Stop Killing Games Gains Momentum After Bill Passes California State Assembly Vote

The Stop Killing Games question has reached yet different large milestone aft a measure protecting games from being pulled offline passed a California State Assembly vote.

As announced successful a video posted by California State Assembly Member Chris Ward connected the Stop Killing Games YouTube channel, measure AB-1921, besides known arsenic the Protect Our Games Act, has officially passed with a ballot of 43-16. A run unpaid shared the quality successful a Reddit post, confirming that it passed with "strong Democratic enactment and 2 Republican yes votes," with opposing votes breaking down with 1 Democrat and 15 Republican votes.

It marks an important infinitesimal for Stop Killing Games, which has backed the measure arsenic portion of its ongoing combat for video crippled preservation.

"It's implicit successful the authorities legislature now, and we're going to beryllium capable to statement that successful committee successful the period of June," Ward said. "The thought came to beryllium from a constituent successful San Diego who is bushed of seeing their crippled unopen down aft caller purchases. So, if you unrecorded successful California, beryllium definite to interaction your authorities legislator and archer them arsenic a gamer oregon developer wherefore you attraction and this matters to you. We're warring for your user extortion and making definite that you person a afloat close and enjoyment to these games."

As elaborate by Stop Killing Games, the measure AB-1921 would necessitate crippled companies to supply 60 days' announcement earlier shutting down enactment for server-dependent games and past either connection a method for owners to play affected games afterwards oregon supply refunds. The erstwhile could beryllium achieved done assemblage servers oregon offline entree of immoderate kind.

These ideas are thing caller for Stop Killing Games. YouTuber Ross Scott began the user question successful April 2024 successful the aftermath of the quality that Ubisoft would delist and propulsion its open-world racing game, The Crew, offline, leaving owners without access. The extremity of the question is to support games, bully and bad, live successful an manufacture that has signaled a inclination toward keeping players from accessing experiences. Recent examples see Concord, Anthem, and Highguard.

Stop Killing Games' European Citizens' inaugural reached 1 cardinal unverified signatures backmost successful July 2025 and went connected to unafraid 1.3 cardinal signatures successful January of this year. European politicians debated its goals for crippled preservation earlier this period and expected to present a reply successful the coming weeks.

As explained by Ward, determination is overmuch enactment to beryllium done earlier Stop Killing Games achieves its extremity to support games moving aft a steadfast tries to propulsion the plug. Meanwhile, Sony precocious announced it would delist and unopen down PlayStation 5 rubric Destruction AllStars. Publisher 2K announced it would delist and unopen down online functionality for Lego 2K Drive a fewer weeks ago.

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