Gaming

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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DanTDM's Minecraft channel is the most popular in the world
DanTDM: How I became a Minecraft record holder
Sonja Reid is the most followed female gamer on Twitch
Most followed female gamer on Twitch
The longest single game of Football Manager currently stands at 221 seasons
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

Gaming records

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Largest e-sports individual tournament prize pool

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Most subscribers for a female games broadcaster on YouTube

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Longest single game of Football Manager

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