About us

At the Embracer Games Archive, we are building one of the world’s most comprehensive archives of physical video games. Our mission is to serve as an active and useful resource for the games industry, gaming culture and the wider preservation community, guided by our principle: preservation through use.

Games are works of art that have inspired people and shaped culture for decades. By bringing a large part of gaming history together in one place, we create opportunities to support research, exhibitions, developers and preservation initiatives.

The archive is an initiative by Embracer Group and is already actively used. We host visits, support researchers, contribute to exhibitions, assist preservation projects and scan and document games for developers.

We believe an archive should be more than a collection. By making our collection accessible and useful, we help preserve and promote the cultural heritage of games for the future.

 

 

Archive status

• The archive currently holds over 90,000 objects, including games, consoles and accessories.
• It is managed by a dedicated team consisting of the CEO, an archivist and a technical engineer
• All objects in the archive are catalogued with images in our database. Please contact us if you have a specific purpose and would like to learn more about what is held in the archive
• Our goal is for the archive to benefit the games industry, including studios and publishers, as well as researchers, journalists and other initiatives working to preserve or document gaming history.