Valve is welcoming a new group of game developers to its giant PC market: Android developers.
Valve announced this in an interview with the publication. Edgewhere engineer Jeremy Selan explained that the company prefers that they “don't even have to think about” which device hosts the game they want to play. “They can just put their games on Steam, they download them and click play.”
This news is important not only for mobile hits such as Monopoly Go or Royal match. For years, virtual reality developers have been creating games using the Meta Quest APK for Android. This means that Quest developers can quickly port their games back to Steam so they can be ready to ship on day one. recently announced Steam Frame.
“They are actually VR developers who want to publish their VR content, and they are porting a mobile VR game where they are already familiar with how to create these APKs,” Celan said, addressing these developers.
The move could have huge implications for Google, which operates the Google Play Store, the most commonly used store on Android devices. He is currently trying decide Epic successfully sued with a policy that would open Android phones and tablets to other app stores and reduce development fees.
