Google Play Games for PC is getting more premium titles and cross-buy with Android

Buy once (or more) to play anywhere

While Google announced last year it was opening the door to all Android games on Windows, things haven’t exactly worked out like that. It should have been easy, though. None of these “Windows” games is actually built for Windows—Play Games uses virtualization to run a lightweight Android OS in a container for the games. Hypothetically, all Android games should work, but there are still some big gaps.

For example, Play Games for Windows has thus far not supported paid games outside of those on Play Pass, and even some Play Pass content has been absent. In the latter case, that may be

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