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UNCOVERED: Stop killing games - The Untold Story

Stop Killing Games says 'the fight goes on' after European Commission rejects proposed rule changes: 'We're much more than just this single petition'

The outcome is disappointing but not terribly surprising.

PC Gamer

‘They kill games, we fight back’: the activists campaigning to keep video games playable

When a company decided to shut down an online game’s servers, there wasn’t much the players who had bought that title could do – until a group called Stop Killing Games began lobbying for new consumer protection laws

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"The timing is impossible to ignore": Stop Killing Games says Ubisoft attended "invitation-only" meeting with EU Commission ahead of response to campaign sparked by The Crew shutdown, but it "was not invited"

There are just thirteen days to go

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Protect Our Games Act Bill Officially Passes California's State Assembly

California's state assembly votes favorably of the Protect Our Games Act that Stop Killing Games helped move forward.

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The Stop Killing Games movement hits another major milestone as a game preservation bill passes California State Assembly vote

The bill now moves on to the California State Senate.

PC Gamer

Industry lobbyists ridicule "false premise" that "consumers 'own' digital games" amid Stop Killing Games fight

The Entertainment Software Association thinks it's pretty obvious that you own nothing its members produce

GamesRadar

Game industry lobby group that argued against preservation efforts from libraries is now pushing back on Stop Killing Games, saying it could prevent 'new games, features, and technology'

Your occasional reminder that the Entertainment Software Association is not your friend.

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The video games industry wants to keep killing games, actually

Games industry, please stop killing yourself.

Destructoid

Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse

"Even targeted age restrictions of specific features could mean that all users are required to complete intrusive age assurance processes".

PC Gamer

Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively'

"The momentum is real."

PC Gamer

French consumer advocacy group sues Ubisoft for taking The Crew offline, almost two years since Stop Killing Games first protested it

It has the chance to singlehandedly improve consumer rights across the board.

Destructoid

Ubisoft sued again over The Crew shutdown, this time by French consumer group backed by Stop Killing Games alleging misleading ownership rules

Ubisoft was first sued for The Crew's closure in 2024

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games optimism is at an all-time high as 2 official organizations are established to take part in "long-term counter lobbying": "We're going to win this"

"I did not see that coming"

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US: 'We're not just going away on this'

This whole thing is becoming a much bigger deal than anyone expected.

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Anthem fan server project, which started "out of little more than spite for EA and Bioware," isn't making much progress

An engine can't run only on spite

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After 2 years of campaigning, Stop Killing Games will get its final answer by July as European Commission details its "public hearing" and decision timeline

"The Commission will meet the organisers to discuss the initiative in detail in the coming weeks"

Operation Sports

Stop Killing Games Reaches EU Signature Threshold, Prepares Official Submission Next Month

Another big moment for the grassroots movement!

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"We have cleared the requirement": Stop Killing Games' EU initiative has almost 1.3 million verified signatures, clearing it for the next phase that's expected to take place next month

The signatures can be submitted to the European Commission

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Final count for Stop Killing Games petition verifies 1.3 million of its 1.4 million signatures, well above the minimum to be formally considered by EU politicians

They threw out all of Sideshow Bob's votes from the pet cemetery.

GamesRadar

GOG director wants to help multiplayer games like Anthem "live forever" too, but fears increased regulation might lead to "fewer cool games for gamers": "I don't have the perfect answer yet"

"It's good that the discussion is taking place"

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games says Anthem's scrapped plans for local servers is what the initiative is all about: "You as the customer should have the final say as to when you're done with a game"

"If you put money into the game, you should have a voice on whether you get to keep it or not"

PC Gamer

Only 3% of Stop Killing Games' EU initiative signees have failed verification so far—which is a great sign it'll progress to the European Commission

689,035/1,448,270 signatures have been verified.

Operation Sports

EU Petition to Prevent Game Shutdowns Surpasses Verification Threshold

Another big step for video game preservation.

GamesRadar

As Ubisoft makes The Crew 2 playable offline, Stop Killing Games lead takes a moment to celebrate: "This is due to pressure from Stop Killing Games early on"

Back when the offline mode was announced, the lead said "I never thought it would happen before some sort of ruling from one of the consumer protection agencies"

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games' EU hearing is seemingly "all but guaranteed" as verification shows "around 97% of signatures being valid": "It looks like my worrying in July was for nothing"

The EU petition will soon enter "the legislative phase — where the Commission and Parliament must decide how to respond"

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