'World of Warcraft' Demoed on the iPhone?

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/25/world-of-warcraft-demoed-on-the-iphone/)

First posted (http://toucharcade.com/2009/04/25/world-of-warcraft-on-an-iphone-for-real/) over at TouchArcade.com (http://toucharcade.com/), a YouTube video depicts what could be World of Warcraft running on the iPhone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldw9wJXJNnI

World of Warcraft is an incredibly popular (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft) massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) with over 11 million subscribers.

While there have been sketchy rumors in the past that this game could find its way to the iPhone, the video seems believable as it shows the game running within the Vollee (http://www.vollee.com/) client application. Vollee is a company that develops software to allow mobile 3G phones to play CPU intensive PC applications over the network. Their first demonstration in 2008 (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080603005773&newsLang=en) showed Second Life on a mobile device. The software works by essentially streaming video of the game rather than rendering it by the handset itself: The company’s VolleeX engine adapts applications for screen size and key layout, and then streams the original application to mobile devices. Vollee’s interactive video streaming platform optimizes compression to minimize bandwidth requirements and also leverages the 3G mobile networks in such a way that gamers can easily and smoothly navigate virtual worlds. Vollee’s technology is also extensible to fast paced, high quality video games previously impossible on mobile.Vollee has also previously announced upcoming iPhone support as well as a partnership with ActivisionBlizzard which would make this client a distinct possibility. The company, however, has been rather quiet lately and their website is currently not resolving.



Article Link: 'World of Warcraft' Demoed on the iPhone? (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/25/world-of-warcraft-demoed-on-the-iphone/)

[viperguy]

Cool :D

[JLatte]

That's ridiculously cool if that's real.

[Obi-Wan Kubrick]

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.

[Aldyn]

RIDICULOUS.

i love it.

[MICHAELSD]

That's only running over ATT's current 3G network, when the final app is released, it'll probably run really smoothly over ATT's updated 3G network and wifi. There's really no way that this isn't in development, and it looks like the real beta app. Wow, you really lose the intuitiveness of multitouch controls when there's any lag at all between your computer, Vollee's server, and the phone. Unfortunately, there'll always be minimal lag in an app like this, and it's more noticeable on the iPhone than a phone that uses regular buttons. It looks like it'll be a good way to play WoW anywhere. I'd make the action icons smaller so there's room for more spells, and it should let you highlight them to show all the information about the icons.

It looks past the proof of concept stage and it'll probably have a public beta in two or three months. Vollee still has some work to do polishing the application and making the game look as good and run as smoothly as possible over a service like this. This is definitely something that could catch on, especially since Vollee is planning to make a lot of games playable on the service. I'd assume that this will have an additional monthly fee to use because Vollee's servers compress the video. I think this service will do better at a $10-$20 one-time price for a big game like this and $5-$10 for less popular games.

That was a lucky find (I found it), I made the views of that video go from 300 to 20,000 in less than a day ;).

[Akzel]

Kinda laggy?

[twoodcc]

now this would be huge! i think this would help the iphone even more

[Patriks7]

Is this a similar concept of that OnLive! thing (or w/e it's called)?

[Yuppi]

I would expect blizzard to rather team up with OnLive..
But a dedicated Auction House application would be awesome..

[trainguy77]

This service may end up charging a monthly fee as otherwise they would have to run their servers for free. Which is not feasible.

[bobertoq]

All I can say is ShamWoW.

[viperguy]

Kinda laggy?

Wait for the next iPhone with the new processor and as steve would say...Boom!
Imagine 11 million people buying a phone just to play Wow on the go :cool:
Time to buy apple shares lol

[Sai Zelion]

just had an iSeizure!

[CPD_1]

This looks pretty cool. I haven't played WoW for a while, but I might if I had it on the go. Be good for bus rides and such. I really stopped playing because it is too easy to sink hours into it at home.

[viperguy]

This service may end up charging a monthly fee as otherwise they would have to run their servers for free. Which is not feasible.

Blizzard already charges players for playing Wow on PCs. Maybe this same fee would allow players to play on the iPhone as well, since it probably would be using the same servers

[PRIMECHUCK]

A game that is being played by over 9 million people and it running an a cell phone that has taken the world by storm is hardly something that should be on page 2. Just because its of no interest to you. I'm sure there are Management out there freaking out right now. Job productivity will plummet.

