Overview
- EA launched the 'EA Classics' collection on Thursday with 25 PC titles available on Steam, GOG and the EA App, including seven Anniversary Editions for Road Rash and six Wing Commander games.
- The Anniversary Editions reuse digitized master full‑motion video tapes recovered from a company archive, with teams reediting more than 1,500 cinematic scenes to match the original look and play on modern systems.
- EA spent 2024–2026 cataloguing and digitizing thousands of media assets from the archive and finished a yearlong soundtrack relicense for Road Rash in mid‑September so that the game could ship with its original music.
- The releases include quality‑of‑life updates such as improved frame‑rates, controller support and performance fixes, plus official incorporation of community mods for several Wing Commander titles and free Anniversary upgrades for existing GOG and EA App owners.
- EA priced the Anniversary Editions at $9.99 and other classics at $4.99 with a limited 50% launch discount through November 19, and the project signals a broader push by the company to preserve and monetize legacy game assets.