Much Different has managed to capture the world record with their game Man vs. Machine last Sunday as 999 players battled in the biggest first person shooter ever made. Today Guinness World Records made it official.

Man vs. Machine was developed using Unity, and is an in-browser game between two teams. Men were the strongest and had the upper hand for most of the game, and it was not until the very end that Machines were able to fight back and finally took complete control over the battlefield.

"It was amazing. We did not imagine the amount of interest that this game would generate, so the system went down shortly after we had reached the peak of 999 players," said CEO Christian Lönnholm. "Within minutes we were able to adjust it, and the battle continued for about two hours more. Almost until the end we were averaging around 980players at any given moment. It was a blast!”

"...this test met the requirements for being a first person online shooter, it exceeds the requirements and is a good example of the spirit of the world record and the competition that should generate in the industry and technology,” Derek Wise, entrusted with being the external expert observer for the event, wrote earlier today in his report to the Guinness World Records, Gamers Edition

The game's developer claims that the event proved that PikkoServer, the server and network technology used to make all of this possible, can take the strain and deliver an entirely new multiplayer experience.