[MICHAELSD]

Is this a similar concept of that OnLive! thing (or w/e it's called)?

Yeah, except it uses your own computer to bring the game to your iPhone. Vollee also develops a special interface that actually runs on the device and gets information from the servers and playable controls. So, an interesting thing to note is that if your computer can barely play WoW now, it'll look even laggier on your iPhone. It's sent from your computer to Vollee's servers to be compressed to your iPhone all in less than a second.

[MICHAELSD]

Blizzard already charges players for playing Wow on PCs. Maybe this same fee would allow players to play on the iPhone as well, since it probably would be using the same servers

It's sent from your computer to Vollee's servers to be compressed, so there'll probably be some kind of fee.

[Santabean2000]

A game that is being played by over 9 million people and it running an a cell phone that has taken the world by storm is hardly something that should be on page 2. Just because its of no interest to you. I'm sure there are Management out there freaking out right now. Job productivity will plummet.

Yep, McDonalds' is sure to take a hit; damn, where am I going to get a burger fix in a hurry now?!:D

[MacFly123]

All I can say is ShamWoW.

NOT to be confused with my new rival product... SHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM!!! :p

This looks cool, but the GUI will need reworked to be touch friendly. A lot of those lists were very little.

iPhone RULES! :D

[ColinSFX]

This looks cool in concept, but knowing what I know about the iPhone and about World of Warcraft (big fan and owner of both), I ask myself - why?

Would people really enjoy an experience like this, in light of lag, control issues, battery issues, etc.? To the point that Blizzard would spend development on it? I know that I'm a cynic, but I can go ahead and say that I wouldn't.

I'd much rather see something akin to Capsuleer for the iPhone, and the way it works for EvE Online. Something that integrates all of the API data available: arena and armory data, calendar data, item database, front page news, popular blog/strat sites on an integrated RSS feed, and so on.

Maybe even break a few new walls and give Inventory, Auction House, Mail, and Tradeskill access, as long as the character logs out in an Inn. That's what I'd like to see. But a full client version of WoW, "playable" on the iPhone? I'll pass thank you.

[WickedRabbit]

That's pretty damn cool. I don't exactly hear people thinking "raid" (at least I hope not) as it's practically a guarantee that not only will multitouch controls result in a slow reaction time in a high end raid (think: how many buttons you have to press on your computer to perform at a good level on your PC), but the game will also more than likely lag as well when more visual effects are displayed on screens and such. You can tell it's lagging in that video just being at an almost empty auction house.

Still, if you're bored and want to login to chat with some friends, check the auction house, etc. I think it'll be a great utility. Albeit, I'm sure this will reduce battery life down to practically nothing.

[dvince2]

Wow (no pun intended)

Can you imagine the potential of this? Forget ifart apps... This could lead to things like real fps or rts games coming to iPhone.

[Legolai]

yeah i can hardly see a 40 man raid with 20 players on their iPhones, but the concept is good, an auction house app would be good, allowing you to do business on the go, when i was playing wow a lot the amount of times i missed out on a bid/ mega cool item was too many, but an AH app combined with push notifications would be cool

[Benguitar]

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.

My thoughts exactly, that game is WAY too damn addictive to the masses, I personally never played it more than my 10 day trial because I didn't think it was that special.

[DUSTmurph]

for the sake of having a life, i hope this isnt real

[Dicx]

I can't even believe how long I will be able to play. On a battery for my MBP 2.8GHz, I get maybe 40 minutes of play. My touch will be shot in 5 minutes I bet.

[*LTD*]

A workable, playable, easily-controlled WoW on the iPhone?

The competition might as well pack it in and go home. I mean, they might as well do that now, but there's still a bit of wiggle-room for something new and interesting.

[techfreak85]

playing WoW and driving? :eek:

[Miharu]

It works exactly for the things shown in the video... This will definitely be a hit among us bank-altoholics :D Always browsing the AH and sending items in mail... Raiding and actual gaming will still be on a real computer of course.

[mikeinternet]

I know a couple dudes who would probably get iphones just for this.

