Game preservation, or lack thereof, is a hot topic among gamers and developers at the moment. So it’s good to hear that the owners of an important bit of gaming history are both aware that their games are being shared online for free and explicitly endorsing it.

FREE! The Internet Archive hosts images of Unreal and Unreal Tournament, two key classics on which Epic Games' empire was built. Epic's overall relationship with Unreal is…complicated. Officially, the series came to an end with Unreal Tournament 3 in 2007,

Unreal and Unreal Tournament, the first two titles to use developer Epic Games' now hugely popular Unreal engine and which spawned an entire FPS franchise, are now available to download and play for free via the Internet Archive. And yes, it's with Epic's permission.

Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, I've heard such good things about the classic 1998 shooter Unreal and sure would like to try it, but I just don't know where to get it these days?" If so, I have good news: The Internet Archive has made it free,

Game of the Year Edition, two boomer shooters that helped propel Epic Games into the spotlight back in the late 1990s, are now available to download for no cost on Archive.org.