Electronic Arts releases 25 classic PC games on Steam, GOG.com and the EA App

Electronic Arts released 25 classic PC games on Nov. 5, 2026, making them available on Steam, GOG.com and the EA App.

Seven of the titles are restored Anniversary Editions: Road Rash and six Wing Commander games, including Privateer 2: The Darkening. The remaining 18 are faithful ports, including Ultima I through Ultima IX, Ultima Underworld I and II, Theme Hospital, Crusader: No Remorse and No Regret, Strike Commander and Wing Commander: Privateer, Academy and Armada.

Introductory sale pricing runs from Nov. 5 to Nov. 19, 2026, on Steam and GOG.com. On Steam, Anniversary Editions cost $4.99 after a 50% launch discount, while other classics cost $2.49, also 50% off. GOG lists Anniversary Editions at $4.99 with 50% off.

The nine-game Wing Commander bundle costs $33.66 and the 11-game Ultima bundle costs $24.64; both carry a 55% discount on Steam. KitGuru lists Anniversary Editions at £8.99/$9.99/€9.99, while remaining classic titles cost £4.99/$4.99/€4.99, with introductory discounts on Steam and GOG until Nov. 19, 2026.

In March 2022, EA Senior Producer Jim Vessella uncovered a vault at EA’s Redwood Shores campus holding nearly 20,000 archival assets, among them master tapes and thousands of Betacam, VHS and D1 tapes. The team preserved an estimated 2,500 hours of historical footage through digitization.

Digital Citizen says Jim Vessella worked on Command & Conquer Remastered Collection before leading the restoration effort, and that the project aims to preserve older games and make them accessible on modern hardware without manual configuration of outdated software. According to Hypebeast, Jim Vessella of the EA Partners team joined the group that started Electronic Arts‘ dedicated game preservation effort.

More than 1,500 restored full-motion-video sequences appear across the seven Anniversary Edition releases. The 2022 vault tapes made possible frame-by-frame restoration of over 900 FMV scenes in Wing Commander III, more than 275 in Wing Commander IV and more than 150 in Wing Commander Prophecy. The game’s original Cinematics Director found Privateer 2: The Darkening’s complete source-master tapes in 2024, supporting restoration of more than 100 scenes plus an alternate Director’s Cut. Gaming.net says Road Rash: 30th Anniversary Edition drew on source-master tapes from EA’s 2022 vault to restore dozens of full-motion-video scenes.

Controller support, quality-of-life improvements and modern compatibility updates come with the restored games. EA worked directly with long-standing Wing Commander community modders, integrating some fan-made improvements into the official releases.

EA says the Kilrathi Saga versions of Wing Commander and Wing Commander II integrate with their installations and are receiving their first digital release. EA says Kilrathi Saga includes digital music and sound, a re-orchestrated soundtrack and optional drop-away cockpit support. The publisher bundled the community-built Wcdx patch with Wing Commander and Wing Commander II, offering gameplay speed fixes, improved controller support, windowed mode and optional cheats. It also bundled the community WCAT patch with the DOS versions of Wing Commander and Wing Commander II, recreating a 386 PC feel and improving controls.

Gaming.net reports that Wing Commander and Wing Commander II Anniversary Editions come with manuals, reference cards, ship blueprints and cloud saves, and that Wing Commander Prophecy: 30th Anniversary Edition includes its Secret Ops episodes. Gaming.net says Wing Commander III’s community patch brings 60 FPS gameplay, higher-resolution FMVs, widescreen cockpit configuration, improved controller and joystick support and reintegrated scenes, while Privateer 2: The Darkening’s community patch improves frame rates, video resolution and controller support.

The 1996 PC version of Road Rash appears digitally for the first time in Road Rash: 30th Anniversary Edition, which includes a relicensed soundtrack featuring Soundgarden, Paw, Hammerbox, Monster Magnet, Swervedriver and Therapy?. GOG’s Windows edition of Road Rash carries no DRM and works without activation or an online connection, and a fully offline installer is available without GOG Galaxy. EA discloses optional AI upscaling for Road Rash, Wing Commander III, Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander Prophecy and Privateer 2 to boost resolution and frame rate of existing master video.

Wing Commander III includes full voice-over and subtitles in English, French and German. Privateer 2: The Darkening FMV subtitles cover English, French, German and Spanish. Geeks + Gamers reports that Wing Commander games featured celebrities in live-action cutscenes, including Mark Hamill, Christopher Walken, John Rhys-Davies and Malcolm McDowell.

EA announced the closure of BioWare on Oct. 21, 2026; a petition calling for BioWare’s revival and the in-progress Mass Effect: Universe has over 300,000 signatures. EA is owned by the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and private equity firm Silver Lake. Video Games Chronicle reports that fans have long been frustrated by EA sitting on older games, and many are now available on modern hardware for the first time.

GOG.com already offered the 18 non-remastered classic games, while all 25 titles are new to Steam. Some Steam players are reporting problems with controller support. Players who owned digital copies of Wing Commander games on GOG or the EA App receive the Anniversary Edition upgrade free of charge on their existing platform.

EA Senior Producer Jim Vessella said the group wanted to honor the legacy of the developers behind these iconic games.