Bad news, The European Commission has responded to the “Stop Destroying Videogames” initiative and decided not to make new laws about games becoming unplayable after support ends. Apparently those sneaky meetings with Ubisoft CEO and other companies did their job. Instead, it plans to bring together consumer groups and the video game industry to discuss better end-of-life practices and possibly create voluntary guidelines. The Stop Killing Games campaign said this was the outcome it expected. It is now shifting its efforts to the European Parliament, where it hopes to add protections for players through the upcoming Digital Fairness Act.

Google has added its flight simulator to the web version of Google Earth, making it available to all users worldwide. >The feature runs directly in any modern browser at earth.google.com/web with no downloads or installations required. >Users can open the simulator from the Tools menu after selecting Explore and pilot a virtual aircraft over detailed 3D terrain, buildings, and satellite imagery across the entire planet. >It uses simplified flight physics designed for casual exploration and works with standard mouse and keyboard controls.