Europeans can save gaming!
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Europeans can save videogames from being destroyed! The European Citizens' Initiative has just launched and represents the biggest and most ambitious chance...

It’s available as an official European Citizens’ Initiative Proposal.

Deadline: 31/07/2025

Corresponding video by Ross

Edit: Swapped the links to direct straight to the initiative page.

  • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    29·
    4 months ago

    Short version: it’s a campaign to force publishers to provide some way to play online only games after they decide to shut down the servers. That or letting us know, by law, that games can be killed without repercussion. It’s not about forcing publishers to keep the servers alive forever if that’s what you’re wondering.

    Long version: check out the official website for the Stop Killing Games campaign. It has FAQ with all the important info.

    • Eggyhead@kbin.run
      9·
      4 months ago

      Oh holy hell that’s a good idea. I’m not a citizen of EU, but I am currently a working resident. Would my name qualify for this?

      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        Unfortunately not, initiatives can only be signed by EU citizens. For this specific campaign you can help by spreading the word, besides that you can also check the “Take Action” tab on the site I linked previously - there are multiple campaigns started in various countries so you might be able to help with one of those.

    • MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Would this include the availability of playing single player offline games without the need to log in to different accounts and signing in to third party clients? That shit makes me completely crazy. I just want to build a pretty little city all by myself, why in the world would I need to be online and sign into shit for that.

      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Not really. This isn’t about completely preventing publishers from adding account systems etc. (even if that would be ideal), it’s about publishers removing your ability to play games after they the shut down the servers. The former would hopefully be a side effect of a potential law change/ruling but the main point is keeping games playable after the official support ends.

        In your example it could be removal of the sign in requirement once the account system is down but not necessarily preventing them from existing in the first place.