The man accused of killing at least 93 people in Norway described the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as "part of my training-simulation" in his 1500-page manifesto published online just before the massacre.
The development has led the Australian Christian Lobby to call for games to be banned if the "violence is excessive or gratuitous", while the games industry argues that singling out a video game does little to understand the greater tragedy.
Rampage ... Anders Behring Breivik in costumes. Photo: Reuters
Anders Behring Breivik, 32, described himself as a righteous crusader on a mission to save European "Christendom" from a tide of Islam. He wrote that Modern Warfare 2 was ideal for target practice and training.
The link between the violent video game and the attacks comes just days after Australia's censorship ministers agreed to create an R18+ rating for video games.
A recent government-commissioned review of research into whether video games cause real-world aggression found the results were "inconclusive" although there was some evidence of short-term effects
The controversial mission from Modern Warfare 2 in which players slaughter civilians in an airport.more
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