A Nanaimo gamer will play a marathon session of Call of Duty in his pursuit to smash numerous Guinness world records in video gaming.

Beginning Aug. 15, Kory Breaden will be playing Call of Duty Warzone battle royale on his PlayStation 5. He will be competing against 149 other gamers in last-player-standing tournaments.

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Breaden is being sponsored by the Duel Screens podcast, and his pursuit will be streamed on the podcasterssa国际传媒� Twitch channel from Aug. 15-21, and maybe beyond, he said.

As the effort will be broadcast over the internet, people will be watching to make sure Breaden stays awake.

Breaden said he conceived the idea during the pandemic.

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In an e-mail, Guinness World Records confirmed it has received an application for the Guinness World Records title and attempt for the longest video game marathon in that game genre. Its standard application review process can take up to 12-15 weeks and once received and reviewed, Guinnesssa国际传媒� records management team will confirm success or failure of the record attempt.

Breadensa国际传媒檚 record pursuit can be viewed at .

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