Robbery

News

GameStop Robber Leaves Shoe Behind, Gets 12 Years In Prison

8:40AM October 19, 2011 | Brian Crecente

A Washington DC man who robbed a Gamestop in 2008 for nearly $US7500, but left the store one shoe light, was sentenced to a dozen years in prison today. More »


News

Robbed GameStop Store Employee Threatened With Blasting

7:20AM July 20, 2011 | Mike Fahey

You’re in the GameStop, you’ve got your gun at the ready, you’ve cleared the cash register area of children, and now you’re ready to make your demand. “Give me the money!” Good! Now follow it up with a threat! “…or I’ll blast you!” Wait, what? More »


News

Gun-Toting, Serial-Robber Stalks Florida Game Stores

5:40AM July 7, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Pembroke Pines police are on the lookout for an armed woman who robbed three GameStops in the past three days, firing shots during the last robbery. More »


PC

Payday: The Heist Will Bring Team-Based Bank Robbery To PSN

6:20AM June 4, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Gamers work well in teams. We’ve slaughtered zombies, repelled rebels, routed RED (or BLU) – all with the help of our friends. Now we get to rob banks. More »


Nintendo

It Really Is Time For The Wii 2, According To The People Who Robbed Me This Weekend

7:20AM April 26, 2011 | Mike Fahey

There may be no clear winner in this generation’s console wars, but there is definitely a clear loser, at least according to the people that broke into my apartment this weekend and stole every piece of electronic equipment they could get their hands on. More »


News

The Girl At The Video Game Store Might Be There To Rob It

4:30AM March 9, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Just because she’s a female shopping by herself in at a major video game retailer doesn’t mean she’s shopping for her boyfriend. This is the 21st century. She might also be there to rob the place. More »


In Real Life

One Does Not Simply Tunnel Into GameStop

4:20AM January 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

One does not tunnel into GameStop, unless of course they plan on robbing the place blind. Then you just need to prepare to be charged with felony burglary, just like Steven Paul Archer of Chuckey, Tennessee. More »


News

Armed Robbers Snatch 100 Copies Of Black Ops In GameStop Heist

11:30AM November 8, 2010 | Owen Good

Two guys with semiautomatic firearms were hellbent on breaking street for Call of Duty: Black Ops, sticking up a Baltimore-area GameStop and looting it of 100 copies of the game, due out Tuesday. More »


In Real Life

GameStop Robber Gets 40 Years, 38 With Edge Card

11:30AM August 19, 2010 | Owen Good

Gregory Reaux, 29, will be 69 when he gets out of the pen for robbing six GameStops in Louisiana with a boxcutter and a cutoff sleeve as a mask. More »


In Real Life

Heist Nets 100 Copies Of Modern Warfare 2

12:00PM November 15, 2009 | Owen Good

Conflict currency — it’s not cash, but goods or valuables that are small, easily liquidated, easily smuggled. Diamonds are the classic example. We might have to add Modern Warfare 2 to the list after what just went down in Pennsylvania. More »