Advance Wars Fan Killed In Gaming Grudge

20-year-old gamer Matthew Pyke, and avid Advance Wars fan, was found dead in his Nottingham apartment last Friday.  Pyke and his girlfriend, Joanna Witton, were both fans of the Nintendo game, and ran a strategy-based website.

Witton found Pyke’s lifeless body stabbed in their home.  There were no signs of forced entry, but days after his body was found, a German gamer calling himself David Heiss sent a message to Mr Pyke’s girlfriend apologising for “having caused so much trouble lately”.

“One anonymous poster on the site forum suggested that other members may have known who was behind the killing. “We may know a lot of what was going on prior to the killing, but I, for one, am not going to say any more,” he said.

At 10.32pm on Tuesday Mr Heiss, from Limburg an der Lahn, near Frankfurt am Main, posted a message on Ms Witton’s Facebook page. “I will pray for you. You must be suffering unbelievable pain,” he wrote. “I’m sorry for having caused so much trouble lately. I hope you won’t lose all your hope. We will be there for you.””

Makes me wonder if there were ever psychos out there in online gaming plotting revenge after I pwned them.

Source: Gamer arrested over computer link to knife murder of Matthew Pyke

September 28, 2008 at 12:14 pm | Misc, Nintendo | No Comments