Game industry lobby group that argued against preservation efforts from libraries is now pushing back on Stop Killing Games, saying it could prevent 'new games, features, and technology'
September 27, 2026
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Game industry lobby group that argued against preservation efforts from libraries is now pushing back on Stop Killing Games, saying it could prevent ‘new games, features, and technology’

The Fridge07 mins

Stop Killing Games has come a long way in a very short period of time, from longshot consumer campaign just two years ago to European Parliament presentation and international NGOs in 2026. Despite those successes, it’s still facing pushback from the game industry itself, which is once again warning consumers—in dire tones, I’m sure—that they…

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Peak devs were ready to go ‘into vacation mode’ after releasing it, but then it sold 1M copies in the first week: ‘That quickly became a pipe dream’

The Fridge04 mins

One of 2025’s surprise hits was Peak, a co-op climbing game that was created in a mere four months by studios Aggro Crab and Landfall. It caught fire on Twitch and in every friend group hooked on so-called “friendslop” since 2023’s Lethal Company. Even though there has been a strong trend of co-op games in…

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Noctua shows off ‘custom-built torture-test rigs’ for testing fans, and now I’m afraid of ever setting foot in the Noctua factory

The Fridge05 mins

Noctua is one of the very best fan makers on the market, but introducing its fan into the Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition gaming mouse seemed to involve a truly horrible sequence of fan tests. Noctua has “custom-built torture-test rigs”, all designed to put fans through their paces to see if they can withstand how the…

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Russia accuses World of Tanks executives of ‘extremist activities,’ moves to seize assets of Russian publisher

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Top executives at the companies responsible for World of Tanks are facing pressure from the Russian government, which a RIA Novosti report (Google translated, via Eurogamer) says has accused Wargaming owner Viktor Kisly and Lesta Games owner Malik Khatazhaev of “extremist activities” related to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government has reportedly seized…

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52-year-old ‘Super Mario’ supermarket in Costa Rica wins unlikely victory against the Nintendo lawyers: ‘He is Don Mario, he’s my dad’

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Nintendo—a company that’s famously litigious when it comes to muscling down on fan projects, emulators, and sometimes just straight-up other games—took one to the chin recently after a supermarket in Costa Rica, named “Super Mario” after its owner Don José Mario Alfaro González, won a legal battle to keep its branding. As posted to the…

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