How gamers lost £400,000 fighting a huge virtual space war
James Cunningham hadn't slept. He'd been up all night "fighting for his life". The 27-year-old from Ware in Hertfordshire was trying to save a virtual
James Cunningham hadn't slept. He'd been up all night "fighting for his life". The 27-year-old from Ware in Hertfordshire was trying to save a virtual empire from the brink of destruction - using a keyboard and mouse.
James says he "didn't expect everything to go wrong", recalling the explosive conflict that broke out in June 2025. "But it did." He'd spent thousands
of hours - up to 16 a day - and roughly £6,000 playing EVE Online, a role-playing game played by tens of thousands of people
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