Stop Killing Games Warns EU Kids Act Could Backfire
The advocacy group says the EU proposal, meant to protect minors, is too broad and could end private servers and online play as we know it.
The Stop Killing Games campaign has spoken out against the European Union's proposed EU Kids Act, warning that the legislation could cause serious damage to the games industry. In a new video, campaign founder Ross Scott described the proposal as a bomb that could implode the whole video games industry, and called it the most draconian plan he has seen regarding games and consumers.
The proposal, published by the European Commission, is intended to protect minors from risky digital services and AI systems, but Stop Killing Games argues its scope is far too broad. Scott says it would require people to hand over personal identifying information just to play online games and could make private and community-run servers illegal. He also points to the definition of a video game as an information society service, a term the group fears could pull in almost any title sold through a digital storefront, including single-player games that merely connect for patches. Stop Killing Games says the rules would raise costs for smaller studios and has urged supporters to speak up before the act moves through the European Parliament and the Council.
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Where this story ran: one outlet on 2 October 2026. The summary above is written by GamersGuild; the links go to the original reports.