Embracer Group Is Creating a Games Archive to Preserve Gaming History

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Embracer Group, previously known as THQ Nordic, has been spending some incredible amounts of money purchasing game development studios over the last few years. Some of its notable acquisitions are Gearbox Entertainment, the company behind Borderlands, and Dark Horse Media, the comic book company that own IPs like The Umbrella Academy and The Mask. Most recently, Embracer Group acquired multiple studios from Square Enix, including Crystal Dynamics, the developers of the Tomb Raider reboot games.

With so many companies now owned by Embracer Group, many are expecting big things from the conglomerate in the coming years. Some remain concerned about Embracer Group's growing collection of gaming studios. However, the company wants to assure the video game community that it believes in the medium, as shown by its recent decision to create an Embracer Games Archive, which will hopefully preserve the past of gaming as its future continues to develop.

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The Embracer Games Archive was announced, with a new page on the Embracer website revealing not only what the archives were, but why they were made. «Imagine a place where all physical video games, consoles and accessories are gathered at the same place,» reads a statement from Embracer Games Archive CEO David Boström. «We believe that games carry a heritage worth celebrating and safeguarding for the future.» Embracer Group's gaming archive appears to be an attempt to preserve the history of gaming.

Already, the archive has a sizable collection of over 50,000 games, consoles, and accessories held in Karlstad, Sweden. Even with such a large amount of gaming history already collected, Embracer Group still has plans for expansion.