The Stop Killing Games campaign has confirmed it secured 1,294,188 verified signatures as part of its European Citizens’ Initiative, comfortably passing the one million threshold required for consideration by the EU Commission.
The final figure was shared on January 24 by campaign representative Moritz Katzner, who confirmed the next step will be a formal handover to EU institutions in Brussels.
Stop Killing Games heads to Brussels
Posting on X/Twitter, Katzner confirmed the total and outlined what comes next for the initiative.
“The final count of the European Citizens’ Initiative: Stop Destroying Video Games. The handover will take place in Brussels around mid to late February,” he said, accompanied by an image providing a breakdown of signature volume by country.
Of the listed countries, Germany recorded the most signatures at 233,180, followed by France and Poland, with 145,289 and 143,826, respectively.
Stop Killing Games focuses on addressing publishers shutting down games permanently by disabling servers or other infrastructure, even for titles that were sold as complete products.
The campaign argues that consumers should retain access to games they have purchased, either through offline modes or legally supported alternatives, once official services end.
While the initiative does not automatically result in new legislation, surpassing the signature threshold requires the European Commission to formally review the proposal and respond. The upcoming handover in Brussels will mark the beginning of that process.
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