‘Stop Killing Games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights

‘Stop Killing Games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights

With live service games, players are learning that what they’ve really bought is not a game but access to it. And, evidently, that access is something that can be revoked. (Unsplash/Samsung Memory)When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a popular online racing game released in 2014, it wasn’t just the end of a title. It marked the beginning of a broader reckoning about the nature of digital o…

Whistle Past The Graveyard: The Battle Stop Killing Games Faces

In the last few weeks, a petition being circulated throughout the European Union has been generating a significant amount of buzz among gamers and the gamin ...