GamerBraves Newsletter vol. 45 – The Importance of Video Game Preservation

Video Game Preservation, is the act of preserving video games, whether that’d be keeping physical copies safe or keeping them in a digital store but it has become quite the talking point over the past couple of years.

Playstation has announced a new branch of their company just to help preserve games, and Embracer Group (who recently bought Tomb Raider and other IPs from Square Enix) has also said they are creating an archive to preserve games.

The Embracer Games Archive CEO David Boström says ” have been given the honorable task to lead the work of building up this unique Games Archive. Imagine a place where all physical video games, consoles, and accessories are gathered in the same place. And think about how much that could mean for games’ culture and enabling video games research.”

Sounds like a good idea, even if it might be hard to get to their office over in Sweden. With this in mind, why has video game preservation become more important than ever? These questions will be answered in our latest newsletter which you can read for free by putting your email address in the box below:

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