World of Warcraft (WOW) - Blizzard Entertainment

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  World of Warcraft online funeral held

  A female player with the nickname Snowly died after playing WoW for several days during a national holiday in preparation for a difficult stretch of the game.
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  Parents sue over WoW death

  Chinese couple suing Blizzard after their son re-enacting a scene from the game by jumping to his death.
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  Couple's online gaming causes infant's death

  Couple left 4 month old daughter at home to play World of Warcraft at a nearby internet cafe.

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Starcraft - Blizzard Entertainment

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  South Korean dies after games session

  A South Korean man has died after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks.

Lineage II - NCsoft

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  Video game rivalry ends with real life murder
  

  Moscow man was murdered after a real life confrontation between two rival Lineage II guilds.

EverQuest - Sony

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  Death of a game addict

  Hudson man took own life after long hours on Web

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) - Rockstar Games

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  Game blamed for murder, $100 million lawsuit likely

  2 kids decided to act out Grand Theft Auto and started firing on vehicles driving on a Tennessee freeway.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Activision

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  Police don't suspect foul play after body believed to be Brandon Crisp found

  On Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 13, Brandon Crisp ran away from home when his parents took away his Xbox game console. He was addicted to playing an online game called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Unfortunately his body was founded weeks later and the cause of death was chest injuries caused by falling off a tree.

Deaths related to gaming

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  Coulby Newham teenager died playing game

  Teen playing with his Microsoft xBox in bedroom was founded dead the next day.