Guinness World Records: The Videogame

No, I'm not talking about the Guinness World Records Gamer Edition. This is Guinness World Records: The Videogame, a new title from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games for the Wii and DS. The game will allow players to experience breaking a world records via "quick-fire action challenges" (mini-games), from tightrope walking across the Grand Canyon to growing the world's longest, most disgusting fingernails. Ew.

“We are very pleased with how Guinness World Records: The Videogame looks and plays, this new development reflects the versatility of our content and how it can be tailored for almost any medium and format,” said Sam Fay, Senior Vice President of Guinness World Records. “We are sure that the game is going to be a favourite amongst all aspiring record breakers!”

Players who achieve the highest scores could even see their name appear in the official Guinness World Records book, a dream I had as a child that has since been replaced with the desperate need to avoid shitty licensed mini-games quick-fire action challenges. Guinness World Records is slated for a Fall release.

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Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, Register Now

We told you about the new Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 a few months back, but now the book has its own site that provides the opportunity to flip through some of the content (straight passed the horrid cover). Granted, it's been about 18 years at least since I've paged through a Guinness book, but it's far from what I remember (lots of tables of stats with only a few pictures). Now the layout resembles a magazine more than anything—which may be a cover for meaningful content as much as it is eye-appealing.

In addition, gamers can now register with evidence of their own records and apply to be part of Guinness' effort to set a world record in Guitar Hero III (pending they live in London, NY, Sydney, Toronto, LA or Paris). Playing a little GHIII sure beats the hell out of eating a Cessna airplane (or at least passing the thing out after).

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