The launch of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is looming large, but before celebrations start in earnest, series creator Hideo Kojima must make a few stops. This week, he's off to the United Kingdom to receive his Guinness World Record certification. Details follow in the full article up ahead.

Long story short: Nico's just pwned Potter, Parker, and Master Chief in one fell swoop. We're letting the readers know that Grand Theft Auto 4 has just earned a place in the Guinness World Records, on account of its massive sales on the first day of its launch. Details regarding this matter are available in the full article.

Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) took around US$ 100 million to make and is one of the most anticipated video games in recent memory. This is why Guinness World Records is keeping an eye on it when it hits the shelves tomorrow. See GTA's previous Guinness records over at the full article.

Do you like games so much that you like dressing up as your favorite game characters? Well, the people over at UK did that and so much more.

Apparently, a lot of cosplayers gathered and tried to set a Guinness World Record. If you're curious to know how well they fared, then click on the "read more" link.

It's already impressive for someone to get a Guinness World Record, but it's even more impressive to beat one's own Guinness record. And that's what Chris Chike did with his own record, as he scored even higher in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PC, and PS2) in the recent Play N Trade National Guitar Hero Tournament. Read more in the full article!

Want to know who has the fastest fingers in the West, er... on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PC, and PS2)?
Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies held a GHIII contest to know who can rock DragonForce's Through the Fire and Flames on expert mode. If that isn't insane enough, the winner finished the song sporting a 97 percent completion rate and a new world record. More info and a video after the jump!

Here's a quick update for those keeping their eye peeled for any updates regarding the gamer's edition of the Guinness World Records. The book's official site is announcing a worldwide Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock marathon that's being prepped for this February, in celebration of the book's 2008 Edition launch. Wondering how to join up? Read on and find out!

Not every gamer loves books, but we reckon just about anyone who can read and hold a control pad would like to scan through this one, at the very least. The Guinness Book of Records will officially unveil the Videogame Edition of the famous annual book to cater to every game trivia nut out there.

The book will launch at the London Book Fair on April 16 to 18 and is officially titled "The Guinness World Records - Videogame Edition 2008". The book will contain all the game information conceivable from record game scores, characters, game sales, record times and how much game industry insiders make in a year.

"The news that Guinness World Records has decided to produce a book devoted to games is great for both gamers and the industry. It's another boost for the profile of gaming, and I'm very much looking forward to getting started," says Games Industry editor Ellie Gibson.

Guinness has been available since 1955, offering exact and reliable information on almost every field of study known to man. In fact, the fields have grown so diverse that the Videogame Edition of Guinness is only the first of many field-specific books to come.

Sony Online Entertainment has just announced arcade classic Q*Bert will be hopping up the pyramid of gaming consoles and onto the next-gen PS3 via PlayStation Network. No, it won't be a direct port. It's going to be a brand new version that'll have a bunch of exclusive features.

These "PS3-exclusive features" still haven't been sneezed out of the Sony labs, but we're sure the gameplay would stay the same. Would the SIXAXIS be used though? New enemies perhaps (Coily must get lonely after all these years)? Will the retro sounds stay unchanged? Here's what we know though:

• it will be released on (scheduled for, at least) February 22 for US$ 4.99
• can support 720p resolution
• will have worldwide leaderboards

Ah. Leaderboards? If Doris Self (holds Guinness World Record for scoring 1,112,300 points) were to be alive today, gaming gods bless her soul, she'd be right on top of that list. Hail, Queen of Q*Bert!

Say now, do you guys smell a bunch of screenshots? Yeah, we thought so. Check them out behind the "Full Article" link below.

A bundle of joy. That's how we usually describe babies, but Francisca Ramos dos Santos didn't expect that her bundle of joy is gonna be this heavy and huge. Thirty eight-year-old Francisca recently gave birth to a 17 pound baby boy named Ademilton - the heaviest boy ever born in Brazil according to the Brazilian Gynaecological Association.

Ademilton was born by C-section last January 17 and he is Francisca and Alfedo's fifth child. Doctors are diagnosing that the reason for his unusual size was probably due to his mom's diabetes. Mrs. Santos' other kids are already in their teens and pre-teens, with the oldest already 15 years old, and all of them are of normal weight when they were delivered. She says she knew that the baby is gonna be big, but not this big.

Baby Ademilton is being given glucose solution intravenously so as he maintains a safe level of blood sugar because of his mother's illness. Aside from that, he is also receiving oxygen to take care of his breathing problems, but Rita Leal director of the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital says that "both mother and baby are doing just fine."

According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest bundle of joy even born weighed 23.12 pounds and died 11 hours after birth. Hopefully, young Ademilton won't suffer the same fate.