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Bluestacks now enabling Android apps and games on 10 million PCs and Macs

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Bluestacks now enabling Android apps and games on 10 million PCs and Macs
By Jon Jordan
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Android virtualisation platform Bluestacks has passed its latest milestone.

Available for Mac and PC (including pre-loads from the likes of Lenovo, Asus and MSI), its App Player software is now on over 10 million devices; what Bluestacks calls 'large screen devices'.

4.2 million of these installations occurred during Q1 2013.

"We're seeing exponential gains in adoption and active usage over the past few months especially," said CEO Rosen Sharma.

"Now we're working on this idea of, how we can take this technology and bring mobile content to other types of devices."

Good for games

Funded to the tune of $15 million from the likes of Intel, Andreessen-Horowitz, Qualcomm, AMD and a bunch of VCs, the software enables you to run any Android app or game on your desktop, laptop or Windows tablet.

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There's even been a special version released for Microsoft's Surface.

Sharma points to Bluestacks' deals with games companies such as Halfbrick, HandyGames and Outfit7 as a key reason for its growth.

"Generation M has grown up with mobile games and expect to enjoy those on all platforms. Gaming has emerged as a strong use case for us," he explained.

[source: PRWeb]

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.