Google Play Games for PC is now available to all players in five countries – TechCrunch

Google introduced right this moment that Google Play Video games for PC, a program that lets customers play Android video games on Home windows, is now in obtainable to all customers underneath an open beta in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia. The corporate launched a restricted take a look at earlier this yr with gamers attending to check out the platform by way of a waitlist. With the brand new announcement, they won’t have to attend for an invite.

The restricted beta first restricted choose gamers in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan with enlargement to Thailand and Australia in March.

The search large famous that additionally it is decreasing system necessities so extra customers can play these video games.

The sooner beta mandated gamers to have a system with no less than an eight-core CPU, a “gaming-class GPU,” and 20GB of obtainable space for storing. The brand new open beta reduces these necessities to having a four-core CPU, an built-in GPU, and 10GB of free storage on the system.

Minimal system necessities for operating Google Play Video games on Home windows Picture Credit: Google

Google stated it now has over 50 PC-compatible recreation titles for Home windows customers. Gamers can begin enjoying a title on PC and later choose up from the place they left it on their Android telephone with the identical Google ID.

“In the previous couple of months, we now have greater than doubled our Google Play Video games catalog to 50+ titles, which might be performed on Home windows PCs by way of a standalone software constructed by Google. Our catalog contains lots of the hottest cell video games on this planet together with Summoners Battle, Cookie Run: Kingdom, Final Fortress: Underground, and High Battle. Collectively, these video games are performed by tons of of thousands and thousands of gamers globally,” the corporate stated in a weblog publish.

Whereas Google is dealing with Android video games distribution on Home windows, Amazon has partnered with Mircosoft to get Android apps to PC customers. U.S.-based customers have been capable of set up Android Apps by way of the Amazon App Retailer by way of Home windows 11 Insider Program. Final week, the corporate expanded the preview to Japan.