Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | 21:20 BST
Indian gamer takes GTA IV super-play record
Indian 26-year-old Chirantan Patnaik has taken the official Guinness world record for the longest continuous play session of GTA IV.
Patnaik played the Rockstar epic for 40 hours 20 minutes at the offices of blog NeuralChaos.com from September 4-6.
An exercise regime of running and yoga helped him reach his goal, apparently, which beats the previously held record of 28 hours and 1 minute, held by an American.
What format? He was playing the game on PS3.
Thanks, MTV.
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Posted in: Action, India, PC, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: Chirantan Patnaik, grand theft auto iv, gta iv, gta4
16 comments
#1
freedoms_stain
20/10/09, 9:28 pm
How did he beat the finger cramp?
powerball for a month?
#2
doctorstrange
20/10/09, 9:35 pm
40 hours 20 minutes! Am I the only one that thinks this is actually quite short? I’m sure I’ve spent more than that playing a really good game.
#3
Gekidami
20/10/09, 9:38 pm
Its 40hours in a row without stopping.
#4
Syrok
20/10/09, 9:46 pm
Why exactly would you want to do that?
@doctorstrange: In one sitting? That’s almost two days.
#5
Khanivor
20/10/09, 9:48 pm
I’d be more impressed if it was an absolutely diabolical game that he managed to play for so long.
#6
Gekidami
20/10/09, 9:53 pm
Yeah, as it happens GTAIV is hardly a challenge. I mean sure its hard to sit in front of a game for that long but i doubt he was really under any strain as to what was actually going on in the game.
#7
Howie Feltersnatch
20/10/09, 9:57 pm
What a loser. Get a life.
#8
Enkeixpress
20/10/09, 10:08 pm
From what I can remember from my stats.. It said that my most continious hours of playtime in one sitting was 50 hours.. Me & my mate done it actually, We were having alot of fun in free-mode & the time flew by!
No big deal.
#9
SlayerGT
20/10/09, 10:18 pm
Of course he was playing on a PS3. You really think a 360 would have made it 40 hours? ZING!
#10
Khanivor
20/10/09, 10:26 pm
I wonder how much of that time was taken up by the firmware update. Half?
ZANG!
#11
DUFFKING
20/10/09, 10:36 pm
It’s not that he was going for the record, it’s just that there’s nothing else worth playing on the PS3.
#12
SlayerGT
20/10/09, 10:55 pm
I would have him beat with my 120 hours. But 110 hours of that was spent toying with the replay/movie maker. ZONG!
#13
Howie Feltersnatch
21/10/09, 12:09 am
Too busy playing Uncharted 2 to care…
#14
sickpuppysoftware
21/10/09, 8:38 am
“the longest continuous play session of GTA IV”
You mean the record was for that specific game?
#15
Whizzo
21/10/09, 9:46 am
Makes my 12 hour session on the day I got it look rather wimpy.
#16
DarkElfa
21/10/09, 8:08 pm
I’ve beat that.