Blizzard’s World of Warcraft MMORPG is now over more than 20 years old, and in this generation of multiplatform MMORPG’s, WoW’s arrival on Xbox has been a major topic of speculation.
Microsoft acquired Blizzard in October 2023, and console fans have for long hoped for their favorite MMORPG’s arrival on Xbox consoles.
This article answers the much awaited question, is WoW coming to Xbox Consoles?
World of Warcraft Xbox Release Date
There is no word from Blizzard Entertainment about a release date for WoW Xbox’s port. However, we do speculate that it may arrive on Xbox consoles in the near future if the developers make enough accessibility improvements to play Warcraft with a controlled.
The game has been PC centric since it’s very inception, and it remains to be seen how Blizzard will deploy WoW for Xbox consoles
Blizzard’s Vice President Holly Longdale didn’t confirm nor deny the possibility of the 20-year old MMORPG on Xbox in a recent Eurogamer interview. Longdale revealed that ‘nothing’s impossible’ when prompted about WoW on consoles.
There is still, however, a workaround for you to play WoW on Xbox via Nvidia’s proprietary cloud gaming service. We have listed it for you below.
How to Play World of Warcraft on Xbox
Fans can open Nvidia Geforce now through Xbox’s inbuilt Microsoft Edge browser, and play World of Warcraft by plugging in a mouse and keyboard to their console, controlling the game via the browser.
However, the game would be streamed instead of playing directly on your hardware via Nvidia’s cloud service, so you need a strong internet connection to play.
Users who are not subscribers of NVIDIA Geforce Now can play the game for one hour everyday. Fans need to subscribe to premium tiers to be able to play the game on higher graphical fidelity, and without a restricted duration access.
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