GOG Preservation Program aims to keep old games playable on modern PCs

GOG has announced a new Preservation Program designed to ensure that classic games remain playable on modern systems forever.

100 classic games from its catalog are being re-released today with updated or quality-tested builds, and GOG has committed to using its own resources to maintain their compatibility with modern PCs.

On the GOG store, games included in the Preservation Program are identified with a dedicated stamp, and players can see how GOG has worked to update each title by looking at its Preservation Log.

The first compatibility-certified games include entries in the Resident Evil, Warcraft, Dragon Age, Fallout, System Shock, Diablo, Heroes of Might and Magic, Dungeon Keeper, The Witcher, and Monkey Island franchises.

GOG said it plans to keep adding more games to the Preservation Program over time.

It also shared a statistic from the Video Game History Foundation, which claims that 87% of games created before 2010 are inaccessible today.

It was recently announced that the PC version of the upcoming remaster of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos will be exclusive to GOG. The game is currently available to wishlist on the store page, and is set for release later this year.