--- title: The UK Government Has no Problem With Developers... description: Ubisoft discontinues the game The Crew, leading to the Stop Killing Games movement calling for government intervention. The UK government states that there is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-uk-government-has-no-problem-with-developers-canceling-older-games-bnf088xwg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The UK Government Has no Problem With Developers Canceling Older Games | daily.dev og:description: Ubisoft discontinues the game The Crew, leading to the Stop Killing Games movement calling for government intervention. The UK government states that there is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-uk-government-has-no-problem-with-developers-canceling-older-games-bnf088xwg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bNF088xWg.png og:image:alt: The UK Government Has no Problem With Developers Canceling Older Games og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The UK Government Has no Problem With Developers Canceling Older Games **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Ubisoft discontinues the game The Crew, leading to the Stop Killing Games movement calling for government intervention. The UK government states that there is no legal requirement for software companies to support older versions of games, but they must comply with consumer law. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@anerruption** · 0 upvotes > That shouldn't be illegal by itself, but what should be is requiring online connectivity for a singleplayer game (or at least, a singleplayer mode). --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-uk-government-has-no-problem-with-developers-canceling-older-games-bnf088xwg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The UK Government Has no Problem With Developers Canceling Older Games","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-uk-government-has-no-problem-with-developers-canceling-older-games-bnf088xwg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-uk-government-has-no-problem-with-developers-canceling-older-games-bnf088xwg"},"datePublished":"2024-05-16T03:54:54.482Z","dateModified":"2024-05-16T03:54:52.730Z","description":"Ubisoft discontinues the game The Crew, leading to the Stop Killing Games movement calling for government intervention. 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