The Embracer Group has quickly become a juggernaut with their latest acquisitions being Square Enix’s North American studios, Eidos Montreal, and Crystal Dynamics. Thankfully the company is already thinking about video game perseveration and has created a special game preservation in itiative called the Embracer Games Archive. PC Gamer reports that the Embracer Group has acquired “50,000 games, consoles, and accessories” in its vault in Karlstad, Sweden and they have a special team which consists of a CEO, archivist, assistant, technical engineer, and supply manager.
PC Gamer notes that “Currently, the collection is not accessible to the public or researchers, but the initiative has stated it plans on building out a database of its collection and making it available as a resource to academics, researchers, and, at least to some degree, the general public.” So by acquiring a variety of prestigious video games companies the Embracer Group is already looking towards preserving the classics, which is great news. The company has also said that it plans to create an array of new games and remasters based on the legendary franchises it has acquired including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and Legacy of Kain etc.
