Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Tariffs. Age gates. Antitrust. The EU. Gaming slipped under the radar for years. Then 2025 hit all at once.

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00:00 The Law Caught Up
00:54 Why Everything Costs More Now
03:53 The EU Came For Microtransactions
09:10 The "PlayStation Tax" Reckoning
11:03 "How Old Are You?"
13:57 The Industry Had Nothing


Sources:
https://bellular.games/gaming-is-about-to-get-more-expensive/

https://bellular.games/the-games-industry-is-about-to-be-wrecked-by-tariffs/

axios.com/2025/12/16/phone-pc-xbox-prices-ai-ram-shortage

https://bellular.games/loading-screen-the-games-the-us-government-kinda-banned/

https://bellular.games/the-eu-have-set-their-sights-on-digital-currency/

https://bellular.games/the-european-pushback-on-mtx-regulation/

https://bellular.games/stop-killing-games-the-european-initiative/

https://bellular.games/the-last-chance-to-stop-killing-games/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-dismissive-about-stop-killing-games-opinion

https://bellular.games/we-stopped-destroying-games-whats-next/

https://bellular.games/loading-screen-the-uk-governments-response-to-stop-killing-games/

https://bellular.games/loading-screen-the-campaign-against-the-sony-tax/

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_811

https://bellular.games/loading-screen-epic-just-broke-apples-store/

https://bellular.games/discord-wants-to-scan-your-face/

https://bellular.games/the-law-is-changing-the-internet/

https://bellular.games/change-has-come-to-the-internet-as-we-knew-it/

thegamebusiness.com/p/developers-are-holding-back-game

oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-invites-ceos-of-discord-steam-twitch-and-reddit-to-testify-on-radicalization-of-online-forum-users