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We appreciate the passion of our community; however, the decision to discontinue online services is multi-faceted, never taken lightly and must be an option for companies when an online experience is no longer commercially viable. We understand that it can be disappointing for players but, when it does happen, the industry ensures that players are given fair notice of the prospective changes in compliance with local consumer protection laws.

Private servers are not always a viable alternative option for players as the protections we put in place to secure players’ data, remove illegal content, and combat unsafe community content would not exist and would leave rights holders liable. In addition, many titles are designed from the ground-up to be online-only; in effect, these proposals would curtail developer choice by making these video games prohibitively expensive to create.

We welcome the opportunity to discuss our position with policy makers and those who have led the European Citizens Initiative in the coming months.

https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/

Context: Video Games Europe is Europe's largest lobbying association for the video games industry. Its members include Activision/Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Sega, Epic Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Take2, Ubisoft, and more.

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Just days after joining Game Pass, the Xbox PC edition of Call of Duty: WW2 is taken offline for "an issue" (www.windowscentral.com)

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Perfect Dark Remake 2024 Demo Was a Playable Vertical Slice (www.dsogaming.com)

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Microsoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them all (www.polygon.com)

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EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to have 100 million players, three times more than the series' best seller (www.eurogamer.net)

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Dune Awakening lead says his “heart goes out” for Elder Scrolls Online devs after Microsoft lay-offs scrap their next MMO as cancelled projects make devs “feel like you spent your time poorly” (www.videogamer.com)

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Forza Motorsport "is no more", claims former Turn 10 employee, following Microsoft cuts (www.eurogamer.net)

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“Definitely Not”: Helldivers 2 Devs Confirm It Won’t Ever Come To Xbox Game Pass (www.thegamer.com)

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Joanna Dark actor asks fans to call for Perfect Dark to be saved, as Adam Jensen's actor details financial loss due to cancellation (www.eurogamer.net)

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Why Microsoft's enshittification of Xbox, Surface, and even Windows itself — are all by design (www.windowscentral.com)

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CWA Statement on Layoffs at Microsoft (cwa-union.org)

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Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To ‘Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss’ (aftermath.site)

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Insider Gaming: Ex Turn 10 employee claims Forza Motorsport series is cancelled (insider-gaming.com)

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“A former employee at Turn 10 has revealed that the Forza Motorsport series is canceled, with the studio now becoming effectively a support studio for Forza [Horizon].”

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OpenMW 0.49.0 Released! (openmw.org)

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Aniplex, JOYCITY, and Capcom announce Resident Evil: Survival Unit for iOS, Android (www.gematsu.com)

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Open-world ‘Resident Evil’ game was scrapped: “It wasn’t what fans wanted” (www.nme.com)

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In Development - Multiplayer Showcase - Teardown (youtu.be)

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Hideo Kojima's "OD" is still in development with Xbox, at least for today (www.windowscentral.com)

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Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition - Gameplay Trailer (www.youtube.com)

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Xbox Execs Reportedly Raved About ‘Blade Runner Meets Destiny 2’ Loot Shooter Before Canceling It (kotaku.com)

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A Shelved 2003 ‘Animaniacs’ Video Game Is Now Playable After Resurfacing Online (www.cartoonbrew.com)

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Didn't see this news shared yet on the subreddit so I thought I would pass it along for any Animaniacs fans!

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Accursed Farms - Big update on Stop Killing Games! (www.youtube.com)

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Anthem Game Update: After careful consideration, we will be sunsetting Anthem on January 12, 2026 (www.ea.com)

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