LBP2 Goes For Guinness World Records Next Week

Sony is certainly planning to launch Little Big Planet 2 in style. Next week down at the Sony Style Store's PlayStation Lounge here in NYC, a bunch of dedicated gamers are going to attempt to set and break a number of Guinness World Records. Hell, someone should have told yours truly this, as my own personal gaming record is 52 hours straight playing Shining Force 2 on the Sega Genesis back in the day. Granted, my old-timer butt would probably pass out after three hours and no Geritol supply, but hey - I'd go down fighting, dammit! Press release below the jump - I'll be at the event next week for a bit of coverage.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS KICKS OFF LAUNCH OF NEW 2011 GAMER'S EDITION EPIC LITTLEBIGPLANET™ 2 RECORD ATTEMPTS

UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO GAME RECORDS SET DURING THREE EYE-BLEARING DAYS OF FIERCE COMPETITION

NEW YORK (January 13th, 2011) - Guinness World Records® - the global authority on all things record-breaking - is proud to introduce the Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer's Edition, its latest chronicle of video gaming history. To commemorate the launch of this year's book and the release of the latest PS3™ PLAY, SHARE CREATE experience, LittleBigPlanet™ 2, Guinness World Records and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) are hosting three days of video game record breaking at the Sony Style store's PlayStation Lounge in New York City.

A group of top gamers will attempt to 'up their game' in an attempt to make history by setting records in the following categories:

* Longest Marathon Playing LittleBigPlanet 2
* Longest Marathon Playing A Platform Video Game
* Most Video Game Genres Played In One Video Game 24 Hours
* Most User-Generated Video Game Levels Played In 24 Hours
* Most User Generated Video Game Levels Played In A Marathon

LittleBigPlanet 2 looms large in this year's edition of the book with the game's main character, Sackboy™, gracing the book's cover and a bevy of facts and records cited within its pages. Marathon records also play a big part in the book with records for the Longest Video Games Marathon on a First Person Shooter (33 hours), Longest Video Games Marathon Playing a Racing Game (30 hours) and Longest Video Games Marathon on a Dance/Rhythm Game (13 hr 33 min 56 sec) all making the grade.

"Continuing its work of recording astounding achievements, Guinness World Records will be on hand at the launch of LittleBigPlanet 2 to monitor the record attempt and see gamers push their hobby to the limits of human endurance," says Guinness World Records Gaming Editor Gaz Deaves. "LittleBigPlanet already holds a Guinness World Record for its outstanding online community and the Gamer's Edition is full of amazing feats from every corner of the videogames universe."

Known as the "Video Game Bible", the fourth and latest edition of the popular series comes packed with 90% new or updated records and 750 never-before-seen amazing images appealing to everyone from hard-core gaming veterans to first time gamers and families. The book is available January 20th for $14.99.