A new Download on Windows button is appearing in the Play Store. This allows you to download the game Lineage 2M in .exe on your PC. The opportunity to see what Play Games could look like.
Official presentation of Play Games // Source: Google
Google officially announced it in December 2021: Android games are coming to Windows. In the process, a beta of this Play Games service was launched in a few countries. France is not concerned for the moment, but do not panic! The Play Store already gives you an opportunity to test the new feature.
A “Download on Windows” button in the Play Store
From a PC running Windows 10 or Windows 11, open your web browser and go to the Play Store to access the page dedicated to the Lineage 2M game. You will then see a new size. The traditional button to install the game on your Android device is accompanied by another button Download on Windows.
The new Download button on Windows available on the Play Store // Source: Frandroid
Everything suggests that this is a large-scale test conducted by Google on the Play Store, since this novelty is available in various countries and in several languages. However, the Lineage 2M app page seems to be the only one affected at the moment.
Wow, I’ve never seen the official @GooglePlay Store offers a cross-platform Windows download for an Android game.
I thought it was the new Play Games for Windows at first, but it’s not – it’s powered by an emulator called PURPLE.
Is this the only instance of such an integration? pic.twitter.com/wNRUegRSOO
— Artem Russakovskii (@ArtemR) January 26, 2022
By clicking on the famous Download button on Windows, you will launch the download of the Lineage 2M installation kit on your PC in the form of a classic .exe file. The rest of the operation is very banal to enjoy the game on the computer (which runs on the machine via the official Purple emulator). The installation of the game goes through an emulator, PURPLE, which makes it possible to bridge the gap between the two OS.
The .exe software downloaded from the Play Store on a Windows PC // Source: Frandroid
This therefore provides an overview of the Play Games service on Windows machines. Now all that remains is to dig into every corner of the Play Store to see if this new button is available on another game.
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