World of Warcraft streamed to iPad using Gaikai

Although we assuredly could've made the worrisome connection between Gaikai's game-streaming capability, the Apple iPad, and gaming's own methamphetamine, World of Warcraft, it seems the folks at Dave Perry's company are one step ahead of us. As revealed in the image seen above (accompanied by the statement, "Was walking through the office, saw this, thought you'd like to see ... soon I'll be able to play WoW with my Cornflakes!"), Perry reveals our worst fear: portable WoW.

He adds, "We're really interested to see what works well with streaming and will be trying just about every genre of game, on every device possible as we explore server-side computing. This is World of Warcraft streamed from a Gaikai server over regular wifi." Previously, we've seen Perry demonstrate a handful of other games streaming over the service, but never to a handheld device. And though we doubt that it would work over the iPad's upcoming 3G data network, playing WoW over wi-fi on an iPad is an ... appealing idea.

[Via Dave Perry's Twitter account]

Reader Comments (43)

Another blow to OnLive.

wow... i was invited to their beta testing thing like... a month ago and totally forgot they existed somehow. is it even worth trying?

...because OnLive has so much going for it anyway. /s

were you trying to make a pun with that last sentence? i cant tell... and its making my head hurt. please clarify before it explodes.

Damn, if this works, it may result in a fatter Gabe Newell and more delay to the next Half Life.. :D

What the hell does Gabe Newell have to do with this story?

I know that what he said made no sense, but common! There's gotta be some sort of joke for you to exploit...right?

Shouldn't you be watching MADtv...

Oh that's right, it was taken off the air.

my question is... WHO the hell is Gabe Newell?

"my question is... WHO the hell is Gabe Newell?"

1. Do you play videogames?
2. Do you know what a search engine is?
3. Go away.

Quite a stretch to slam Gabe don't ya think? Did you have some bad Half Life moment this morning? I know he said WoW was a good game 5 years ago or something...but I fail to see the connection here.

@Limited_Vertigo

Jeez no need to get so defensive. OK... Just to clarify so I don't sound like as much of a douche as I apparently let on... I went ahead and looked him up... and I deduced that I personally never heard of him (someone who works in the PC gaming industry and was involved with Quake and Half Life) because I personally am not a PC gamer (not that I hate PC games, I'm just occupied with my Wii and PS3 enough as it is)

There you have it... you may now chill out, sir =)

Limited Vertigo, no, nobody should be watching MadTV... Ever...

skyblaze,

You handled that very well. Sorry for coming across like a jerk, I tip my hat to you.

Do jerks get a free pass for coming off as a jerk or must they apologize for who they are just because society rejects them?

Think about it...

its all good. all's well that ends well.

remember kids, don't elate the hate, increase the peace!

ugh, that was terrible... capn' planet has all the better slogans...

(that's your queue, capn')

well, i was simply makin a joke.. unfortunately some people didn't get it at all..
I have tremendous respect for both Gabe and Valve.. but who can forget this image.. the reason i made the joke..
http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gabe.jpg

i once tethered my iphone to my laptop and played wow on Edge data network. It really wasn't so bad (dont judge how geeky i am)

I tethered my iPhone and bridged it thru my computer to allow me to play Xbox 360 online. It's slow as ball sack even on 3g but it gets the job done. Good enough for Uno :P

This is the way productivity ends
This is the way productivity ends
This is the way productivity ends.
Not with a bang but a ding.

Cool and all, but I think most WoW users would simply prefer to use a laptop if they are MMOing on the go, even at a desk. I think it'd be a little tough to raid on an ipad.

Ok maybe I misread the article. Is this simply just a video stream of WoW to the ipad? If so... wow. No pun intended.

I don't own an iPad, but according to Engadget's review the battery on this thing lasted 10 hours after heavy use. That's quite a feat!

IF I did have a choice to play WoW on the go (which thank the gods I don't) I would want to play for more than 2 and a half hours.

Though I agree the controls would probably be pretty terrible.

...unless they somehow managed to make walking about touched based. NO! I must not go down that path! SCREW YOU MOBILE WOW!!

Yeah, right--it wouldn't convert the controls to touch screen would it?

I won't get into an iPad rant, but I think it's a bit too early to be boasting something like WoW on iPad.

There is already a "click to move" option built into the game - Ive played WoW using my tablet PC in slate mode that way. Its not all that intuitive for combat, but it functions enough to be playable.

"I think it's a bit too early to be boasting something like WoW on iPad."

Indeed. I think this was more of a proof of concept.

It's an appealing _idea_, yes...but even if they get the back-end tech ironed out, there are some serious controller issues. But like they said, they're just messing around, so this is cool to see.

I have pre-ordered since reading this post because of this magical Portable WoW. This Laptop I have is worthless because Laptops can't do something as simple as portable gaming

Every freaking time someone does a game running on an iPhone/iPod, people go "OMG, the game running portable!"

The game is NOT running on the iPad. It's just a video feed with control input. You still need a computer to be running the game.

OMG, they streamed video from a computer to some other device? Come on Joystiq, this isn't gaming news.

It's video you can interact with though.

What should we name this phenomenon? Playable movies?

Oh, maybe interactive cinema!

(assuming WoW works with the iPad's interface and that you weren't sarcastic)

Meh, I'm happy with a Laptop. Kudos to those that prefer an Apple device with limited capabilities.

i hope apple makes laptops someday

When they do I hope they don't charge double for what I'm able to get from a PC.

Ladies and Gentleman, I present you: The Future

it is bleak.

So you're telling me I'll be able to level up my Death Knight AND crap at the same time?

What the heck are you talking about? You're Jesus... You could already do that.

Nah, that was using the cheat codes to the universe, Dad gave me. And you know I don't like cheating.

I thought this is what laptops were already for??

Not everybody's laptop can handle WoW FunkTion. Mine doesn't even have enough space for it.

Whatever happened to using a laptop with a 3G connection?

Although I've got to admit that's slightly nifty.

World of Warcraft streamed to iPad using Gaikai

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