Guiness World Records Gaming Edition

The Guiness Book of World Records has announced a video game edition coming in 2008. The book will include some editorial content, as well as records on everything from high earnings as a pro gamer to the highest scores ever achieved.

The original records book was first published in 1955 and is today available in more than 100 countries, with over 3 million copies sold annually. The new book will be titled Guinness World Records - Videogame Edition 2008 and will be the first in a series of books focusing on specific topics.

It will include reviews of the 20 biggest games of the year, record scores and fastest times, hardware profiles, sales figures and technical achievements made by individual games.

The book will also answer questions such as which pro gamers earn the most money, what is the single highest score ever achieved in a game and which is the most successful games console of all time.

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