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Embracer Group, the company that bought THQ Nordic, has set up an archive to “save as much of the video games industry as possible.”
The mission statement on the archive’s website is a noble-sounding one:
“For us, games are more than just games. Its culture! It is something created by great people with creative ideas. By building a large archive of physical games, we want to preserve and tribute the games culture for a long period of time.”
The project already has “50,000 games, consoles, and accessories in Karlstad, Sweden.” And it has several goals for the near future, which it lays out. “Next phase: Build a database and start cataloging in 2022.”
“In the future: Network and collaborate with initiatives, museums, and institutions, provide help to researchers and journalists with inquiries.
“Long-term ambition: Exhibit parts of the archive locally and through satellite exhibitions at other locations.”
The team behind the project is encouraging people to get in touch if they have anything to sell. But they haven’t posted a list of desired items yet. The CEO of Embracer Games Archive, David Boström, said:
“Think about how much that could mean for games’ culture and enabling video games research. This journey has just been started and we are at an early stage.”
It sounds like a great initiative, because preservation is an important issue in the games industry. It affects a lot of industries, but none quite as severely as games.
