Viral digital preservation initiative Stop Killing Games hits a milestone of 1m signatures after Pewdiepie and Asmongold's endorsement

Stop Killing Games, the rapidly circulating consumer movement aimed at promoting the preservation of video games after publishers pull the plug on them, has achieved one million signatures on its petition to the European Commission.

The movement has achieved its milestone in the wake of endorsements by creators such as PewDiePie and Asmongold. In a YouTube community post from July 2, PewDiePie, one of the most globally recognized content creators, originally from Sweden, encouraged his followers from Europe to sign the petition. He wrote:

“In the comments, I've seen some of you mention "stop killing games" and I want to say: I 100% support this movement. It ties in perfectly with what I talked about in my video  *ownership over software (and the games we buy). Strongly encourage you to sign the petition…Takes like 30 seconds.”

Also motivating his followers outside Europe and the UK to contribute, the YouTuber wrote,

“If you're outside the EU or UK, you can't directly sign. But sharing it still helps.”

Gaming YouTuber and streamer Asmongold also wrote in support of Stop Killing Games. Taking to X on July 2, the American content creator wrote,

“10 months and over 800k signatures later, the Stop Killing Games initiative is almost across the finish line of 1 million. If you're from the EU and care about game preservation and consumer rights, consider signing this petition.”

10 months and over 800k signatures later, the Stop Killing Games initiative is almost across the finish line of 1 million.

If you're from the EU and care about game preservation and consumer rights, consider signing this petitionhttps://t.co/cAyvKnSoPU

— Zack (@Asmongold) July 2, 2025

Notably, Asmongold’s message was retweeted by tech CEO Elon Musk, increasing the post’s reach, as per Dexerto.

Another well-known gaming YouTuber, Jacksepticeye, also wrote a community post on his YouTube channel, and said,

“If you care about videogames as much as I do then please support the ‘Stop Killing Games’ initiative! It’s really important to preserve games, especially these days…There’s one for EU citizens and a separate one for people in the UK. It’s very close to hitting its goal!”

The YouTuber also posted a video to another YouTube channel that he owns to discuss the initiative, and said,

“I think it's time we talk about a really important thing that is going to affect a lot of us and is affecting a lot of us who are into the gaming space, which is the Stop Killing Games initiative…I want to put my voice to it and my name to it and whatever audience we can get behind it to try and sign this petition.”

Sharing why the petition is limited to Europe only, Jacksepticeye said,

“Basically stuff in the US is harder to do and there is a chance to be able to put stuff into law in the EU, to be able, at least get it in people's faces. That's the purpose of it now. Hopefully it would go into law to try and like protect games and protect game preservation and all that stuff and just for the consumers to keep things good for everybody.”

The YouTuber behind Stop Killing Games speaks up

The Stop Killing Games consumer initiative was organised by gaming YouTuber Ross Scott, who posts on the channel Accursed Farms. After announcing the initiative’s one million signatures on its European petition, Scott took to X to share more information on the signatures. He wrote,

“The site says we have cleared 1 million signatures! I hate being like this, but there's a chance a significant number of them aren't real.  That means we have to keep signing in overdrive mode to make up for them!  I'll have a video on this later today.”

The site says we have cleared 1 million signatures! I hate being like this, but there's a chance a significant number of them aren't real. That means we have to keep signing in overdrive mode to make up for them! I'll have a video on this later today.https://t.co/EpnNTDR85U

— Accursed Farms (@accursedfarms) July 3, 2025

Explaining the issue in detail, Accursed Farms released a video on YouTube in which he said,

“This is going to kill morale, but there are two things going on here. The first we knew was coming. Every time somebody makes a mistake when they sign the Initiative, their signature gets invalidated. So that means we need more signatures to make up for everybody's mistakes…I've heard 10% minimum, 20% is better, 40% should be really safe.”

Revealing that people sometimes ‘spoof’ signatures, Scott continued,

“I've received several reports of people claiming to spoof signatures on the Initiative site. First off, I want to say that this is not a Change.org petition. This is a government process. Spoofing signatures on it is a crime. Please do not do this. They'll be checked later by the EU Commission.”

Scott also opened up about the rigorous legal and judicial process that the petition is a part of, in the video.

Scott also urged followers to sign the petition in overdrive to make up for the losses. On the initiative’s website, Scott also shares that other initiatives aimed at separate countries, either within or outside Europe, are also ongoing.