The “Stop Killing Games” movement proposes a law in the European Union so that games do not stop having support

The idea is to force developers to maintain certain services forever or propose viable alternatives.

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The dispute over the ownership rights of a video game has already reached absurd levels, as my colleague José told you a few days ago about the terms and conditions presented by Ubisoft in some deliveries. Fortunately, movements like Stop Killing Games are starting to emerge that seek to balance the scales for the players’ side.

The group has asked EU lawmakers to create a law that prevents games from shutting down servers if they don’t offer an offline alternative, something that happened with titles like Concord, The Crew, and MultiVersus, for example.

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The petition had, at the time of writing, 1,200,000 signatures and generated a response from the group that brings together developers and publishers in the region, Video Games Europe. In the statement, the group highlights that when these server shutdowns occur, users are informed well in advance and it is done because the titles are no longer commercially viable. The letter also emphasizes that allowing the creation of private servers would not be viable as it would put players’ data at risk.

Will it be possible to advance towards a fairer legislation in Europe and other parts of the world? The answer at this time is uncertain, but at least there are already groups that are starting to turn complaints into something tangible.