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Armed Robber Steals Over $192,000 Worth Of GameStop Merchandise

In Real Life

10 months ago

Armed Robber Steals Over $192,000 Worth Of GameStop Merchandise

Luke Plunkett

8

Two Pokemon GO Trainers Allegedly Threatened At Gunpoint

In Real Life

4 years ago

Two Pokemon GO Trainers Allegedly Threatened At Gunpoint

Alex Walker

10

Armed Robbers Use Pokémon Go To Find 9 Victims

In Real Life

4 years ago

Armed Robbers Use Pokémon Go To Find 9 Victims

Matt Novak

9

The new augmented reality game Pokemon GO has gotten people off the couch and into the real world. But police in O’Fallon, Missouri say that four men have used the game to find players at a specific location, and robbed them using a handgun.

Esports

6 years ago

Dota 2 Player Apparently Gets Robbed At Gunpoint While Streaming

Yannick LeJacq

1

Robbed Dota 2 Players Say Game’s Community Saved Their Lives

In Real Life

6 years ago

Robbed Dota 2 Players Say Game’s Community Saved Their Lives

Yannick LeJacq

2

Two Dota 2 players who were robbed at gunpoint in the middle of live-streaming a match of the popular competitive online multiplayer have come forward to offer their accounts of what happened.

Attempted Robbery Of Game Developer Caught On Camera

In Real Life

7 years ago

Attempted Robbery Of Game Developer Caught On Camera

Brian Ashcraft

15

Indianapolis, USA: Home Of Next-Generation Console Heists, Apparently

In Real Life

7 years ago

Indianapolis, USA: Home Of Next-Generation Console Heists, Apparently

Owen Good

4

Heist Nabs 58 Xbox Ones More Than A Week Before Launch

In Real Life

7 years ago

Heist Nabs 58 Xbox Ones More Than A Week Before Launch

Owen Good

4

The PlayStation 4 had two day-one robberies in the same city, but the clear winner in next-generation crime has to be the Xbox One. Fifty-eight of the consoles were stolen — and stolen a week ago — in Memphis, Tennessee, where one unlucky customer has just been arrested.