Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 2 June 2026.

General2 stories

US bill requiring paid games to be playable after they shut down has passed initial vote and moved to the Senate

  • Should the bill become law in its current state without any modifications, the publisher of a game whose live services are ended would be legally required to do one of these three things:
  • Provide an alternate version of the game that “can be used by the purchaser independent of services controlled by the operator” (i.e. a version that no longer needs to connect to the server)
  • Patch or update the existing game so it can continue to be playable “independent of services controlled by the operator” after the servers have been shut down.
  • Refund the player the full cost they originally paid for the game
  • These rules would only affect games released after January 1st, 2027 and would not apply to subscription-based games or games that are “offered to a person for no monetary consideration," i.e. free-to-play games .etc.
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Business2 stories