, €…

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First Duo players to become Fortnite World Champions

The first Duo players to become Fortnite World Champions are Emil Bergquist Pedersen aka Nyhrox…

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First Solo player to become Fortnite World Champion

The first Solo player to become Fortnite World Champion is Kyle Giersdorf aka Bugha (USA), who won…

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Most alternative control methods used to complete Dark Souls

Action RPG Dark Souls is widely regarded as one of the toughest games in existence, but that hasn't…

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Youngest gamer to achieve a perfect score on Dance Dance Revolution

The youngest person to reach a perfect 'AAA' rating on a Dance Dance Revolution game on the expert…

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Youngest professional videogamer

Born on 6 May 1998, "Lil Poison" (USA, aka Victor De Leon III) picked up a Dreamcast Controller at…

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Largest e-sports individual tournament prize pool

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Highest Xbox Live Gamerscore

Highest Xbox Live Gamerscore

Longest single game of Football Manager

Longest single game of Football Manager

Fastest time to ride a Donkey in Red Dead Redemption

Fastest time to ride a Donkey in Red Dead Redemption

Largest collection of Final Fantasy memorabilia

Largest collection of Final Fantasy memorabilia

Largest playable Game and Watch device

Largest playable Game and Watch device

Most subscribers for a dedicated virtual reality (VR) videogames channel on YouTube

Most subscribers for a dedicated virtual reality (VR) videogames channel on YouTube

Gaming records

Most subscribers for a female games broadcaster on YouTube

Most critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 (PS2) videogame

First Dante cameo in a Monster Hunter videogame

Fastest Any% completion of Monster Hunter: World

Tallest monster in Monster Hunter: Worlds

Most large monsters hunted in Monster Hunter: World (Xbox One)

Best-selling videogame platform

First PlayStation 2 game to support online play

Most prolific beat-'em-up videogame soundtrack composer

Best-selling SEGA videogame console

Largest payout for a single player in an e-sports tournament

First Duo players to become Fortnite World Champions

First Solo player to become Fortnite World Champion

Most alternative control methods used to complete Dark Souls

Youngest gamer to achieve a perfect score on Dance Dance Revolution

Youngest professional videogamer

Largest e-sports individual tournament prize pool

Longest single game of Football Manager