Multiple Star Wars games added to GOG preservation program

Late last year, PC platform holder GOG announced that they were setting up a new game preservation program. In the months since, the initiative has seen a consistent influx of games being preserved for generations to come. Ahead of this year’s Star Wars Day, the team announced around half a dozen titles set to be preserved for the future.

Making the announcement on their blog, the team at GOG wrote: “With Star Wars Day approaching, we want to honor this amazing franchise in the best way we can: by adding iconic classics from a galaxy far, far away to the GOG Preservation Program! That’s right – while we kick off intergalactic celebrations with May the 4th sale, we also decided to put special attention into some of the most classic Star Wars games out there; those titles shaped who we are, and it’s about time to go back to them.”

Said to have been updated to “run as smoothly as possible on modern systems and are now made to live forever” the following games have now been added to GOG’s preservation program:

• STAR WARS Dark Forces
• STAR WARS: X-Wing Special Edition
• STAR WARS: TIE Fighter Special Edition
• STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic)
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1 + 2

In alignment with this announcement, all of the listed games are currently on sale for 75% off – and will remain so until the 6th of May.

For the uninitiated, the GOG preservation program expands on the platform’s already solid business practice of offering all their games DRM-free. These preserved titles in particular however have had extra care put into them to ensure long-term compatibility.

Star Wars Battlefront for example has had its stability validated; has added cloud save support and is now verified to work correctly on Windows 10/11.

As the video games industry evolves and matures, it is highly welcome to see at least one company doing what it can to ensure that video gaming remains as accessible and forward-facing as possible. Hopefully game preservation programs become a common practice.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this announcement? Are you surprised given the fact that these are all licensed games? What’s your favourite classic Star Wars game? Let us know down below.

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