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Google’s Snake, Pac-Man and Solitaire face axe in EU due to DMA

By Nicholas Hirst ( April 15, 2026, 15:20 GMT | Insight) -- Google's latest tests to comply with the EU law on digital gatekeepers see the search giant remove a series of simple games that are embedded in its search results, MLex has learned. Users in the bloc may no longer be shown games such as Snake, Pac-Man or Solitaire, and other diversions, like quizzes. Google is removing Snake, Pac-Man, Solitaire and other basic games that can be played on its search results page, as it tests out new compliance changes for the EU’s digital gatekeeper law, MLex has learned....

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