In Real Life

Manila Counter-Strike Match Ends In Murder

A round of Counter-Strike at an internet cafe in the Philippines capital of Manila turned deadly on Monday, when a member of the losing team was murdered after an argument over the payment of approximately seven dollars in winnings.


April 30, 2010
In Real Life

Brother Stabs Brother Over Video Game Argument

From Chile comes another tragic tale of a sibling murdered over a video game console.


March 23, 2010
News

Accused Game Cheater Gets Knife Through Head And Survives

An argument between Counter-Strike players at a Chinese net café over suspected use of a ‘wallhack’ cheat led to a 17-year-old boy being stabbed through the head with a 0.3m knife – and living to tell the tale.


March 29, 2008
News

Team Ninja Reacts to Kanagawa Rampage

It wasn’t until Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi stepped off the plane in the States this week that he heard about the connection some in the Japanese media were trying to draw between his recently released Ninja Gaiden game and the rampage of a disenfranchised gamer at a shopping centre near Tokyo.