EFGAMP Offers Its Expertise in Game Preservation to the EU

As an association committed to the preservation of games, EFGAMP naturally welcomes the debate that has arisen in response to the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative, which is being discussed in the community primarily under the name Stop Killing Videogames. "While this citizen’s initiative is not focused on the preservation and cultural protection of games as cultural heritage, it still provides further impressive evidence of the cultural significance of games. In that regard it is a promising fact that a considerable number of memory institutions across Europe are collecting our gaming cultural heritage", the statement says. "Cultural preservation is an important and long-term goal because if games should be kept accessible after their commercial exploitation phase various measures have to be established, in technical, legal and social terms."

As an association committed to the preservation of games, EFGAMP naturally welcomes the debate that has arisen in response to the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative, which is being discussed in the community primarily under the name Stop Killing Videogames. "While this citizen’s initiative is not focused on the preservation and cultural protection of games as cultural heritage, it still provides further impressive evidence of the cultural significance of games. In that regard it is a promising fact that a considerable number of memory institutions across Europe are collecting our gaming cultural heritage", the statement says. "Cultural preservation is an important and long-term goal because if games should be kept accessible after their commercial exploitation phase various measures have to be established, in technical, legal and social terms."