The invention develops much more slowly than was initially implied, but it develops and almost a year after its announcement, Google Play Games for PC takes a new step in the expected direction, that of being available sooner rather than later to anyone who wants to get their hands on it, which will surely be many users.
In case you don’t remember, a refresher: Google Play Games for PC is a project of the Internet giant whose name says it all, although it is worth giving even a brief description and nuance: yes, this is about bring the huge catalog of Android games to PCeven though PC means, at least for now, just Windows.
Perhaps the most particular element of this Google Play Games for PC is the underlying technology, since the invention does not try to make use of the Android subsystem for Windows, which is exclusive to Windows 11, since it will also be launched for Windows 10. It is not clear how Google is doing to bring Android games to Windows, but the truth is that it is doing it.
In fact, there would be no problem if Google Play Games for PC later extended its support to macOS and Linux, where in the absence of APIs and drivers, all Android games should be able to run natively. In other words, that future trip could cost less than the present one, but on Windows PC it is the system that rules and the one that pays off the effort.
Google Play Games for PC
Be that as it may, if just a month after its official announcement the first beta of Google Play Games for PC was launched, but closed beta and with limited and restricted access to certain users in certain Asian markets, it was not until last August when the service was extended to new territories, and it has not been until now when it seems to materialize its international expansion, although in a limited way as well.
If you are reading this news because you are interested in the subject, know that Google Play Games for PC It can already be tested in the United States and Mexico, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. These are all the countries in which the service is present and no, there are no news or approximate dates for Europe.
For the rest, those who have been able to test it say that Google Play Games for PC is still very green: the synchronization of game progress between devices would work more or less well, but it barely has support to run about 40 games. As for the requirements to run the application, they would not have changed since the first information
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Are you interested in the proposal of Google Play Games for PC? Unless you are in one of the indicated countries, you will have to wait… And no, you will not be able to fool Google with a VPN, because you will have to use your Google account to download the client and it will catch you. But you can indicate that it notifies you when it is ready, who knows when it will be. For this 2022 surely not.
This Google Play Games for PC does not seem a priori anything from the other world, if to compare the games that exist in one (Android) and another (PC) platform there are, also when there are many that are in both. But there are also many who don’t, the Android gaming ecosystem has evolved dramatically in recent years and has left us with exclusive experiences that attract millions of people.
On the other hand, Google Play Games for PC, not for Chromebook or Chrome OS, where in the medium term support for running Android applications and games will be the standard, can help the Internet giant to get rid of the thorn that must have been left the failure of Google Stadia. Less gives a stone.
