30 Hours in the City that Never Sleeps
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 3:42 pm | Author: R* U | Filed Under: Games

Grand Theft Auto IV has earned a few Guinness World Records of its own, but now a 26-year-old Indian man is preparing (i.e. stocking up on energy drinks) to make an attempt at breaking the prestigious ‘Longest time spent playing Grand Theft Auto IV’ record.  The record currently stands at 28 hours (held by Jim Patton) and Chirantan Patnaik from Mumbai is determined to make history by smashing through the 30-hour barrier.  Serious stuff.  Sounds like an average working day for one of our testers…

 

http://tech2.in.com/india/news/games/indian-gamer-attempts-to-break-world-record/85742/0

 

We wish Mr. Patnaik the very best of luck.  If you’re an unemployed insomniac with 30 hours to kill, tune into the live stream on his blog from 10:00 AM IST tomorrow morning (that's 12:30 AM EST tonight!).

 

25 comments on this article
X-Gogi
September 30, 2009 at 10:47am
I Can DO It : |
MostWanted69
September 28, 2009 at 7:36am
I don't think it is healthy staying up for so long on GTA, although If im on holiday then I would do that easy.
VLitvyakov
September 15, 2009 at 2:31pm
I can beat this record. 48 Hour!!!
Reiji-
September 7, 2009 at 3:43pm
Heard he broke the record with 40+ hours. Congrats!
wbrinkman
September 6, 2009 at 3:02pm
Good luck on the PS3 version mate, dont think he'll be playing Bomb Da Base II. How about R* releasing a patch again? It's been a while..
BorgX666
September 6, 2009 at 9:14am
i could of prolly done that in my day but not anymore, longest i ever played any game for non stop was 18 hours
__GTA__ACT__
September 6, 2009 at 2:30am
I quit my job in 2004 to play more San Andreas!
masteratt
September 5, 2009 at 7:49pm
~ 40hours, 20minutes ~

Is the new record. Well done to him!

For all those who say "i can do that easily", well, you now know what you have to beat...Good luck.
Hawkstorm
September 5, 2009 at 12:41pm
He did it :) Congratulations

http://www.gtaivlife.com
Future89
September 4, 2009 at 10:37pm
@ 262743

Your pathetic for that comment
Jas2401
September 4, 2009 at 5:42pm
good luck?!
modfrefre1
September 4, 2009 at 1:59pm
I can beat his record. I'm serious :| RSG21MW xbox
saddy_gamer
September 4, 2009 at 11:26am
i m pretty much sure this man can break this record For indians nothing is impossible
Xenoxide3
September 4, 2009 at 7:01am
I'm pretty sure I've beaten that myself...
ahmadalsafah
September 4, 2009 at 6:38am
i love this game
and i am from saudi arabai
im 15 years old
JagaloonOnASpoon
September 4, 2009 at 6:25am
he's holding up the game for ps3. maybe you guys can reward him and all other loyal gta fans by bringing dlc to ps3 :)
SekondaHuet
September 4, 2009 at 6:23am
Now that people know this is a record to break, this isn't one that's going to be kept too terribly long.

If he has any sugar drinks or drugs tho it'd void his attempt. Hje has to do it on his own.
buetforasif
September 4, 2009 at 4:22am
there's no load-shedding problem in mumbai?
exoticintrepid
September 4, 2009 at 2:47am
I once played GTA San Andreas for 2 days well 40-48 hours straight except to go to the bathroom, smoke and eat. But my hands hurt really bad for a while after. That game is still my favorite GTA. I love jet packs.
Afghan_Ninja
September 4, 2009 at 2:04am
PS i have to agree with Rodrigo6411
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