Google just announced some notable upgrades to the Google Play gaming experience on Windows PCs, with improvements that cover game discovery and purchases, and the news that a broader number of paid titles are now becoming available for the desktop.
While an official Windows client for Google Play apps and games has been available for several years, these latest updates mean the experience is more polished than ever before.
There are four main changes for gamers wanting to play Android games on Windows.
First, Google is “actively expanding” the number of paid, premium games that are fully optimized for PCs. Android games don’t get this optimization by default, and need to be specifically tweaked to support PC gaming (keyboard controls and all), so more titles that meet this criteria will be very welcome.
Second, there’s a new PC section in the Play Store Games tab on mobile devices, so you can
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