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"The conversation needs to shift to consumer rights": Amid PlayStation's physical shutdown, analyst clarifies viral remarks about nobody missing disc drives

"This isn't me saying 'Wow I love Sony and they are great for doing this'"

GamesRadar

'The average person expects something marketed as a physical copy of something to be physical': Stop Killing Games on PlayStation killing discs

We spoke with Stop Killing Games to get their take on Sony's announcement that it will no longer produce discs for new games starting in 2028.

Tom’s Guide

Former Call of Duty frontman launches new studio with a 'Stop Killing Games'-style mission statement: If the game bombs, it goes open source

After the disastrous end of Midnight Society, Robert Bowling is back to try again.

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Game preservation expert says stop killing games if you don't want piracy, because companies like PlayStation and Rockstar "refuse to offer a meaningful alternative"

GTA 6 is only the tip of the iceberg

GamesRadar

PlayStation is officially killing physical discs — here's when they disappear and what that means for you

Sony is officially ending physical disc versions of brand-new games starting in January 2028. Here's why the company has decided to make this decision.

Tom’s Guide

Are Minecraft community servers illegal? The ESA brands them piracy, pushing back against the Stop Killing Games movement

The ESA has sparked controversy after describing community-run Minecraft servers as "illegal" during a California hearing on the Protect Our Games Act. The comments have reignited debate over game preservation, player-run servers, and Microsoft's approach to community-hosted Minecraft experiences.

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Private Minecraft servers are "illegal," game industry lobbyists declare as another Stop Killing Games effort is struck down in California

"Publishers reserve the right to exercise their rights against them"

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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

GamesRadar

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.

Player One

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.

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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."

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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.

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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

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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"

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

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

GamesRadar

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"

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

Another big moment for the grassroots movement!

GamesRadar

"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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