World’s Largest NES Controller

This huge controller measures approximately 12ft (w) x 5ft (d) 3 in x 1ft, 8in (h) and weighs about 265 pounds. It’s approximately 30 times the size of a regular NES controller and it cost a whopping $6000 to create.

It was shown off in London, England at the Liverpool Street Station in celebration of the 2012 release of Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition.

(via: Geeks Are Sexy)

Xbox Gets Guinness World Record for Largest Online 100 Meter Sprint

On April 23, Xbox Live members have made history. The Guinness World Record for largest simultaneous online 100m sprint featuring 10,539 participants during the Xbox Nations Free Live Weekend with Kinect Sports.

“Congratulations to the crew from Xbox LIVE and most importantly, the thousands of Xbox LIVE members from across the globe who got up off their sofas to create this new Guinness World Record for the largest ever online sprint.  The new record will be considered for inclusion in the next Gamer’s Edition.” —Gaz Deaves, Editor of Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2011

A huge congratulations to everyone who participated in this event!

Break World Records with LittleBigPlanet 2

Beginning January 17, Sony will be joining Guinness World Records for three days as players will have the opportunity to make history and break five world records with LittleBigPlanet 2.

The records are:

• Longest marathon playing LittleBigPlanet 2
• Longest marathon playing a platform video game
• Most video game genres played in one video game in 24 hours
• Most user-generated video game levels played in 24 hours
• Most user-generated video game levels played in a marathon

Also, LBP 2 will be getting these two records:

• Most gaming genres in one video game
• Most player-created levels in one video game

All the magic will happen at the Playstation Lounge in NYC’s Sony Style store. It’ll be hosted by Veronica Belmont and Jeff Rubenstein, and interviews with fans and dev team Media Molecule. This event will also feature the Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Edition which will feature Sackboy on the cover. You can get the book on January 20 for $24.99.

For full details on this event, head on over to the Playstation Blog.