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| Industry = Lobbyist firm | |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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Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in | 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== | ==Background== | ||
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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> | |||
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Video Games Europe is a corporate lobbying group founded in 1998[1] and based within 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.[2]
Background
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Incidents
Statement against Stop Killing Games - July 2025
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".[3] A longer document version was also published alongside the statement.[4]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named:0 - ↑ "Our Membership". Video Games Europe. Archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025. Retrieved 11 Jul 2025.
- ↑ "Statement on Stop Killing Games". Video Games Europe. 4 Jul 2025. Archived from the original on 4 Jul 2025. Retrieved 11 Jul 2025.
- ↑ "VGE Position Discontinuation of Support to Online Games" (PDF). Video Games Europe. 4 Jul 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 Jul 2025. Retrieved 11 Jul 2025.