[michael.lauden]

I know a couple dudes who would probably get iphones just for this.

yeah but who cares about WoW. this just shows millions of possibilities.

[DELLsFan]

O.M.G!

Yes ... now I think I've seen everything! :eek:

[Pugpuppydude]

NO NO NO NO!!!!
WOW is getting too powerful. It is soon going to be able to control the world through subliminal messages. Sorry, I once wasted two years of my life on mmorpg, and hate these games to the maximum. Stupid. Good news for WOW players though, this would be an awesome advancement in iPhone gaming! :eek:

[Saladinos]

Oh God NOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Bubba Satori]

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.


Since when has man been kind ?


pity this busy monster, manunkind,

not. Progress is a comfortable disease:
your victim (death and life safely beyond)

plays with the bigness of his littleness
--- electrons deify one razorblade
into a mountainrange; lenses extend
unwish through curving wherewhen till unwish
returns on its unself.
A world of made
is not a world of born --- pity poor flesh

and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this
fine specimen of hypermagical

ultraomnipotence. We doctors know

a hopeless case if --- listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go

e e Cummings

[gkarris]

I know a couple dudes who would probably get iphones just for this.

"It (the iPhone) may sell very well... or not..." - Steve Ballmer :rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo

Now when Halo appears... :eek:

[techfreak85]

isn't a different text font then PC/mac WoW?

[armoguy94]

Looks real. But what makes me think it's fake is that, how would the iphone hardware be able to run that game..... and it would be huge to install, could basically take up all of your iphone's drive... also if it takes so long for PC to install the game how long would it take for it to install on the iPhone? It also seemed very laggy, and hard to use (lots of small things for our fingers to touch)

[Merkuryy]

I want an iPhone with 5M camera, battery pack(even external is O.K.),more capacity, and no contract for Christmas:apple:

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

Awesome!

MMORPG's are the future of mobile gaming.

WoW with you wherever you go? Now that's dangerous, kiss any kind of life you had goodbye!

EverQuest Vet here and I agree as someone said above, I have a certain love/hate relationship with these games, lots of fun but MAJOR waste of time. I played for 2 to 3 years straight, then my wife got addicted for a couple...and well, we don't even think about playing anymore like this.

[macneurotic]

Warcraft II helped me fail out of college... Warcraft on my iPhone could help me fail out of life.
:(


http://www.macneurotic.com

[joshellis625]

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.

I second that!

[magamo]

It seems some people are too addicted to mmorpg and stuff...

[WayOutWest]

I would not play on my (future, getting the hopefully updated) iPhone. An Auction House/Mail WoW app would be cool though.

Looks real. But what makes me think it's fake is that, how would the iphone hardware be able to run that game..... and it would be huge to install, could basically take up all of your iphone's drive... also if it takes so long for PC to install the game how long would it take for it to install on the iPhone? It also seemed very laggy, and hard to use (lots of small things for our fingers to touch)

Its not installed/rendered on your iPhone. Its being rendered on a companies server, then the video is sent to your iPhone.

[Illicit]

Warcraft II helped me fail out of college... Warcraft on my iPhone could help me fail out of life.
:(


http://www.macneurotic.com

gah. New records of post-secondary enrollment followed by new records of post-secondary dropout rates. :D

[bobertoq]

Looks real. But what makes me think it's fake is that, how would the iphone hardware be able to run that game..... and it would be huge to install, could basically take up all of your iphone's drive... also if it takes so long for PC to install the game how long would it take for it to install on the iPhone? It also seemed very laggy, and hard to use (lots of small things for our fingers to touch)Actually the way it does it is it runs the game on the company's server, then streams the video to the iphone :eek: genius!

[reallynotnick]

Any one else want to be able to run Crysis on through this kind of service? Of course not to play it, just so I can say "Yeah, it plays Crysis" :p

[corywoolf]

That was a lucky find (I found it), I made the views of that video go from 300 to 20,000 in less than a day ;).

http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Eteddo/orly.png

(Nice find)

[ziggyonice]

Streaming the game down onto the phone... sounds a lot like OnLive (http://www.onlive.com/), if it works as well. In which case, I'm totally for it.

