California games preservation bill clears Assembly committee (opens in new tab)

California's Protect Our Games Act, also known as AB 1921, passed the state Assembly's appropriations committee, moving the online-game preservation proposal toward a vote by the full Assembly. The bill is backed by Stop Killing Games, a grassroots game-preservation campaign that advised on the proposal, while the Entertainment Software Association has opposed it on behalf of major game publishers. As currently written, the measure would require digital game publishers that end services neede...