A closer look at “How gamers lost £400,000 fighting a huge virtual space war | BBC News”, exactly as the source publishes it. 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. 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 The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.