As gamers line up to get their hands on a copy of Halo 4, MLG Fall Championship 2012 winner Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and gamers Adam “Hytrin” Gottschalk and Jordan “Haztur” Morgan will make an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest video games marathon playing a First Person Shooter (FPS).
The current record, set by Jeff Nation, JJ Locke, Casey Coffman and George Vogl in August 2011, is 51 hours and 21 minutes. Blevins, Gottschalk and Morgan will attempt to play for 60 hours straight with a 10-minute break each hour. Medical staff will be on hand, if needed.
The event, scheduled to begin at 12:01 am, November 6, 2012 at a GameStop in Grapevine, TX, is sponsored by NOS Energy Drink, Mad Catz, TRITTON, GUNNAR Optiks, Twitch.tv, and Elgato Systems.
A few lucky gamers will also have the opportunity to play alongside MLG Pro Halo gamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins in the fourth seat during the world record attempt.
If you can’t make it to the GameStop in Grapevine, TX , catch the live stream of the event at Twitch.tv/SynergyGaming. You can also get all the updated information following @TXGamers on Twitter.
This is not an officially sanctioned launch event for Halo 4. Microsoft, Xbox 360 and 343 Industries are not affiliated with, endorsing or sponsors of this event.
Tags: Halo 4, Major League Gaming, MLG, TRITTON
