Stop Killing Games hearing draws EU support after Apr. 16 session

Stop Killing Games reached a European Parliament committee hearing on Apr. 16, 2026, moving the server-shutdown campaign from petition pressure into a formal policy setting. The r/pcgaming post was created on Apr. 17 at 21:53 UTC and had 2,554 score with 137 comments at crawl time.

PC Gamer reports that founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared before the Parliament to argue that future server-dependent games should be planned so they remain playable when official support ends. The campaign is not asking publishers to keep online services running forever, and it is not asking studios to revive every game already shut down. Its narrower claim is that end-of-life planning should be part of development before a live game goes on sale.

What changed at the hearing

The notable detail is the committee response. PC Gamer says MEP Anna Cavazzini, chair of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committees, thanked the speakers and pointed to support across political groups. Katzner later described the reception as broadly positive while also saying the committee is still reviewing the submission, so this is not yet legislation.

The article also ties the hearing to earlier 2026 momentum: Stop Killing Games announced EU and US NGO work in February, and in March it backed a French consumer lawsuit over Ubisoft's shutdown of The Crew. For players, the practical issue is whether future purchases can be sold with a clear shutdown path instead of becoming unusable when authentication or server components disappear.

Hearing date: Apr. 16, 2026

Reddit source: r/pcgaming, 2,554 score

Issue: server-dependent game shutdowns

Status: committee review, not final law