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Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Statement against Stop Killing Games ~~- July~~ 2025<!-- Needs more elaboration here, may be ideal to fully rewrite the whole section -->===		===Statement against Stop Killing Games (''2025'')<!-- Needs more elaboration here, may be ideal to fully rewrite the whole section -->===
	On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.		On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.

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	On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.		On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.

	[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]] was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|~~last~~=~~Sweeney~~ \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 ~~\|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20250714140438~~/https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|archive-date=14 Jul 2025\|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>		[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]] was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sweeney \|first=Tim \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321131853/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>

	BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:		BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:
	<blockquote>BeamNG is a member of [https://x.com/videogames_EU @videogames_EU]. VGE didn't ask BeamNG concerning their response to https://stopkillinggames.com/ . As far i<!-- sic --> know there wasn't a vote on this too. We do NOT agree with their statement, this is not how a representative group should be behaving.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Lefteris \|~~last~~=~~Stamatogiannakis~~ \|title=Lefteris Stamatogiannakis (@estama2) / X \|url=https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 ~~\|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=9 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20250718030500~~/https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|archive-date=18 Jul 2025}}</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>BeamNG is a member of [https://x.com/videogames_EU @videogames_EU]. VGE didn't ask BeamNG concerning their response to https://stopkillinggames.com/ . As far i<!-- sic --> know there wasn't a vote on this too. We do NOT agree with their statement, this is not how a representative group should be behaving.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Stamatogiannakis \|first=Lefteris \|date=9 Jul 2025 \|title=Lefteris Stamatogiannakis (@estama2) / X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321131959/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref></blockquote>

	==References==		==References==

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	On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.		On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.

	[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]] was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|last=Sweeney \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~76ZhQ~~ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2025 \|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>		[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]] was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|last=Sweeney \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250714140438/https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|archive-date=14 Jul 2025\|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>

	BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:		BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:

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	BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:		BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:
	<blockquote>BeamNG is a member of [https://x.com/videogames_EU @videogames_EU]. VGE didn't ask BeamNG concerning their response to https://stopkillinggames.com/ . As far i<!-- sic --> know there wasn't a vote on this too. We do NOT agree with their statement, this is not how a representative group should be behaving.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Lefteris \|last=Stamatogiannakis \|title=Lefteris Stamatogiannakis (@estama2) / X \|url=https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=9 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~ewd9K~~ \|archive-date=12 Jul 2025}}</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>BeamNG is a member of [https://x.com/videogames_EU @videogames_EU]. VGE didn't ask BeamNG concerning their response to https://stopkillinggames.com/ . As far i<!-- sic --> know there wasn't a vote on this too. We do NOT agree with their statement, this is not how a representative group should be behaving.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Lefteris \|last=Stamatogiannakis \|title=Lefteris Stamatogiannakis (@estama2) / X \|url=https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=9 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250718030500/https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|archive-date=18 Jul 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

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Sojourna: /* Incidents */

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Incidents

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	On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.		On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.

	[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]]~~, however,~~ was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|last=Sweeney \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/76ZhQ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2025 \|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>		[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]] was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|last=Sweeney \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/76ZhQ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2025 \|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>

	BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:		BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:

Sojourna: /* Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025 */

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Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025<!-- Needs more elaboration here, may be ideal to fully rewrite the whole section -->===		===Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025<!-- Needs more elaboration here, may be ideal to fully rewrite the whole section -->===
	On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement ~~lead~~ by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref>		On 4 July 2025, the group made a statement speaking against the ongoing [[Stop Killing Games]] movement advocated by Ross Scott. One of the reasons given was because it would make game development "too expensive".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Statement on Stop Killing Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704203228/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/ \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|website=Video Games Europe \|date=4 Jul 2025 \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704232256/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/VGE-Position-Discontinuation-of-Support-to-Online-Games-04072025.pdf \|archive-date=4 Jul 2025}}</ref> However, this position is not universally shared by its group members.

			[[Epic Games, Inc.\|Epic Games]], however, was neutral on the matter. Tim Sweeney, its CEO, shared on Twitter that the company "hasn't lobbied or opined" on the initiative despite its logo being displayed by "various trade organizations" that may have taken a position on Stop Killing Games.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Tim \|last=Sweeney \|title=Tim Sweeney on X \|url=https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1942295844285251587 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=7 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/76ZhQ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2025 \|quote=''Epic Games hasn't lobbied or opined on the law. I guess our logo is on the picture above because we're a member of various trade organizations and some of them have lobbied or opined against the proposal.''}}</ref>

			BeamNG's Chief Technology Officer, Lefteris Stamatogiannakis, responded with the following on 9 July 2025 on [[Twitter]]:
			<blockquote>BeamNG is a member of [https://x.com/videogames_EU @videogames_EU]. VGE didn't ask BeamNG concerning their response to https://stopkillinggames.com/ . As far i<!-- sic --> know there wasn't a vote on this too. We do NOT agree with their statement, this is not how a representative group should be behaving.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Lefteris \|last=Stamatogiannakis \|title=Lefteris Stamatogiannakis (@estama2) / X \|url=https://x.com/estama2/status/1942946168910086512 \|website=[[Twitter]] \|date=9 Jul 2025 \|access-date=31 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/ewd9K \|archive-date=12 Jul 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

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	\|Founded=1998<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=About Video Games Europe \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date= \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710075431/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/ \|archive-date=10 Jul 2025}}</ref>		\|Founded=1998<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=About Video Games Europe \|url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/ \|website=Video Games Europe \|date= \|access-date=11 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710075431/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/ \|archive-date=10 Jul 2025}}</ref>
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	==Background==		==Background==
	{{Incomplete section}}According to their Linkedin page:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video Games Europe \|url=https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707225240/https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-date=2025~~-07-07 \|access-date=2025-07-20 \|website=Linkedin~~}}</ref><blockquote>We are the voice of Europe's thriving video games industry, representing major game companies and national trade associations across the continent.		{{Incomplete section}}According to their Linkedin page:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video Games Europe \|url=https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|access-date=20 Jul 2025 \|website=Linkedin \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707225240/https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-date=7 Jul 2025}}</ref><blockquote>We are the voice of Europe's thriving video games industry, representing major game companies and national trade associations across the continent.

	Our mission is to advance the creative and innovative potential of video games while promoting responsible gameplay and the protection of the players.		Our mission is to advance the creative and innovative potential of video games while promoting responsible gameplay and the protection of the players.

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	==Background==		==Background==
	{{Incomplete section}}According to their Linkedin page<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video Games Europe \|url=https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707225240/https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-date=2025-07-07 \|access-date=2025-07-20 \|website=Linkedin}}</ref>:<blockquote>We are the voice of Europe's thriving video games industry, representing major game companies and national trade associations across the continent.		{{Incomplete section}}According to their Linkedin page:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video Games Europe \|url=https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707225240/https://be.linkedin.com/company/videogameseurope \|archive-date=2025-07-07 \|access-date=2025-07-20 \|website=Linkedin}}</ref><blockquote>We are the voice of Europe's thriving video games industry, representing major game companies and national trade associations across the continent.

	Our mission is to advance the creative and innovative potential of video games while promoting responsible gameplay and the protection of the players.		Our mission is to advance the creative and innovative potential of video games while promoting responsible gameplay and the protection of the players.