The MMORPG Urban Dead, after nearly 20 years, is shutting down because of new UK laws
The MMORPG Urban Dead, after nearly 20 years, is shutting down because of new UK laws
Well, there goes another piece of gaming history.
UK digital laws all appear to be thought up to inflict maximum harm on smaller projects, oh and to strip away privacy.
Core memory unlocked. I think I played this for a very short time back in the 2000’s.
why not just move server to a US based one and not lose everything?
this doesn't have to be the end. its a text based mmo, from what I understand.
I'm not sure that it's the physical location of a server that's the germane issue -- if it were, most law related to Internet services would be easy to ignore, since there's always somewhere else in the world. Rather, I'd bet that the law applies to businesses doing business with consumers in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Dead
In 2023, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Online Safety Act. By 2025 Davis found it unfeasible to implement the stricter age verification and child-protection measures called for in the act. At the beginning of February, Davis announced the site would shut down February 14.[1][2][3]
Thats a name i haven't heard in a while, i thought it would have been dropped years ago.