[TheJae]

am i the only one who noticed he got an alliance character on the same realm as his hordes?

this could all be a sad joke :D notice the lags and how unnatural it feels, maybe it's a pre-recorded video. And the game actually feels like being played on a windows pocket pc rather than taking the full capability of the iphone.

[buccsmf1]

yea, obviously this isnt meant to be a replacement for your laptop.... there is no way this thing could handle a raid.... it would probably struggle to handle you vs 1 creep. the purpose would be checking the AH, doing trades, and other small things on the go..... definitely not any combat

[Compile 'em all]

Wait for the next iPhone with the new processor and as steve would say...Boom!
Imagine 11 million people buying a phone just to play Wow on the go :cool:
Time to buy apple shares lol

what you said isn't really far from the truth.

[BTW]

:eek:

In the real world we're going to have a bunch of iPhone and iPod Touch users playing this crack-like game walking out in public like zombies. They'll not look where they're walking and cause mass havoc and carnage. Congress will have to pass a law banning the wandering around with an Apple device while playing Warcraft. ;)

[boss1]

kek

[alexbates]

I don't think there is anyway that could be faked. I hope thats submitted to the App Store sometime soon. I have never played WOW but that looks really cool :D

[ZorPrime]

yeah but who cares about WoW. this just shows millions of possibilities.

I think you have a point. This is a lot bigger than being just about "a" game. If this is true, I think Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have something to worry about in terms of mobile online gaming. With a mobile network, this truely cuts the PC/Console tether (sp?) to online gaming. :eek:

Makes me glad I bought Apple stock $67 :cool:

[fleshman03]

Cool Stuff. Not my thing, but I hear teenagers love this kind of thing.

[nickXedge]

You can't really play the game like that though. I used to play w0w a lot and between a 5 button mouse and full size keyboard, both my hands were pretty busy the entire time, especially at higher levels. Although this is cool and a good display of capability, it's pretty useless in the end, IMO. If I were to play again, I wouldn't be able to handle that. I had many, many hotkeys and between the lack of functional controls and screen resolution, I used to play on a 40" 1920x1080p screen, I wouldn't be able to keep sanity.

[SkillsToShow]

im hearing many subjects on wow these days, I think it is calling me to come back.

[bobertoq]

Streaming the game down onto the phone... sounds a lot like OnLive (http://www.onlive.com/), if it works as well. In which case, I'm totally for it.That has got to be the greatest idea I have ever heard. Honestly, being totally serious, and if it is cheap, this may actually draw me into gaming again. I used to LOVE gaming (certain games anyway) and if this company does a good job and gets all the good games, there'll be a high chance I will sign up and start gaming again.

I would imagine you'd need one helluva server, though....

[inkhead]

The whole streaming idea is just terrible. It looks good in "theory" but it's totally lame in use. I should know I work for one of the mentioned companies ;-)

It sucks in reality, it's just a video playing in the middle of your screen.

What the WoW makers should have done, was stopped being so freaking lazy and actually used the OpenGL that's included to write world of warcraft for the iphone. It would have been extremely fast. WoW is a very old game, and would have easily ran 3D on the iphone's GPU.

[dhowden]

Cool stuff. Might be worth a spin, even though I've managed to avoid WoW up to now!

[Schizoid]

Anyone up for a 2v2 arena iPhone team?

....thought not!

[KALLT]

Doesn't look too comfortable. I'll stick with my Mac.

[zen]

I can't get the video to work - has it been taken down?

[ipoppy]

NO NO NO NO!!!!
WOW is getting too powerful. It is soon going to be able to control the world through subliminal messages. Sorry, I once wasted two years of my life on mmorpg, and hate these games to the maximum. Stupid. Good news for WOW players though, this would be an awesome advancement in iPhone gaming! :eek:

Exactly like me. I have spent way too much time to play wow and now it could be available on my lovely iPhone again:rolleyes:. That would tempt me to go back to it again. :eek:
Seriously as someone said, I dont see 5, 10 man raids because you can see even now that iPhone hardware is to weak to deal with it. And what about UI (user interface); it need to be really bigger and more accessible than now or forget about BG's (battle grounds) etc.
What they could do to bring more UI buttons on is of course enable game macro's or make big accesable buttons based on opacity so they could be visable with 30% or make them dissapear all together and play once you remember where they are (thats how hard core players play wow these days anyway:D).
But concept is great.

