Everything you need to know about Xbox Play Anywhere

By Emma Boyle

Microsoft has launched a brand new exciting program for Xbox and Windows 10 this week called Play Anywhere.

Xbox Play Anywhere might sound like a fairly dismissive title – “So, where can I play?” “We don’t know, anywhere we guess” – but it’s actually a pretty big deal for gamers with both Xbox and Windows 10 PCs.

What is it?

Xbox Play Anywhere is a cross-buy program that will allow gamers who digitally purchase games to play them on both their console and PC at no extra cost.

This means that if you’re tired of playing a game on your Xbox One, you can pick it up where you left off on your Windows 10 PC, taking your save games, add-ons, and achievements with you.

How to make the magic happen

To make Play Anywhere work for you you will, of course, need access to a PC running Windows 10 and an Xbox One.

Once you have these then all you have to do is make sure that the Windows 10 Anniversary update has been installed on your PC and that your Xbox One is running the latest update.

Then it’s simply a matter of logging into your Xbox Live/Microsoft account …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming