Microsoft recently made some good announcement, especially for PC gamers. In March this year, Microsoft announced that the Halo: The Master Chief Collection including Halo: Reach will be coming to PC later this year, via Steam. In addition to this Microsoft has now announced that it will bring more than 20 Xbox Game Studios titles on Steam, starting with Gears of War 5 aka Gears 5 and all Age of Empires I, II & III: Definitive Editions. This means that the Gears of War fans finally has a good news, as the next installment of the Gears of War series and Age of Empires I, II & III: Definitive Editions will soon hit the Steam store for PC players.
Microsft says that it’s trying to provide more platform for PC players of their choice to buy their favorite games.
Our intent is to make our Xbox Game Studios PC games available in multiple stores, including our own Microsoft Store on Windows, at their launch. We believe you should have choice in where you buy your PC games.
We also know that there are other stores on PC, and we are working to enable more choice in which store you can find our Xbox Game Studios titles in the future.
Xbox Game Pass for PC Players
Microsoft Xbox Game Pass is a subscription-based service that gives its members to access a curated library of high-quality games on Xbox One. The service was first launched two years back on Xbox One and now Microsoft has announced that it will bring its Xbox Game Pass subscription to PC players.
Microsoft announced that Xbox Game Pass for PC will give players unlimited access to a curated library of over 100 high-quality PC games on Windows 10 developed and published by well-known PC games developers such as Bethesda, Deep Silver, Devolver Digital, Paradox Interactive, SEGA, and more.
Microsoft has also announced that Xbox Game Pass for PC members will also receive discounts in the Microsoft Store on Windows of up to 20% on games currently in the library and up to 10% off related game DLC and add-ons.
Gears of War 5 aka Gears 5 is expected to launch on September 10 this year.
