Overview
- Federal deputy Jandira Feghali filed Bill PL 3612/2026, which she said was directly inspired by the Stop Killing Games movement and was submitted on Friday, July 10, 2026.
- The draft would amend Brazil’s consumer code to require point-of-sale disclosure of a game’s reliance on online servers and a minimum support period of no less than two years from launch in Brazil.
- Publishers would have to give at least 180 days’ notice before terminating essential services and choose to provide an offline update, community tools to preserve play, or a proportional refund after a shutdown, with fines for noncompliance.
- The bill arrives after recent setbacks for the movement in Europe and the United States, with the European Commission declining to mandate publisher duties and California’s Protect Our Games Act failing to advance in committee.
- If enacted the law could create a model for other countries, affect how publishers plan online-only releases, and address consumer harm in regions with limited internet access as criticism rises over moves like Sony’s shift away from physical discs.