Gears 5, Age of Empires and many other Xbox Game Studios titles are headed to Valve's storefront
Something to look forward to: It's a good day to be a PC gamer. In a
major shift to its strategy in approaching the PC market, Microsoft
wants to give gamers more choice and will soon distribute its Xbox Game
Studio titles on multiple stores including Valve's Steam.
Game libraries of many Steam users will soon be graced by titles that
would typically have been available only on Microsoft's Store for PC and
Xbox Live for the company's gaming console. But ahead of E3, Microsoft
is looking to change that with its commitment to support player choice
and enable gamers to choose from multiple storefronts.
The company is set to bring out the big guns at the event with plans to
reveal its Xbox Game Pass for PC, an entirely new games subscription
service for PC gamers and as many as 14 first party titles set for
reveal.
Xbox chief Phil Spencer explains his vision for contributing to the PC
gaming ecosystem. "As the creators of Windows, we have a unique
responsibility to ensure we’re investing in experiences that benefit
players everywhere, while respecting the PC community’s preference for
an open, highly customizable platform."
The PC community likes choice and that will come as Microsoft looks to
release a number of titles on the Steam store. "We will continue to add
to the more than 20 Xbox Game Studios titles on Steam, starting with
Gears 5 and all Age of Empires I, II, and III: Definitive Editions. We
know millions of PC gamers trust Steam as a great source to buy PC games
and we’ve heard the feedback that PC gamers would like choice."
Spencer also pointed out that Microsoft's Store will be getting support
for native Win32 games (essentially everything else that is not UWP), a
format that the company acknowledges is loved by game developers and
gamers alike ... we are excited to share that we will be enabling full
support for native Win32 games to the Microsoft Store on Windows. This
will unlock more options for developers and gamers alike, allowing for
the customization and control they’ve come to expect from the open
Windows gaming ecosystem."
E3 2019 is looking promising, we just have to wait until June 9 to see what else it's got in store for us.
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