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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>

| Type = Private

|Industry=Lobbyist firm

|Logo=Video Games Europe.png

|Type=Private

|Website=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/

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Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in ~~[insert date here]~~ and based within Belgium. The group consists of members ~~solely~~ from major corporate gaming media publishers, such as [[Electronic Arts]], [[Ubisoft]], [[Activision]], [[Nintendo]], and more.

Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in 1998<ref name=":0" /> and based within {{Wplink|Belgium}}. The group consists of members both from major corporate gaming media publishers — such as [[Electronic Arts]], [[Ubisoft]], [[Activision Blizzard]], [[Nintendo]], and more — and national trade associations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Membership |url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/ |website=Video Games Europe |date= |access-date=11 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621135418/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/ |archive-date=21 Jun 2025}}</ref>

==Background==

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==Incidents==

===Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025===

In 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".

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>

==References==

~~==References==~~

~~{{reflist}}~~

[[Category:Companies]]

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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>
-| Type = Private
+|Industry=Lobbyist firm
+|Logo=Video Games Europe.png
+|Type=Private
+|Website=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/
 }}
-Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in [insert date here] and based within Belgium. The group consists of members solely from major corporate gaming media publishers, such as [[Electronic Arts]], [[Ubisoft]], [[Activision]], [[Nintendo]], and more.
+Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in 1998<ref name=":0" /> and based within {{Wplink|Belgium}}. The group consists of members both from major corporate gaming media publishers — such as [[Electronic Arts]], [[Ubisoft]], [[Activision Blizzard]], [[Nintendo]], and more — and national trade associations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Membership |url=https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/ |website=Video Games Europe |date= |access-date=11 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621135418/https://www.videogameseurope.eu/about/our-membership/ |archive-date=21 Jun 2025}}</ref>
 ==Background==
 {{Incomplete section}}
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 ==Incidents==
 ===Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025<!-- Needs more elaboration here, may be ideal to fully rewrite the whole section -->===
-In 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".
+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>
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Companies]]