The Stop Killing Games movement has received a big boost as the British government has finally set a date to debate the long-standing petition.
Stop Killing Games, otherwise known as SKG, has been around since April 2024, when a petition was set up by YouTuber Accursed Farms, real name Ross Scott. As the movement’s name suggests, SKG wants to stop publishers from effectively ‘killing’ live-service games once official developer support has stopped.
The petition has been targeted at the European Union, and surpassed it’s goal of achieving 1 million signatures to back it.
And while it has yet to be debated by Members of European Parliament, it has made it’s mark with one big government – the United Kingdom.
UK politicians debating Stop Killing Games in November
That’s right, on September 19, the UK Government confirmed that they had organised a debate on the petition for November 3.
All 190,000 backers of the petition received an email revealing that they’ll be able to watch the debate on the UK Parliament YouTube channel.
“Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold. The debate is scheduled for 3 November 2025. Once the debate has happened, we’ll email you a video and transcript,” the message reads.
DexertoThis is not the first time that the government has addressed the petition. Back in February 2025, they stated: “There are no plans to amend UK consumer law on disabling video games. Those selling games must comply with existing requirements in consumer law, and we will continue to monitor this issue.”
Obviously, since then, the petition has gone on to break its goal of 1 million signatures, showing there is plenty of support behind it, and it’s not just a flash-in-the-pan type of movement.
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This debate will likely beat the European Union too, as they are still collecting supporting documents and comments on SKG’s petition until October 24. It will then take some time before it is brought to the parliament’s floor.