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Stop Killing Games-backed bill that'd bar publishers from switching off game servers without thinking of players passes California State Assembly vote
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Stop Killing Games-backed bill that'd bar publishers from switching off game servers without thinking of players passes California State Assembly vote

Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed·Mark Warren·3 days ago
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The prospective legislation's off to the California State Senate next Image credit: Ubisoft A Californian bill backed by the Stop Killing Games campaign , which would see publishers shutting down servers for online games forced to provide full refunds or a version of the game players can keep on playing independently of said servers as part of the process, has hopped another hurdle. It's passed a full vote in California's State Assembly, paving the way for it to head to the state's senate as it inches closer to becoming a fully enacted law despite opposition from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) . Last time I wrote about this bill, known as AB 1921 , it'd just passed a vote by a state committee focused on the fiscal cost of proposed legislation. Now, as highlighted by the Stop Killing Games Campaign on Reddit , AB 1921's passed a State Assembly vote this week.…

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