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The Latest Breaking News from Stop Killing Games

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.

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EU Petition to Prevent Game Shutdowns Surpasses Verification Threshold

Another big step for video game preservation.

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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"

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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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Randy Pitchford shares thoughts on the Stop Killing Games campaign, gets very existential: 'It's so sobering to think about the fact that everything will end. Not just us, but literally everything, and I kind of hate that'

"I hate the fact that someday, the people that I care about aren't going to be here, and someday I'm not going to be here."

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says Stop Killing Games "comes from the same heart that I have" and is "a metaphor, I think, for life" in the face of the inevitable heat death of the universe

Coincidentally, Gearbox's failed live-service shooter Battleborn "was about the last star that would exist" before the end of all life

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After Ubisoft's shutdown of The Crew spawned the Stop Killing Games movement, a group of fans are finally ready to release a server emulator to keep the racer alive: "No one will ever be able to take this away from you now"

"Your local server, your local savegames, your game"

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"Stop Killing Games has actually changed the timeline": As EU petition comes to successful close, founder says "unending overtime" has him ready to "take a break for the next 10 years," but he's sticking around until it's done

"You know that life-draining machine from The Princess Bride? Yeah, I feel like I might have had a round or two on that"

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Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader dev Owlcat comes out swinging in support of Stop Killing Games: 'Every player deserves lasting access to what they’ve paid for'

Which, in fairness, is pretty easy for an old-school CRPG dev to say.

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Pathfinder and Warhammer CRPG studio declares support for Stop Killing Games: "Every player deserves lasting access to what they've paid for"

We're closing in on the final days of Stop Killing Games' EU petition with 1.4 million signatures in tow

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'There's a strong desire on our side to make sure that our games are preserved': Obsidian promises your Grounded 1 save files won't be compost after Grounded 2 comes out

It's "no commentary on the Stop Killing Games stuff", though.

PC Gamer

Stop Killing Games is facing a complaint in the EU that uses nonsense logic to accuse the movement's founder of failing to disclose financial contributions he never made: 'It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you'

I don't think that's how any of this works.

PC Gamer

Stop Killing Games accused of "systematic concealment" of financial contributions because its figurehead spent too many hours volunteering to promote the campaign

"We've been doing this by the book, guys"

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games' EU initiative hits 1.4 million signatures—and if at least 1 million are valid, it's off to the European Commission

Hot dog, they've only gone and done it.

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Ubisoft CEO responds to the Stop Killing Games petition, stating the publisher is 'working on' improving its approach to end-of-life support, but that 'nothing is eternal'

"Obviously support for all games cannot last forever."

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Ubisoft CEO addresses Stop Killing Games after overseeing the deaths of The Crew and XDefiant: "Support for all games cannot last forever"

"Clearly this is a far-reaching issue, and we're working on it"

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Prominent European politician agrees that "a game, once sold, belongs to the customer, not the company" as Stop Killing Games faces resistance from European publishing group saying its demands aren't "proportionate"

Nicolae Ștefănuță says he will "continue to help" those behind Stop Killing Games

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'A game, once sold, belongs to the customer': Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games

Nicolae Ștefănuță, a Vice President of the EU Parliament, signed the Stop Killing Games petition.

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Destructoid

If gaming publishing lobbyists are rallying against Stop Killing Games, then it must be doing something right

The lobbyists' reaction to SKG proves its merit.

Destructoid

Stop Killing Games has crossed its threshold—but can it really make a dent in the AAA industry?

The European Citizen's Initiative has made tremendous strides, but trouble keeps brewing.

Windows Central

The big "Stop Killing Games" petition just hit 1 million signatures — in partial thanks to one dev who tried to kill it

#StopKillingGames completed its goal despite one prominent developer opposing the movement.

PC Gamer

Stop Killing Games surges past its goals, but a possible signature spoofing campaign could cause trouble: 'This is not a Change.org petition. This is a government process'

Initiative founder Ross Scott says he's "in a complete fog" about how many signatures the Stop Killing Games petitions really have.

GamesRadar

Stop Killing Games reaches its 1 million signature goal after a desperate month where it seemed doomed to fail, but it's looking for more because "there's a chance a significant number of them aren't real"

"We have to keep signing in overdrive mode to make up for them!"

International Business Times UK

What Is The 'Stop Killing Games' Movement And Why Is PewDiePie Endorsing It?

A new movement advocating for digital game ownership has been endorsed by PewDiePie, giving it the traction it needs to be taken seriously by EU and UK governments.

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The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'

"Companies just started taking away your purchases, nobody stopped them, and it slowly got normalised."

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