Both Wow and Wow Classic have been added to Geforce Now, according to Nvidia. Can we get an official response from Blizzard as to whether this is officially supported or still a EULA violation?
This was a part of the M$/ATVI agreements there.
It’s actually had some discussion in the off topic thread.
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This is more of the release.
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Honestly the cloud gaming services have added games in the past to their catalog that was not allowed by the games itself, with subsequent bans following the illegal use of cloud computing.
However as others have discussed the cloud component was required with the Microsoft/Blizzard deal so there has not been an actual announcement yet that it is allowed but I’d reckon it will be so.
Just to add EULA references also. Update in March.
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vi. 1. FOR INDIVIDUALS BASED IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA: As an integral part of its End User License Agreement (EULA), Microsoft agrees to allow Consumers to play, solely for their personal use, Eligible Games on a Streaming Service on any device that they own, as defined in and pursuant to the Commitments entered into by Microsoft and made legally binding by the European Commission in its decision under Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) 139/2004 in case M.10646 – Microsoft/Activision Blizzard. See https://www.xbox.com/en-US/legal/activision-blizzard-cloud-game-streaming-eu.
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v. 1. Cloud Computing: Subject to 1.B.vi hereof, use the Platform, including a Game, in connection with any unauthorized third-party “cloud computing” services, “cloud gaming” services, or any software or service designed to enable the unauthorized streaming or transmission of Game content from a third-party server to any device. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.C.v does not prohibit the use of any service that has been authorized by Blizzard.
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That may mean that it only applies to EU customers.
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Think its just best to wait on an official Blizzard (news)post on this one.
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Kind of, I had actually mentioned that in the original unedited post.
It actually is why it ends in “there”. I was not sure until I read the EULA
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