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UK cosplayers take new world record

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God. A total of 342 cosplayers have beaten the world record for getting as many of their "kind" in one place, congregating in London to beat a record set in Germany last week.

It's London Games Festival for the next week. Event boss Duncan Best said: "It was a bit touch-and-go for a while but the gaming community really stepped up to the challenge."

The Germans managed a paltry 337.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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