Stop Killing Games petition to be debated in UK parliament

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 19/09/2025

The British government has officially set a date to debate the popular Stop Killing Games (SKG) petition.

Started in April 2024, the SGK petition is leading a consumer movement which stops old video games from being taken offline.

This was started by YouTuber Ross ‘Accursed Farms’ Scott after Ubisoft took The Crew offline and revoked licenses from those who had bought the game.

The petition garnered a lot of interest with the European Union version securing just under 1.5 million signatures, 97% of which were judged to be legitimate.

After gathering over 100k signatures on the UK version back in July, the UK government has to debate the petition.

The UK petition now has just under 190K signatures and will be debated in London’s House of Parliament on November 3rd.

Every signee received confirmation of this in an email which reads:

“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.”

This is not the first time the UK government has addressed the Stop Killing Games movement.

Back in February of this year, Labour MP Chris Bryant claimed:

“We appreciate the frustrations of players of some games that have been discontinued. The Government has responded to a petition on this issue.”

The government statement then read: “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.”

UK government pledges £30m into local gaming industry

The UK government appears to be taking gaming more seriously.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the government had created a £30m Games Growth Package for the UK industry.

This £10m-a-year commitment for three years seeks to aid upcoming British game developers and studios.

The package was announced as part of a £380m investment into creative industries to ensure the UK remains a “creative superpower.”

However, the 80-page plan barely acknowledged the UK’s growing esports scene.

A recent survey discovered that a quarter of young boys in the UK want a career in esports.

There’s heavy interest, which is only growing with the next generation. However, the UK has at least taken some action.

The ESL One Birmingham 2024 Dota 2 event had £145k in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and UK government.

And Birmingham is continuing to act as an esports hub with DreamHack and ESL One coming to the Midlands next year.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introuduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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