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===European Citizens' Initiative===

On June 19, 2024, "Stop Destroying Videogames"<ref>[https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en "Stop Destroying Videogames"] ''European Citizens' Initiative.'' 19 July, 2024. Retrieved on January 24, 2025.</ref> was registered as a European Citizens' Initiative by Daniel Ondruska. A month and a half later, on July 31, 2024, the initiative began collecting signatures. Accursed Farms later posted the video "Europeans can save gaming!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMe9MxxZiI "Europeans can save gaming!"] ''Accursed Farms.'' July 31, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2025.</ref> on the same day, encouraging European citizens to sign the initiative. The deadline of the initiative is on July 31, 2025, and as of January 24, 2025, there are over 400,000 signatures.

== Video game preservation ==

There are also efforts to restore older games, or to allow the community of games to have access to the source code of games themselves. In 2025 there were several developments by major publishers, such as [[Valve]] and [[EA]]. Valve released the source code of Team Fortress 2 in February.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Feb 2025 |title=The TF2 SDK has arrived! |url=https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=238809 |access-date=10 Mar 2025 |website=Team Fortress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Feb 2025 |title=Valve Releases Team Fortress 2 Source Code, Now open to Modders |url=https://bitskins.com/blog/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-now-open-to-modders/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310111654/https://bitskins.com/blog/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-now-open-to-modders/ |archive-date=10 Mar 2025 |access-date=10 Mar 2025 |website=BitSkins}}</ref> EA released the source code of [[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles|classic command and conquer titles]], also in February 2025.

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 ===European Citizens' Initiative===
 On June 19, 2024, "Stop Destroying Videogames"<ref>[https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en "Stop Destroying Videogames"] ''European Citizens' Initiative.'' 19 July, 2024. Retrieved on January 24, 2025.</ref> was registered as a European Citizens' Initiative by Daniel Ondruska. A month and a half later, on July 31, 2024, the initiative began collecting signatures. Accursed Farms later posted the video "Europeans can save gaming!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMe9MxxZiI "Europeans can save gaming!"] ''Accursed Farms.'' July 31, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2025.</ref> on the same day, encouraging European citizens to sign the initiative. The deadline of the initiative is on July 31, 2025, and as of January 24, 2025, there are over 400,000 signatures.
+== Video game preservation ==
+{{Main|Video game preservation}}
+There are also efforts to restore older games, or to allow the community of games to have access to the source code of games themselves. In 2025 there were several developments by major publishers, such as [[Valve]] and [[EA]]. Valve released the source code of Team Fortress 2 in February.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Feb 2025 |title=The TF2 SDK has arrived! |url=https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=238809 |access-date=10 Mar 2025 |website=Team Fortress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Feb 2025 |title=Valve Releases Team Fortress 2 Source Code, Now open to Modders |url=https://bitskins.com/blog/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-now-open-to-modders/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310111654/https://bitskins.com/blog/valve-releases-team-fortress-2-source-code-now-open-to-modders/ |archive-date=10 Mar 2025 |access-date=10 Mar 2025 |website=BitSkins}}</ref> EA released the source code of [[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles|classic command and conquer titles]], also in February 2025.
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