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Stop Killing Games Fails in Europe After 2 Years of Campaigning

The European Commission delivers its final decision on whether publishers can legally pull the plug on older digital games.

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A campaign launched in response to video games going permanently offline after players have purchased them has failed to gain official backing by the European Commission.

The EU Will Not Mandate Companies to Keep Games Playable

The ‘Stop Killing Games’ and ‘Stop Destroying Games’ initiative was launched in response to games like Ubisoft’s The Crew becoming fully unplayable after the developer decided to pull the plug on support for the title.

Some consumers feel this is unfair to players who have paid for the title and that developers and publishers should be required to keep some version of titles playable, even if ongoing maintenance and new........

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