After years in his little brother's shadow, a young Tetris pro has emerged to obliterate the game's world record score

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One of those players goes by the name PixelAndy.

Until, suddenly, a player named EricICX managed it with 3.7 million.

So what makes PixelAndy’s new record so impressive?

Well, he didn’t just break the old record - heobliteratedit.

Remember, the world record scores had been in the 6 million range for years.

Over the course of the run, PixelAndy became the first player to reach 7 million points.

Then the first player to reach 8 million points.

But now the Tetris community is already reaching for further horizons.

NES Tetris will turn 35 this year, but the scene around the game has never been hotter.

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