The launch of Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition is upon us, as Guinness World Records today release this year’s edition of the highly respected publication.

To celebrate the UK launch of the new edition, motoring inventor Edd China will unveil his latest creation on four wheels - the Fastest Mobile Gaming Rig on 11th February. Complete with all three Current-Generation consoles and monitors, this unique piece of mobile furniture will tour the streets of London with three gamers onboard after setting a speed record on the A40. 

Also in celebration of launch, the world's Youngest Professional Gamer, Lil Poison (aka Victor De Leon III), is due to visit London for the very first time on 9th February. 10-year old, Long Island (NY) native, Lil Poison, claimed the title after signing with MLG recruiters as a Pro Gamer at the age of six.

Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the annual Guinness World Records book is published in more than one-hundred countries and twenty-five languages and is one of the highest-selling books under copyright of all time with more than three million copies sold annually across the globe. Guinness World Records also annually publishes the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition; a records book devoted solely to the world of videogaming and High Score record achievements, and this year’s edition couldn’t come with any higher recommendation.

Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition is not a characterisation of the videogames industry as so many other related publications have been of late, but instead an opportunity for every gamer – no matter whether they be Hardcore or Casual – to check-out some of the most innovative, successful and inspirational achievements in videogames, and see how they stack-up against the competition.

Think your videogame collection is impressive? Take a look at the Feature on Collectors, and see if you can outdo 33-year-old Richard Leece. Think you score on the Nintendo Entertainment System’s Captain Skyhawk cannot be beaten? Or your record time on Delphino Square in Mario KartDS? Well, John Matthews from the US and Alex L. Shepard from right here in the UK may just have a surprise for you!

But suggesting that Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition is merely a catalogue of times, dates and scores would be entirely misleading. Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition offers an insight into the everyday gamer. It tackles the highlights of genre and the greatest achievers in terms of sales, innovation and critical acclaim. It celebrates the attention to detail of the industry’s finest productions, profiles the history of innovation and rejoices in the enthusiasm of the fans. But furthermore, Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition doesn’t hideaway the more sinful side of videogames, revealing some of the most controversial titles from around the globe.

From the Hardware Feature chronicling the history of videogame systems to the index of High Scores, Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition is packed with interesting trivia and noteworthy achievements. The book features an extensive breakdown of the top performing genres, and in each discusses the greatest triumphs of the videogames associated. Each genre includes a timeline denoting the release of games that innovated and raised the bar for subsequent releases, as well as extensively detailing the accomplishments of some of the biggest franchises in videogames and interviewing their creators. It records not only the High Scores, but also the more eccentric accomplishments of videogaming’s enthusiasts, and provides all this information within one easily navigable package.

Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer Edition is not an educational tool designed to inform the reader about videogames, it’s an accompaniment to videogaming itself, and one that no console owner should be without.

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BobKatK

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I got this last year and it was pretty good. I'll have to kepp an eye-out to see if I can spy this somewhere before I decide whether or not to buy it!

Thursday 05 February 2009, 08:56

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