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Stop Killing Games – Let’s Take Action for Game Preservation!

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Hey everyone,

I wanted to share something really important that could affect all of us who care about video games.

Stop Killing Games is a consumer movement fighting against a harmful industry practice: publishers making games completely unplayable once they end support, even if you paid for them. This is essentially a form of planned obsolescence, making game preservation nearly impossible.

The movement has already escalated the issue to government agencies in countries like France, Germany, and Australia. Now there's a significant opportunity to create real change through the European Citizens' Initiative — but it needs a massive number of signatures from EU citizens to succeed.

If you’re an EU citizen:
👉 Sign the initiative and help protect the right to keep and play the games you’ve bought!

As of now, over 835,000 EU citizens have signed — but we need 1 million signatures by July 31, 2025, to compel the European Commission to act. If you're based in the UK, there’s also a UK Parliament petition open until July 14, 2025, with a goal of 100,000 signatures.

These next few weeks are critical. If the thresholds are reached, we could finally see the establishment of fundamental legal protections for digital game ownership and preservation.

So if you're eligible, please sign — and if you're not, help spread the word! Let’s make sure our games don’t just disappear!

Thank you for posting this Teo, I will share with my network!

Love your profile pic btw!!

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5 hours ago, Zachery said:

Thank you for posting this Teo, I will share with my network!

Love your profile pic btw!!

Thank you so much, Zac! 🐉

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