
In recent years, there's been increased scrutiny around online video games abruptly shutting down, with WB's MultiVersus the latest casualty soon to be added to the list. This scrutiny recently led to a petition on the matter being put forward to the UK government - a petition that's now seen a somewhat disappointing response.
As posted online and spotted by Eurogamer, the UK gov has said that "there are no plans to amend UK consumer law on disabling video games". The statement went on to say that "those selling games must comply with existing requirements in consumer law" and that the government "will continue to monitor the issue".
This response was made public once the petition hit 10,000 signatures - it now sits at almost 13K at the time of writing. The initial petition reads as follows: "The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right."