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Gamers queuing up for midnight launch of GTA 5 robbed by armed crooks 

Armed robbers have targeted a GameStop store in Texas along with the group of customers camping outside for the midnight release of GTA 5.

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ABC is reporting that a group of armed robbers robbed a GameStop in Houston, Texas, where gamers were queuing up for the midnight launch of GTA 5 on new-gen consoles.

The hooded crooks used a taser on one customer, robbed everyone of their cash and cell phones and took some cash from the store's register.

Thankfully, no one got hurt.

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