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To celebrate the launch of the Guinness World Records: Gamers Edition 2008, the first ever Guinness World Records book dedicated to gaming, Guinness is hosting a huge arcade gaming event at Barcade in Brooklyn, NY on April 10, 2008. The event invites all and sundry to prove their arcade gaming mettle for a chance to rewrite the record books.

All gamers 21 and older (bring your ID) can try their luck at breaking five different records…

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Microsoft has announced this week’s new releases on Xbox Live Arcade and, rather than going retro, we’ll have two fresh new titles available for download this Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 2 a.m. (Pacific time). Futuristic hover board racer Street Trace: NYC will be available for 800 Microsoft points ($10) and trippy shooter Space Giraffe is apparently set to go for 400 points ($5).

Street Trace: NYC is sort of like DC hover board racer Trickstyle meets Wipeout. The game features six areas to race around (all based in New York City, hence the title), seven game types, and plenty of weapons to pick up and bash opponents with.

Space Giraffe is a Tempest-esque shooter made by Jeff Minter (conveniently enough, creator of Tempest 2000). Gamers who cough up the 5 bucks are in for 100 spazzy levels of day-glow goodness, and a mystery mode that unlocks upon beating every stage. Both titles are expected to feature leaderboards and achievements.

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Samsung has invited press to a special one-day event 2-6 p.m. on May 31, 2007, at the Samsung Experience store in Manhattan. Labeled the Samsung Pro-Gaming Clinic, this press-only event will be an opportunity for media to meet with pro gamers before they compete in the World Cyber Games US Open on June 2-3, 2007 (also at the Samsung Experience in NYC).

Samsung promises to make a few “special announcements” at the event. We’ll let you know what those announcements are as soon as we can.

Here’s the digital invite media received:

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