A Nanaimo man who played a video game for 145 hours has unofficially broken a world record.

Kory Breaden began playing Call of Duty: Warzonesa国际传媒檚 battle royale mode beginning Aug. 15 and kept playing till Aug. 21, which he is confident is good enough for Guinness World Recordssa国际传媒� category for longest video game marathon for that genre of game.

In addition to battling other players in the last-player-standing tournaments, Breaden said he battled fatigue. There was little fanfare when the record was broken because he was so exhausted, he said.

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Breaden said he slept for 18 hours straight after the marathon.

In an e-mail, Guinness World Records said it was unable to provide a comment on the attempt, but did say applicants must adhere to specific criteria, including evidence that must be submitted after the attempt. The standard application review process can take between 12-15 weeks, it said, and once received, its records management team will then confirm success or failure.

Breaden said he is trying to assist Guinness as best he can, but it is difficult in light of COVID-19 as Guinness isnsa国际传媒檛 currently accepting physical submissions of footage.

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As to whether he will play Call of Duty again any time soon, Breaden said he will put the game down for a while.

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The current record holder is Daniel Bergman from Winnipeg, said Guinness World Records. Bergman played Super Smash Bros. for 57 hours in August 2016.

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