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MPs Warn Your Phone Could Be Switched Off because of Game Rule

MPs urge clearer consumer protections as nearly 190,000 signed a petition against game disabling, highlighting risks of unfair trading and loss of purchased content.

Summary by Birmingham Mail
190,000 people and 1.4million in Europe have called for a change in legislation to ban the move

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Daily ExpressDaily Express
Lean Right

Key 'stop killing the games' campaign update as Govt pledges response

Department for Culture, Media and Sport has been forced to give an update as MPs debate publishers disabling games people have bought

·United Kingdom
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Plymouth HeraldPlymouth Herald
Center

MPs warn your phone could be switched off because of game rule

190,000 people and 1.4million in Europe have called for a change in legislation to ban the move

·Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Birmingham MailBirmingham Mail
Center

MPs warn your phone could be switched off because of game rule - Birmingham Live

190,000 people and 1.4million in Europe have called for a change in legislation to ban the move

·Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Developers warned they may be breaking the law by making video games unplayable

Concerns were raised after developer Ubisoft discontinued online racing game The Crew in 2024

·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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