
So, over the weekend we were contacted a couple of times by Pure Xbox members about a video that was doing the rounds on Reddit. In this video, an Xbox owner was shown playing World of Warcraft on their console.
How is this possible? Well, we've talked about it before (albeit a few years ago), and it's all thanks to the Nvidia GeForce Now service. With GeForce Now, you can play loads and loads of PC games on your console, including WoW.
Before you ask, there is a free way to do this, although you're limited to one-hour sessions and you don't get the benefits of the Priority and Ultimate tiers (such as improved performance and premium servers). However you choose to play, you can access GeForce Now on your Xbox through the Microsoft Edge browser, and mouse and keyboard does work in some situations - apparently that's how the person above is playing World of Warcraft:
Obviously you'll need a good internet connection to take advantage of this — Nvidia GeForce Now is a cloud streaming service — so if you're still on the fence about whether it'll be suitable or not, our suggestion is to just try the free membership tier and see how it goes!
And by the way, the addition of World of Warcraft to GeForce Now is a new thing, with WoW: Classic, WoW: Cataclysm Classic and WoW: Dragonflight all part of the highlighted additions to the service back on Thursday of last week.
"Dive into the immersive realms of World of Warcraft, including the latest expansion Dragonflight, the nostalgic journey of World of Warcraft Classic and the recently launched World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic. These popular, massively multiplayer, online role-playing experiences from Blizzard Entertainment immerse players in legendary battles."
Have you played PC games such as World of Warcraft on your Xbox? Let us know in the comments.
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I've been running WoW on my surface tablet pro 2 for a few months now. Graphics are low but i've grinded 4 max characters and have done raids and mythic dungeons with it. I'd still be very interested in a console version.
While the argument about Xbox's hardware future rages, poor Pure is down to writing articles about playing games owned by Xbox by buying from a completely different service and playing in a browser. I fear in a year we get rebranded to PureCopilot
Instead of mucking about using additionally services like GeFore Now, you could always just mirror your PC display to the Xbox by using the Wireless Display app from the Xbox store.
@ChopperCampbell Yep that's true, we have a guide for that as well:
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/02/guide_how_to_mirror_your_pc_display_to_your_xbox_one_xbox_series_x
i tried several times to play half life 2 that i have on steam since launch on gforcenow. lots of waiting in que then it don't work.
that $20 a month gforecenow charges is a scam. hardware is way cheaper.
Imagine someone found a way to load and run steam games inside Xbox dev mode
WoW plays natively on Steamdeck. No mods. No extra sub. No XBL. I will always love Xbox for the 360 gen, but please...pull a Sega.
@Xbox_Dashboard What is the Steam Deck like
@Vipor007 for WoW it took me about a month of tinkering to get the controls where I wanted. I can also hook it up to the TV and play on an Xbox controller. All in all, it runs very smooth. Perfect locked 60fps unless you're in Val or a major populated city. I mostly run Mythics and had no problem hitting KSM as Pres in S1 and Aug in S2. Got bored in 3. I may come back for 11.0. The only function I prefer the Steamdeck with is raid healing. The TouchPad becomes a necessity. I'm running the first gen Steamdeck but I still love it. I may upgrade at the third or fourth gen. Oddly enough, it runs WoW much better than FF14 with its latency rubber band problems.
@FraserG while Geoforce Now is great & the idea of being able to play PC games on console is really freaking cool. It seems results may vary. what I'm EXTREMELY excited about is being able to play your PURCHASED Xbox Series X|S games via Xbox Cloud Gaming. We know Microsoft has been working on this feature for some time now but all we have is "we're hoping for a 2024 release" as far as a release is concerned. While remote play serves me incredibly well, some places Xbox cloud gaming just works better. I'm guessing it has something to do with server locations and stuff like that. I hope we get more information soon, it's been almost 2 years since the announcement of being able to play your owned library of games via Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Anyways, long live Xbox! Happy gaming ✌️
I don't understand this. Run your PC through your Xbox? Why? Literally just use the PC. It's already running.
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