GOG Announces Its Preservation Program To Keep Games Playable On Modern Systems [Video]

Video games have grown from humble beginnings to massive behemoths. Tons of resources get fed into these AAA productions as devs seek to provide players with bigger and broader experiences. However, the industry is also seeing classic games quickly disappear. There are organizations in place to keep these games from vanishing, and GOG recently announced that they are now doing their part.

GOG is a digital marketplace aiming to deliver players with DRM-free content and a simple means of acquiring some classic video game titles. However, providing access to these games is not enough in GOG’s eyes. Instead, they want to ensure that no matter what, classic games will continue to stick around and be playable on modern platforms. Today, we’re learning of a new preservation program.

The folks at GOG have rolled out the preservation program to keep games in good standing order for years from now. Long after developers cease …