The annual Game Developers Conference is about to kick off, and even though Stadia is dead and buried, Google has a lot of plans for games. It’s expanding tools that help PC developers bring premium ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Folks have been finding ways to run Android games on Windows PCs for almost as long as Android’s been around. But in 2022 Google launched its own official platform called Google Play Games for Windows ...

Google Play Games on PC has been available in beta since January 2022, letting you play Android games on your Windows machine. As of September 23, the service is exiting beta and is now generally ...

Google has been tinkering with porting its Play Games platform to Windows for several years, but it started getting serious about it last year. Now, with the 2026 Game Developer Conference underway, ...

In an unexpected move, Google announced it will be bringing some of its mobile catalog to PC. There's now a PC section in the Play Store Games tab, which will serve as "your dedicated home for ...

Matthew was the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police until 2025. Google Play Games for PC beta now supports remappable keyboard controls. More control options are planned for the future. The recent ...