EA releases 25 PC classics on Steam, including seven restorations

EA has released 25 classic PC games on Steam: seven restored Anniversary Editions and 18 additional faithful ports. The collection is also available on GOG and the EA App. The other releases include games from Ultima and Crusader, as well as Theme Hospital.

The seven restorations include Road Rash, five titles with the Wing Commander name, and Privateer 2. EA says this is the first digital release of the 1996 PC version of Road Rash. The new edition supports Xbox and PlayStation controllers and restores cinematics from the master tapes.

Senior producer Jim Vessella found the Wing Commander and Road Rash master tapes in EA’s archive. By April 2026, the team had digitized 6,000 media assets and preserved an estimated 2,500 hours of footage. For Wing Commander III alone, it worked on about 475 full-screen cinematics. EA’s restoration account

GOG led the restoration of Wing Commander: Prophecy. Vessella says its engineers used community patches and their own tools to run the game on modern PCs and play the restored video. Existing owners of qualifying digital Wing Commander titles on GOG or the EA App get their corresponding upgrade on the same store. GOG’s announcement