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Submitted by Candlestickmaker 1016d ago | news

German gamer murders fellow Advance Wars enthusiast

A German cyber gamer flew from all the way from Germany to the UK to kill the owner of an online forum, after becoming obsessed with the man's girlfriend.

David Heiss, 21, from Germany, killed Matthew Pyke last September by stabbing him 86 times in a "savage and sustained attack," Nottingham Crown Court was told.

Heiss was one of 40 members of the website Pyke ran: Warscentral.com, a site for enthusiasts of the game Advance Wars. Pyke went by the name Shade, on the site. (Advance Wars: Dark Conflict, advance wars: days of ruin, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Culture, Industry, Nintendo DS)

Update Images of the girlfriend have now surfaced, for the first time. The article has been updated with these images.

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