The Stop Killing Games campaign has officially announced the final tally of signatures for its European Citizens’ Initiative, and the numbers are impressive. Out of nearly 1.5 million submissions, the European Union verified just under 1.3 million as legitimate. This comfortably surpasses the one million signature threshold needed to push EU policymakers into addressing the growing problem of online-only games becoming unplayable after their servers shut down.
The petition, called Stop Destroying Videogames, focuses on the troubling trend of game developers pulling the plug on servers, effectively erasing entire games from player access. With this verified backing, the campaign now has the political weight required to seek regulatory scrutiny on these closures. It’s a sign that players are growing increasingly frustrated with the fleeting nature of digital game preservation, and it puts the spotlight on the need for stronger protections to keep online games alive for the communities that still want to play them.
Source: rockpapershotgun.com
