[EU] Stop Killing Games:
The consumer movement to stop game publishers from destroying older games with kill switches after official support ends.
The goal is to reach 1 million signatures so that the european parliament will respond to the petition that then leads to game ownership protections enacted for consumers.
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Final Day: 31/7/2025.
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Gadg8eer @lemm.ee c/UnlockedGames
A few preserved iPhone games or something (I think). These are, apparently, an archive of unsupported versions of popular games on phones, which are no longer available on the App Stores. They run inside the browser. These are NOT pirated, if media IS for sale then please support those who make games before resorting to what is legally defined as theft.
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemm.ee 
vid.northbound.online Games as a service is a fraudNorthbound's P2P video platform based on PeerTube!
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemm.ee All 27 nations listed in their percent number (10-April-2025).
This is a weekly post about how many signatures have been achieved this week for the eu petition on the stop killing games campaign to prevent game publishers from implementing kill switches into their games after official support ends.
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemm.ee 
www.polygon.com Ubisoft holds firm in The Crew lawsuit: You don’t own your video gamesUbisoft shut down The Crew in 2024
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemm.ee Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are the worst of all worlds
www.stuff.tv Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are the worst of all worlds | StuffGame cards without the actual games on them are set to multiply on the Switch 2, leaving you with a collection of games you’ll never fully own
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.today 
www.gamesradar.com Despite more than $60 million in investments, Shroud-backed FPS Spectre Divide and its dev are shutting down after the first season failed "to cover day-to-day costs"The 3v3 tactical shooter is going offline sometime in the next 30 days
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.vg Dauntless will be shutting down May 29, 2025 and will become unplayable.
store.steampowered.com Dauntless - Important Update - Steam NewsDauntless is shutting down on May 29, 2025. Dauntless will receive no additional content or updates. The game will no longer be available to play on May 29, 2025.
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 
www.techdirt.com No, Phil Spencer, Having AI Mock Up An Old Game Is Not The Same As Preserving ItWe really need to stop pointing to Artificial Intelligence as some panacea, with all the world’s problems one well-constructed AI prompt away from resolution. That’s especially true whe…
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee rollinghills @lemm.ee SKG Resources That Are On The Discord Server
For those of you not in the official Discord server, I wanted to give these public resources to you all, since these can be useful in the right hands, for spread, and for convincing others:
Common rebuttals and counter-arguments against SKG: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HasD_5PwyW2LbXvJVkoQ2IHmia7QWShsEmNziGyT_Go/edit?usp=sharing
Mass community compilation of SKG media: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vm79XuVmxvjjkcy9o_6ydqTVEvtO-Rpn
All Known Mass SKG Exposure https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PFhbkagDBN689GUSoDzn6xmlfFx2FrmF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107503515416007053732&rtpof=true&sd=true
Playlists of videos that talk about or cover Stop Killing Games or interviews about it:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLheQeINBJzWa6RmeCpWwu0KRHAidNFVTB https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLheQeINBJzWaKyqwEEuRIlnDoDMMvQ0rb
PS2 Online Games https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11MyW7y4ybao1oaYiVKbD89npKTVrQBot/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107503515416007053732&rt
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Stop Killing Games @lemm.ee RmDebArc_5 @sh.itjust.works 
podcasts.apple.com It's Time To STOP KILLING GAMES | Ross ScottPodcast Episode · Tech Over Tea · 02/21/2025 · 1h 57m
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33254419
Today we have Ross Scott the founder of the Stop Killing Games initiative on the podcast to talk about as you may expect, the Stop Killing Games initiative, how it's progressing, some criticism of the movement and more.
Tech Over Tea · 02/21/2025 · 1h 57m