World of Warcraft coming to iPad via Gaikai

May 4th, 2010, 17:02 Posted By: wraggster

World of Warcraft? There isn't an app for that (yet) on iPhone or iPad. But it seems WoW fans could be getting their fix via tablet sooner rather than later.
David Perry, boss of cloud-gaming startup Gaikai, has posted a screenshot of World of Warcraft running on an iPad, via his company's streaming technology.
"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," writes Perry.
The idea behind Gaikai - and rivals like OnLive and Otoy - is that games are run on servers, which effectively then stream the video feed down to a local computer or device, and stream the player's actions back up.
The main use is to play processor-hungry games on PCs that wouldn't be able to run them locally, but iPad is clearly an interesting offshoot.

There are two problems though. First, wouldn't hardcore World of Warcraft players buy a full-size laptop to run it on the move, rather than a buttonless iPad?
Secondly, there's a big question over whether Apple will allow the Gaikai client onto its App Store, given its determination to ensure that games are developed specifically for iPhone, rather than ported (or indeed streamed) from other platforms.

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