Guinness World Records 2018

BEST-SELLING SUPERHERO VIDEOGAME

LEGO® Batman: The Videogame

(Traveller’s Tales,

2 008)

had sold 13.45^ million copies across all platforms as of

17 Mar 2017, according to VGChartz. This also makes it

the

best-selling Batman videogame

and the best-selling

videogame based on a DC Comics character

. The first

Traveller’s Tales LEGO game with an original storyline,

it pitted Batman against gangs of super-villains led by

Penguin, Joker and the Riddler. Two sequels followed:

DC^ Super Heroes

(2012) and Beyond Gotham

(2014).

MOST PROLIFIC

VIDEOGAME

SUPERHERO

From his 1982^ debut

Spider-Man on the Atari

2600 to Gameloft’s

endless runner S p i d e r-

Man Unlimited (2014),

Marvel’s Spider-Man had

headlined 37^ videogames

across 32^ formats as of

8 Feb^2 017. The web-

slinger has also appeared

in almost 20^ “non-solo”

titles, such as Marvel

Super Hero Squad

(2009)

and even as a boss battle

in the 1989^ ninja title

The^ Revenge of Shinobi

.

MOST COMIC-BOOK CHARACTERS

IN A VIDEOGAME

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure

(5th^ Cell,

2013) features 1,718 characters from the DC Universe,

including superheroes, super-villains and normal humans

such as Lois Lane and Alfred Pennyworth.

Scribblenauts^

allows players to jot down their favourite characters in

Max’s^ notebook and summon them into the game world.

Lowest-rated
superhero videogame
Voted “Worst Game Ever”
by GameTrailers.com and
“Worst Comic Book Game
of All Time” by GameSpy,
Superman: The New
Superman Adventures
(Titus Software, 1999)
for the Nintendo 64
was critical Kryptonite.
As of 13 Feb 2017, it had
a GameRankings rating
of just 2 2.9%.
The most critically
acclaimed superhero
videogame was
Batman: Arkham City
(Rocksteady, 2011) for
the PlayStation 3 , which
boasted a GameRankings
rating of 95.94%.

Fastest completion of
Batman: Arkham City
“DarkAtrax” (CAN)
completed Rocksteady’s
action-adventure on the
PC in 1 hr 21 min 31 sec on
22 Dec 2016. “DarkAtrax”
finished the game on the
“Easy” setting without
using Catwoman, a playable
character who extends the
run. Speedrun.com verified
the record on 24 Dec 2016.

Fastest completion

of LEGO Marvel

Super Heroes

Playing on the Xbox,

“Shadowsmith97” (USA)

completed the 2013 action-

adventure in 4 hr 40 min

4 sec on 21 Nov 2015, more

than 20 min faster than the

second-quickest time. The

same player also achieved

the fastest time for the

game in co-op mode – 3 hr

57 min 29 sec – playing

alongside “xKingofCTownx”.

Most voice-acting

appearances in

superhero videogames

Veteran voice actor Fred

Tatasciore (USA) had

performed in 53 separate

superhero releases as of

23 Mar 2017. He specializes

in heavyweight heroes

and villains such as The

Hulk, Bane, The Thing

and Dr Doom. His credits

include LEGO Marvel’s

Avengers, Viewtiful Joe 2

and multiple Spider-Man

and X-Men titles.

Most videogame

performances as

a single superhero

Steve Blum (USA) first

starred as Marvel’s

Wolverine in Activision’s

action-RPG X-Men Legends

in 2004. As of 8 Feb 2017,

Blum had portrayed the

gravel-voiced antihero

15 times in all.

Most videogame

performances as a single

superhero (female)

DC Comics’ Harley Quinn

(aka Harleen Quinzel) is

a villainess who often

features in Batman and

Superman storylines.

Tara Strong (CAN) had

voiced her in 10 games

as of 8 Feb 2017.

With his

LEGO and

Arkham (inset)

titles, Batman

has amassed total

videogame sales

of 55.44^

million,

according to

VGChartz.

GUINNESS

WORLD RECORDS

GAMER’S EDITION 2018

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