Overview
- Federal deputy Jandira Feghali filed Bill PL 3612/2026, which she said was inspired by the Stop Killing Games campaign and was submitted this week to Brazil’s lower house.
- The draft would force point-of-sale disclosure that a title depends on online servers, require a minimum support period of at least two years in Brazil, and mandate 180 days’ notice before terminating services.
- When a service ends the bill would require publishers to issue offline updates, hand community tools to players, or provide proportional refunds, and it proposes fines for noncompliance.
- The move opens a new legislative front after recent setbacks for the movement in Europe, where the European Commission declined to impose a duty to keep games playable, and in California, where a related bill stalled in committee.
- The proposal arrives alongside rising political pressure on platform holders — including a request to probe Sony’s shift toward a digital-only future — and comes as Brazilian courts and regulators show growing willingness to enforce consumer protections.