Microsoft says it could use AI to revive classic Xbox games
Microsoft is exploring bringing back catalog games to modern devices using AI
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The Video Game History Foundation’s digital library is now publicly available in early access
The library includes promotional material and more than 1500 out-of-print magazines
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is being delisted
Dark Alliance servers will go offline when the game is pulled from sale in early 2025
GOG Preservation Program aims to keep old games playable on modern PCs
100 classic games have been re-released on GOG with updated or quality-tested builds
Game publishers ‘won’t support libraries for preserving online games’
ESA lawyer claims there is currently no legal way to keep online games active after official support has ended
Devs closing live service games should ‘make a private hosted version’, Knockout City dev says
Doing so keeps the game "alive forever", Velan's Josh Harrison says
Indie developer makes his game free after being told Warner Bros will be delisting it
Small Radios Big Televisions will be pulled from sale "within the next few weeks"
Preservationists upset at Switch lawsuit’s shutdown of 3DS emulator
Some claim emulators like Citra are the only way to play delisted games now
Former PlayStation boss says it’s ‘criminal’ the industry isn’t doing more to preserve games
As Microsoft buys Activision, Shawn Layden also warns of threat to creativity from consolidation
Xbox boss would ‘love to find solutions’ so games aren’t lost when the 360 store closes
Phil Spencer says “preservation is front and centre when all these decisions are made”