• Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies Announce Global Collaboration!


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    Dec 16, 2014

    Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies Announce Global Collaboration

    Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies’ Collaboration Poised to Significantly Elevate Video Game Enthusiast Record Attempts and Individual E-Sport Player Achievement Recognition.

    New York, New York
    Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, today announces a worldwide collaboration with long standing internationally recognized video game score adjudicator and record keeper Twin Galaxies. Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies will collaborate to promote, adjudicate, document and broadcast video game record attempts and incredible player achievements across the globe.

    The collaboration sees a new collective effort to celebrate, recognize and create achievement opportunity for record-breaking video game players across the world. Bringing together both organization’s expertise and resources, the collaboration will include and expanded opportunity for greater exposure and presence for live interactive video game record attempts, more formalized player recognition through greater publication, expanded video game adjudication practices, greater access and creation of statistical player data, and the support of digital content creation around the entire subject of video game players. Players can now submit applications or scores to www.guinnessworldrecords.com or www.twingalaxies.com beginning January 2, 2015. Please check either websites for more information on how to submit. Applications will be redirected accordingly depending on the type of record.


    Commenting on the collaboration with Twin Galaxies, Alistair Richards, Global President of Guinness World Records, said: "We are proud to have collaborated with Twin Galaxies in the past to capture the power of record-breaking in the video game category. With Twin Galaxies, and its 30 year history of adjudicating and recording video game player scores and achievement, we are pleased to once again join forces and collectively reveal the tremendous talent being demonstrated by video game enthusiasts. Together, we can identify more of these amazing individual players and give them the recognition they deserve."

    Jace Hall, Chairman & Head Custodian of Twin Galaxies, commented, "Twin Galaxies’ specific focus on the video game category for the last 30 years makes us a perfect partner for collaboration with Guinness World Records. Both TwinGalaxies.com and its 24hr live interactive streaming network TwinGalaxiesLive.com are extremely excited to be in support and collaboration with Guinness World Records and are particularly proud to be able to emphasize and promote individuals for their video game achievements. Together, we will re-introduce to the market a new era of recognizing the talent, creativity, and dedication to record breaking that video game enthusiasts continually express across the globe."


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    1. datagod's Avatar
      datagod -
      Every day things just keep getting better at Twin Galaxies. Congratulations on this HUGE win.
    1. Ripper's Avatar
      Ripper -
      This is for sure a big score for TG! Nice job!
    1. 1500points's Avatar
      1500points -
      very and quite impressed. Congrats and a hearty round of "CHEERS!"
    1. Shawne25's Avatar
      Shawne25 -
      Alright, way to go, TG. Congratulations.
    1. homerwannabee's Avatar
      homerwannabee -
      I'm all on board with this. Very happy to see this happen. There is a sense of coolness in being able to show your friends that you are in the Guiness Book of World Records Gamer's Edition. :)
    1. Flyingcar's Avatar
      Flyingcar -
      I don't expect to actually get a world record but still cool.
    1. Emayl's Avatar
      Emayl -
      This is great news! Wonderful to see this relationship restored. Way to make it happen, TG!
    1. timmell's Avatar
      timmell -
      Can't get anymore official now. Twin Galaxies is the place to submit your world records on video games.
    1. timmell's Avatar
      timmell -
      This place will be like hot cakes Jan. 2nd 2015.
    1. John73's Avatar
      John73 -
      Great work by Jace and the TG team - awesome news.
    1. pacmantab's Avatar
      pacmantab -
      Exciting news to be sure! Nice to see Guinness back....
    1. Barra's Avatar
      Barra -
      Great news. Well done Jace and the TG team. You are certainly giving us very little to complain about, and thats obviously a good thing
    1. muscleandfitness's Avatar
      muscleandfitness -
      Great news. Well done Jace and the TG team. You are certainly giving us very little to complain about, and thats obviously a good thing
      Omg i cant wait to post my name in dk history on twin gal.
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