Sophie Blake
Google announced today that it has rolled out the beta program of Google Play Games for PC to all users living in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia, allowing them to play popular Android games on their Windows devices.
The tech giant first introduced Play Games for PC at last year’s Game Awards, then launched the initial beta in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong this January, and started expanding it to Thailand and Australia in March, 9to5Google reported at the time.
However, the company has just made it official that the program has been made available to users in Australia, bringing the total number of markets rising to five. In addition, prior to announcement, users had to wait for an invitation to start using the platform. But now the beta program is now accessible to all users in the markets listed above.
Google also announced that it has doubled the number of games available on the platform to over 50. Popular titles in its library include Summoners War, Cookie Run: Kingdom, Last Fortress: Underground, and Slam Dunk.
In addition, the company said that it has reduced the minimum system requirements so that more users can enjoy the platform.
The following are the updated requirements to play Google Play Games on desktops:
| Minimum requirement | Recommended for better gameplay performance | |
| OS | Windows 10 (v2004) | Windows 10 (v2004) |
| Storage | Solid state drive (SSD) with 10 GB of available storage space | Solid state drive (SSD) with 10 GB of available storage space |
| Memory | 8 GB of RAM | 8 GB of RAM |
| Graphics | IntelⓇ UHD Graphics 630 GPU or comparable | Gaming-class GPU, like Nvidia GeForce MX450 |
| Processor | 4 CPU physical cores | 8 logical cores |
| Other requirements | Windows admin account Hardware virtualization must be turned on | Windows admin account Hardware virtualization must be turned on |
In October last year, Amazon also announced a similar partnership with Microsoft to bring Android games to Windows 11 users.
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