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EA to release 25 classic PC games on major digital stores
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EA will release 25 classic PC games on Steam, GOG and the EA App, with seven receiving updated Anniversary Editions. The expanded release gives players access to series including Road Rash, Wing Commander, Ultima and Crusader, with changes intended to help the games run on modern systems.
EA says it recovered thousands of tapes and other assets from a physical media vault, allowing it to restore more than 1,500 full-motion video scenes. The updated Wing Commander games will also officially include some community-made mods. Anniversary Editions cost $9.99 each, while the other titles cost $4.99.
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In short
- EA is bringing 25 classic PC games to major digital stores.
- Seven Anniversary Editions add modern system and control support.
- Digitised tapes helped restore more than 1,500 game scenes.
How this story developed
- 34 minutes ago Electronic Arts is bringing 25 classic PC games to Steam, GOG and the EA App, making older titles such as Road Rash, Wing Commander, Ultima and Crusader available to a new audience.
- 41 minutes ago EA will release 25 classic PC games on Steam, GOG and the EA App, with seven receiving updated Anniversary Editions.
Explained simply
Electronic Arts, usually called EA, is a long-established video game publisher. Its older PC games include Road Rash, a motorbike racing series, Wing Commander, a science-fiction flight series, and Ultima, a fantasy role-playing series. Some were first released decades ago, when computers and software worked differently from today’s machines.
Older games can be hard to run on current computers, and their original materials may be difficult to find. Publishers sometimes update or reissue them so new players can access them through digital stores, while also preserving games for people who remember them. Community-made modifications, or “mods”, are changes created by players rather than the original publisher.
These releases bring EA’s back catalogue to major PC game stores, including Steam, GOG and the EA App. They also raise questions about how older games can be preserved and made compatible with modern systems, and how fan contributions fit into officially released versions.
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Originally published by The Verge as “EA is bringing 25 classic PC games to Steam”.