On the side of the European People’s Party (EPP)it would not be surprising if the deputies are a little more in the reserve. During the public hearing in April 2026, the group highlighted the costs of maintaining online servers as well as the technical feasibility of this maintenance.
In this equation, it is very interesting to take into account an American element: the recent victory of Stop Killing Games in California. This May 14, 2026, a committee of the California State Assembly validated a bill aimed at prevent video games from becoming completely unusable when the servers close.
In addition to requiring publishers to warn players 60 days before shutting down a game’s serversthis bill proposes two other possible injunctions: either provide a playable offline version of the game, or offer a full refund. Please note, as we write these lines, it is just a bill that still needs to be debated between Californian deputies. But these American directives could influence European discussions.
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