[DYER]

I can't even believe how long I will be able to play. On a battery for my MBP 2.8GHz, I get maybe 40 minutes of play. My touch will be shot in 5 minutes I bet.

No offence but your battery is screwed quite badly then... I get 1.5 - 2 hours when playing cod 4...

[carlosbutler]

am i the only one who noticed he got an alliance character on the same realm as his hordes?

this could all be a sad joke :D notice the lags and how unnatural it feels, maybe it's a pre-recorded video. And the game actually feels like being played on a windows pocket pc rather than taking the full capability of the iphone.

i havent been able to watch the video as it says its private or something... annoying. but you can have a alliance and horde charecter on the same server as long as its not PvP i think, or only RPG server i cant remember, but i remember having done it once ages ago.

[DELLsFan]

am i the only one who noticed he got an alliance character on the same realm as his hordes?

this could all be a sad joke :D notice the lags and how unnatural it feels, maybe it's a pre-recorded video. And the game actually feels like being played on a windows pocket pc rather than taking the full capability of the iphone.

On normal rule set servers, players are currently able to roll Horde AND Alliance on the same server if they choose to do so. You can't speak directly to, mail, or have direct commerce with the opposing faction. You can't directly move assets from your Alliance toon to a Horde character you've rolled on the same server. As for combat, unless it's a PvP rule-set realm, basically, the only time you are able to attack or be attacked is if you're dueling, or your PvP "flag" is on (manually switching it, automatically switching it when you attack certain NPC's, attacking a flagged player, or entering a battle ground or arena).

There's going to be some lag ... no doubt about that. As for it being unnatural? I don't think it would be practical to adventure with any of my toons on the iPhone client. Many characters have more complicated attack strategies than mashing one or two icon buttons. Further, healers, for example require the ability to observe their party's health - making their need for a bigger, more complex UI more vital.

This said, now crafting and auction house watching / searching ... that would be something useful to do between classes, or at the airport, wouldn't it? :cool:

[BRLawyer]

I can't get the video to work - has it been taken down?

It's very simple...Vollee's technology must have been considered as a source for copyright infringement, as they are capturing the video from a proprietary game, streaming it on another software platform and profiting themselves from that. Although it definitely looks interesting, the big gaming companies must have either:

1) bought Vollee to use the technology themselves;

2) sent a cease and desist notice to Vollee.

[kornyboy]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5H11 Safari/525.20)

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.

Yeah, now you won't eve have to be at home to play.

[niuniu]

That's incredible. I don't play any big games (I like the Copter free - 12k score here :D) but it's amazing that they were able to get an online mmo running on a phone.

The iPhone isn't really that far a cry from a mini tablet/netbook when it's hacked up and loaded with apps..

[illitrate23]

NO NO NO NO!!!!
WOW is getting too powerful. It is soon going to be able to control the world through subliminal messages. Sorry, I once wasted two years of my life on mmorpg

WoW is like enjoying a Mars bar each week when compared to the heroin that is Eve Online. worryingly, WoW isn't best suited to running on such a small screen, the big battles just won't work very well when you don't have the pixels to show what's going on.
whereas something like Eve, where combat is only one of the many things that occupy your time, that would be the MMO that'd work perfectly on the iPhone

[*LTD*]

WoW is like enjoying a Mars bar each week when compared to the heroin that is Eve Online. worryingly, WoW isn't best suited to running on such a small screen, the big battles just won't work very well when you don't have the pixels to show what's going on.
whereas something like Eve, where combat is only one of the many things that occupy your time, that would be the MMO that'd work perfectly on the iPhone

True comment about EVE Online. It's crack converted into 1s and 0s.

I quit EVE a few months ago. Just . . . too . . . much. The value in that MMO is simply incomparable.

[macadam212]

MacRumors, please be more inclusive of us iPod Touch users, you frequently fail to acknowledge us even though we share the same OS. Apple has clearly stated that the iPod touch has better graphics than it's iPhone counter part, plus the iPod touch has been heavily marked as a gaming device. So why are we always being left out of the headlines, and in this case the entire post?

