Man stabbed over GTA V

[RyRy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24127999

Man stabbed and robbed in London of Grand Theft Auto game

A man was hit with a brick and stabbed before being robbed of the much awaited Grand Theft Auto V video game in north London.

The 23-year-old was returning home from shopping when he was attacked in Colindale at 01:20 BST, police said.

The video game by RockStar Games was officially launched at midnight.

The victim, who is in a stable condition in hospital, was also robbed of a watch and a mobile.

No-one has been arrested over the attack and police have appealed for information.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: "The victim had been shopping and was on his way home when he was hit with a brick.
"He was then stabbed and robbed."

Grand Theft Auto V was launched in stores across the UK at midnight, with long queues forming outside gaming shops.

Experts believe Rockstar Games could sell 25 million copies, generating £1bn during its first year on sale.

I know it's horrible to say it, but the irony of getting stabbed & robbed after buying a game like GTA 5 is pretty bad.

It's like buying Call of Duty and then being shot the next day whilst you're boarding a plane. BAD TASTE? YOLO.

[Gina]

hit with a brick omg
people really want that game
but aw thats awful

[karter]

it's like getting a surprise woohoo after buying the sims

[MKR&*42]

Yeah heard this on news earlier, it's ridiculous how far people are going for a game lol.

[lemons]

knew something like this would happen

[Succubus]

that's insane, jfc. surprising how far people go for things nowadays.

[wixard]

things like this make me so sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the poor guy was prob so excited, went to the midnight release queued up for ages
THEN GETS STABBED AND HASNT EVEN PLAYED AND BY THE TIME HE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
IT WILL ALL BE SOLD OUT AND HE WONT EVEN AHVE IT OR MAYBE HAVE LIMITED MOVEMENT IN HIS ARMS/HANDS/THUMBS

[Absently]

wow that is actually so crazy... poor guy.

[David]

stop reading when i read it was in london
who else isn't surprised

[j0rd]

May just be a coincidence that he got mugged while having GTA and actually no connection to doing it for the game