UK esports organisation Radiant Esports have announced they are making a world record attempt.
They are aiming to break the record for the ‘longest video livestream’ which currently stands at 153 hours.
Radiant will be hosting a whopping 13-day livestream at House of Gamers in Birmingham.
This event will take place from Friday April 5th at 6pm to Wednesday April 17th at 8pm, which means the stream will be around 290 hours – almost double the existing record.
Radiant clarified on Twitter that various standards are required to break the world record for the longest stream. For example, one is that there are at least two representatives throughout the entire livestream taking shifts.
The livestream promises to feature a line-up of more than 40 individuals.
The current headline sponsors for the event are Florpad and X-Gamer, with discounts available when using these links and the code ‘Radiant’ at checkout.
More details will be announced soon.
Our world record breaking attempt for the longest video livestream.
?️April 5th-17th
✍️Sign up here to attend: https://t.co/7IV2ECIiBp
?Submit content ideas: https://t.co/laHRJMQYy6
Our headline sponsor will be announced soon along with the Charity we are supporting! ?? pic.twitter.com/l9Hw9Pdrlm
— Radiant Esports (@RadiantEsports) March 19, 2019
Esports News UK signs up as official partner
Esports News UK is delighted to be on board as a media partner for this exciting event.
Having partnered with events in the past such as ESI London and UK Scouting Grounds, and hosted our own 24-hour charity livestream, we always love to support ambitious and memorable activities in the UK esports scene.
What does this mean? It means we will help promote the event on social media and follow it closely, and Radiant will kindly include some Esports News UK branding at the event.
Good luck to everyone taking part and we can’t wait to see how it all goes. Let’s smash this world record!
The current headline sponsors for the event are Florpad and X-Gamer, with discounts available when using these links and the code ‘Radiant’ at checkout.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