[IgnatiusTheKing]

MacRumors, please be more inclusive of us iPod Touch users, you frequently fail to acknowledge us even though we share the same OS. Apple has clearly stated that the iPod touch has better graphics than it's iPhone counter part, plus the iPod touch has been heavily marked as a gaming device. So why are we always being left out of the headlines, and in this case the entire post?

Possibly because it's an online game being played over AT&T's 3G network? Pretty sure the iPod touch can't do that.

[DELLsFan]

Possibly because it's an online game being played over AT&T's 3G network? Pretty sure the iPod touch can't do that.

No. However, Wi-Fi evens the WoW-iPhone-iPod-Touch playing field quite nicely.

:apple:

[IgnatiusTheKing]

No. However, Wi-Fi evens the WoW-iPhone-iPod-Touch playing field quite nicely.

:apple:

Not really. I had an iPod touch before I got an iPhone. It's a great device but relying on wifi when you are out in the world is far from ideal.

[chrisblaze]

video doesnt work anymore

[alec]

Cool idea but doesn't seem so impressive during the demo. But I'm sure with time (and a new iPhone model), it could be an awesome fit.

[bobr1952]

That would be way cool--another reason to get rid of my ancient LG phone and get an iPhone. I love WoW and it would seem to make sense--I would guess it may be the most popular game with a Mac version. Neat concept!

[marksman]

While fascinated by the idea.. what will be the next big thing is when someone builds a real MMORPG from the ground up to work on the iPhone.

I know it was not a success in a huge way, but EQOA was a cool game on the sony playstation. I am shocked that mMORPGs did not become a bigger console player.

I would love to see an MMORPG with an interface tailored to the iphone. If the game is good it could really do extremely well.

This kinds of things are a bit kludgy and unsexy, and have enough issues to turn the common person off. So you will get some real die hards doing this, but if Blizzard wanted to make a dent, they would come up with an iPhone client for example.. But I don't know i that is even possible.

However someone who designed their gamee iPhone would be possible.

[techfreak85]

would the world/landscape be streamed? cause on the computer it takes up like how many gigs? but i guess its a smaller screen so you wouldn't need as HQ.

[iMacoo7]

Makes sense that allot of online titles would start to appear more and more. With the inclusion of voice funcionality coming in 3.0 upgrade this makes perfect sense

[masse]

only the iphone of a thousand truths can stop this!!!!

please someone know what i'm talking about.:apple:

[thisrocks]

South Park :D

But the video doesn't work for me :(

[Maverick1337]

only the iphone of a thousand truths can stop this!!!!

please someone know what i'm talking about.:apple:

South Park World of Warcraft episode...I'm not an artard...lol but anyways. I was an avid WoW player for a long time, just quit a few months ago, if you were any sort of WoW player you would know that you wouldnt play this game fully on the iphone. As demoed in the video, if you didnt have access to your computer you could simply just pop on the game and check your mail to see if you made any gold, or talk to people. There is no way with that small of a screen that you could play WoW as if it was a computer. I think this is going to open up a whole new world of gameplay and I can't wait to see what's in store for the future.

[Brendon Bauer]

This might be the same video (a working copy): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPSyqLEFZI

I did a YouTube search because the video embedded in the article is no longer working.

[Dagless]

I was excited until I read the game is processed on another computer and streamed to the iPhone. Technically any game ever could do that, but frig me - Latency issues ahoy! So this is something I wouldn't be interested in. I'm used to game lag, being on a 512kbps-1mbps connection over a wireless router far far away, but I don't ever want input lag in a game.

However when the iPhone gets some more power I wouldn't mind picking up a proper version and subscription.

South Park World of Warcraft episode...I'm not an artard...

Or maybe so, it's /r/-tard ;)

[troller]

seriously, how the hell should you play wow on an iphone ? how ? This must be a pain in the ass or even worse.

[PCFan]

Don't get your hopes up, it's just a hack that HouseholdHacker on YouTube showed. It's not an official app. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRiK0UltlYU&feature=channel_page

Damn you guys are naïve.

[powers74]

WoW on an iPhone will lead to the end of man kind.


Words Of Wisdom.

[andy721]

This isn't good enough obviously it won't work on the iphones that are out now, but the new ones coming out maybe. They'll have 4G after the new iphones, couple months down the road, wont happen right away. It's just a video someone created using fraps or snapz pro to capture it and posted it up on an iphone.

