Chinese Legend of Mir 3 Gamer Sentenced to Life

Jun 9 2005, 10:41am EST | by Luigi Lugmayr

A online gamer in China has killed a fellow gamer because he sold a virtual sword from the Legend of Mir 3 game that belonged to the killer.

Virtual game worlds more and more intertwine with reality. Selling virtual characters or game property in the real world is growing. Looks like also criminal activity around virtual things starts to grow.
More details on BBC News (Thanks Yizhi S.). Legend of Mir 2 and 3 have in Asia more than 1,000,000 concurrent users.

More details about Legend of Mir on the offical site.

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