Award to Our Chief Archivist: Guardian of Gaming Memory

This November, our Chief Archivist Natalia Kovalainen attended the Checkpoint Festival in Rome, a great opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with others within game preservation. During the festival, several awards were presented, and we are happy to share that one of them went to Natalia.

The jury’s motivation reads:
Natalia Kovalainen (Embracer Games Archive) – Women in Games Special Award – Guardian of Gaming Memory

“For her extraordinary dedication to preserving the world’s interactive heritage through the creation and curation of one of the largest and most valuable video game archives in existence.”

This acknowledgment means a great deal, not only to Natalia and our team, but to everyone committed to safeguarding the rich and diverse history of video games.