'Oh this isn't good': GameLinked on the EU Kids Act and Stop Killing Games

Linus Media Group's weekly gaming news show also packs in a PS5 jailbreak, Halo in a browser and a lottery for PS5 Pro consoles in Japan.

Channel: GameLinkedStory of October 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The whole channel is running at 181,783 views a day, 11 times a normal day (17,083).

GameLinked titled its newest episode "Oh this isn't good," and the opening segment explains the worry. It leads with the EU Kids Act and what it could mean for Stop Killing Games, the consumer campaign that wants games people paid for to stay playable after publishers switch off the servers. The tags point to where the two collide: age verification and private game servers.

For anyone following the campaign, that is a sore spot. Stop Killing Games grew out of a push by YouTuber Ross Scott, and its European Citizens' Initiative gathered more than a million signatures in 2025. Private servers run by players are one of the ways a game could survive its publisher, so a rule that complicates them lands right where the campaign lives.

The rest of the episode reads like a busy week in Europe and at Sony. Regulators go after in-game virtual currencies. There is progress on a PS5 jailbreak and on emulation. Xbox's Disc to Digital program goes live, Sony Japan holds a lottery for PS5 Pro consoles, and a patent shows a DualSense with NFC. The tags name an Elden Ring crossover for Minecraft among the AI-built mods in the quick bits.

The episode drew about 180,000 views in its first day, roughly ten times what the whole channel usually takes in. Last week's show, "please, buy this Game," has been up since September 25 and is only a little ahead of it. Halo ran through GameLinked's week as well, from its move to Activision to a short on Combat Evolved running in a browser, but those drew far smaller crowds. Jake Baldino, another gaming news channel close in size, is also having a big day.

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The numbers

One weekly episode accounts for almost the whole of the channel's day, and that day is far above its usual pace.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

17,083

now

181,783

subscribers

472,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

39,255,776

views per day

181,783

typical day: 17,083

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Jake Baldino

503,000

Mortismal Gaming

492,000

The Easter Egg Hunter

481,000

Nintenduo World

481,000

GameLinked

472,000

Maka91Productions

464,000

As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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