[deannnnn]

I just don't see the appeal of a game like that on the computer, or the iPhone.
Does it even run on Mac?

[iMacoo7]

I just don't see the appeal of a game like that on the computer, or the iPhone.
Does it even run on Mac?

Yes you can get this game for Mac

[mikeinternet]

THis video has been made private?

[DELLsFan]

Not really. I had an iPod touch before I got an iPhone. It's a great device but relying on wifi when you are out in the world is far from ideal.

If you want to pick those nits, relying on the iPhone or iPod Touch to play WoW is just as far (from ideal), it seems to me. :p

So yes, it sure is better to have the iPhone, but it's hardly crippling being "stuck" with an iPod Touch. WiFi isn't the luxury Starbucks-exclusive phenomenon it used to be. Short of living on a farm in the middle of a prairie, one shouldn't have too much trouble finding a hot spot - especially in a larger city.

:apple:

[amd4me]

What happened to the video? I went to show my buddy and its gone? What gives?

[ezekielrage_99]

Geekiest use of a iPhone EVER if real....

[Andronicus]

What happened to the video? I went to show my buddy and its gone? What gives?

I'm not able to view it either :mad: that sucks.

[BornAgainMac]

You can find other WOW on iPhone videos on YouTube so you can check them out. I don't know why this one switched to private mode.

I haven't been a hard core WOW player but I am excited by this news. It shows the iPhone is progressing forward in software.

[noodle654]

You know you're a fiend for when you need to play it on your phone...jesus...what is the world becoming?

[Gasu E.]

Another nail in the coffin of civilization as we know it.

[zman2100]

Here's a working link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPSyqLEFZI) to the same video

[Forced Perfect]

playing WoW and driving? :eek:

Better get that tank gear on. You're going to need all the dodge chance you can get.


Back to the topic:

I think Blizzard has a chance to make something very useful for the iPhone. I don't think mobile WoW is it though. It is just too small a screen to pack all the information needed at one time. With fingers on the screen you're losing even more of that.

What I'd like to see is a simple program with:

-Chat (be it /guild chat only or full chat, I don't care. As long as /g works)
-Guild list (the screen showing online guild members and their notes/officer notes)
-Possibly even voice chat, although I doubt this would be implemented.
-Auction House? Maybe... See below.


I think a lot of people would like a way to operate the AH when they aren't around. But there are some issues with having a basic AH program. How are you going to get mail? How are you going to get your character to the AH?

For those who don't play WoW, in order to use the auction house one must go up to an auctioneer located in a city. Unless you leave your character at the AH guy (which most people do with at least one character) you cannot view or make any changes to auctions. So will the iPhone app be able to move you? How will it move items around in your bags? How will it get items out of the bank? How will it move your character to a bank teller? How will it get you to a mailbox to take your money/items from the AH?

Unless the iPhone app has a "your character gets to use the bank/AH/mailbox from wherever you are logged in" free card, I don't see how it will work without actually having a real game client.

[TimTheEnchanter]

I've often thought "what if" for WoW on my iPhone, but seriously I need my big screen to play. The iPhone screen would be brutal, but for the occasional casual play it would be cool. Talk about being sucked in, the addiction would follow me everywhere now! :D

[ikir]

This looks cool in concept, but knowing what I know about the iPhone and about World of Warcraft (big fan and owner of both), I ask myself - why?

Would people really enjoy an experience like this, in light of lag, control issues, battery issues, etc.? To the point that Blizzard would spend development on it? I know that I'm a cynic, but I can go ahead and say that I wouldn't.

I'd much rather see something akin to Capsuleer for the iPhone, and the way it works for EvE Online. Something that integrates all of the API data available: arena and armory data, calendar data, item database, front page news, popular blog/strat sites on an integrated RSS feed, and so on.

Maybe even break a few new walls and give Inventory, Auction House, Mail, and Tradeskill access, as long as the character logs out in an Inn. That's what I'd like to see. But a full client version of WoW, "playable" on the iPhone? I'll pass thank you.

I agree, i would love to have Auction House, talents, Inventory and other features but not the game itself since it is pointless to play on an iPhone.