Google Play Games for PC, which brings Android games to ...

The Google Play Games PC application, which was announced last month during The Game Awards event, allows people to play Google Play games ... GoogletodaywillbeginrollingoutalimitedbetatestofitsnewlyannouncedGooglePlayGamesforPCproductinthreeoverseasmarkets:HongKong,SouthKoreaandTaiwan.TheGooglePlayGamesPCapplication,whichwasannouncedlastmonthduringTheGameAwardsevent,allowspeopletoplayGooglePlaygamesonWindowsPCs,inadditiontocurrentlysupportedplatformslikemobile,tabletandChromeOS.ThenewPCsupportwillincludebothlaptopsanddesktops,Googlesaid,andplayerswillbeabletopickupfromwheretheyleftoffwhenswitchingfromanotherdevice,liketheirAndroidphone,overtotheircomputer. ThecompanyhadpreviouslyannouncedthefirstmarketstogainaccesstothePCapp,whichwasexpectedtoarriveinearly2022.However,anexactdatehadnotyetbeengiven. Aftergainingaccesstothebeta,testerswillbeabletotryoutpopularmobilegameslike“MobileLegends:BangBang,”“SummonersWar,”“StateofSurvival:TheJokerCollaboration”and“ThreeKingdomsTactic,”whichalreadyreachhundredsofmillionsofplayersworldwideeachmonth.Intotal,betatesterswillhaveaccesstomorethan25games,Googlesays. ThenewPCappletsusersbrowsethroughthecatalog,thendownloadandplaygamesonalargerscreen,whilealsotakingadvantageoftheirmouseandkeyboardinputs.Users’gameplayprogress,meanwhile,swillsyncbetweendevices,andthey’llcontinuetoearnPlayPointswhengamingonthePC,Googletodaynoted. ThePCapp’slaunchfollowsarecentmovefromMicrosofttobringAndroidappstoWindows11,whichincludedapartnershipwithAmazonanditsownAmazonAppstore,asdemandforcross-platformgameplayhasheatedup.ButtheGooglePlayGamesforPCappisn’tbeingbuiltinpartnershipwithMicrosoft—it’sGoogle’sownapp,whichitbuiltin-houseanddistributes.It’salsonotagamestreamingservice.Playerswilldownloadthegamestotheircomputerinordertoplay. Asthebetaversiongoestolaunch,GooglesaysitwillpublishmoredetailsforAndroiddevelopersthatwillhelpthemoptimizetheirexistinggamestobecompatiblewithWindowsPCs,sothey’llbeabletotakeadvantageoftheexpandedaccessthePCappwillprovide.Googlehadsaidlastmonththat,withthelaunchofaWindowsapp,GooglePlaygamescouldreachagamingecosystemof2.5billionmonthlyactiveusersacrossplatforms. Timedalongsidethisnewsat4PMPTtoday,Googlewilllaunchadeveloperwebsiteforthoseinterestedinparticipatinginthebeta,wheretheycanexpressinterestandopt-intoreceiveupdatesasthebetacontinues.