A 13-year old Tetris player named Willis Gibson, or "Blue Scuti" online, has officially beaten the game, a feat previously only accomplished through hacking the software or using AI.
Tetris is one of the most well-known and beloved video games in the world, and has even been the subject of a feature film. Until recently, though, even the best players in the world could only outlast other players, not beat the game itself by achieving what is known as a "true killscreen" beyond which the game cannot advance due to glitches or limits in the game's code.
Until now.
Watch aGameScout break down how it happened and why it's such a big deal: