Warner Bros. Games’ MultiVersus is the latest game slated to shut down its servers after being deemed a disappointment by its parent company. Concord met a similar fate last fall, and these won’t be the last. But if players in the United Kingdom were hoping that the government would step in to address the issue, then they’re going to be sorely disappointed.
As reported by Eurogamer, the UK government has responded to a petition asking for consumer laws to be updated to keep video game publishers from taking their titles offline without offering their paying customers a chance to “retain or repair them.”
In response, the United Kingdom government essentially said that it doesn’t see a need to address the issue. The statement notes that video game publishers are already covered by pre-existing laws and there are no plans to change the laws currently on the books about “digital obsolescence.”