Overview

• The EU Citizens’ Initiative petition by Stop Killing Games has gathered more than 1.2 million signatures and now enters a formal verification phase before the July 31 submission cutoff.
• Founder Ross Scott warned that at least 10 percent additional signatures are needed to compensate for invalid or spoofed entries under EU rules.
• Video Games Europe issued a rebuttal arguing that mandatory offline modes or fan-run servers would inflate development costs and constrain creative decisions.
• Industry lobbyists caution that private servers could expose rights holders to liability, cybersecurity risks and content moderation challenges without official oversight.
• If the validated petition meets requirements, the European Commission will decide whether to propose new consumer-protection legislation, though any law changes are years away.