'Xbox Play Anywhere' Makes A Welcome Appearance At Developer Direct 2025

We've long been fans of Xbox Play Anywhere here at Pure Xbox, but it's not always been promoted as well as we'd like - Microsoft makes it very difficult to see a full list of games that actually support the Play Anywhere program.

In fact, fans have discovered that over 1,100 Xbox games are included with Xbox Play Anywhere, and we feel that Microsoft really isn't promoting this enough! After all, it's a really cool feature that allows you to buy a game on your Xbox console and get the PC version for free - often with cross-save and cross-progression support as well.

There's good news to kick off the year though. In yesterday's Xbox Developer Direct showcase, it was mentioned at the very start of the broadcast that every featured game would support Xbox Play Anywhere as well as Xbox Cloud Gaming, meaning the likes of DOOM: The Dark Ages and Ninja Gaiden 4 will be applicable for this cross-buy perk.

Here's a look if you missed it:

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Is this a sign of bigger things to come for Xbox Play Anywhere? It's hard to say right now, but considering it's very rarely been mentioned until this week, as well as the big multiplatform push that Xbox is clearly in the midst of, we wouldn't be surprised if Xbox is planning some kind of marketing refresh and a bigger role for the program this year.

Let's hope so, anyway! It'd be great to see many more games getting Xbox Play Anywhere support in 2025...

Were you glad to see this? Do you use Xbox Play Anywhere often? Tell us in the comments below.