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Games preservation took steps forward in 2024 - but still has a long way to go

Eurogamer looks at the state of games preservation, looking back on the progress made in 2024, and where it might go next in 2025.

"I think on the preservation front, it's vital that we have these connections with bigger companies and developers," says Isaac Murphy, digital producer at Lost in Cult, now a household name for publishing lovingly crafted collections of games criticism and documentary books. "There were things like pitch decks for some of their games, lots of concept art, and documents that are sort of business-sided and fairly dull, but to an archivist or to an enthusiast or a preservationist, it's incredible to see because they are just sitting on this world of history and it's just on a Google Drive." | Image credit: Return of Reckoning Bypassing legal permission, however, does not compromise the integrity of preservation projects argues James Newman, a professor of media and computing at Bath Spa University in the UK.

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