Blizzard Axes LAN Play for StarCraft 2

[Necuno]

Blizzard Axes LAN Play for StarCraft 2

Blizzard senior VP Rob Pardo has confirmed that the company's upcoming RTS sequel StarCraft II will not feature LAN multiplayer support. The only multiplayer available will be on Battle.net.

IncGamers also got a clarification from Blizzard, shortly after the interview, saying the choice of excluding a LAN feature "is because of the planned technology to be incorporated into Battle.net," a topic they will reveal more about at a later date.

The original StarCraft gained popularity largely because of the easy LAN mode, used on massive LANs like Dreamhack or small personal networks between friends, so this is a surprising move by Blizzard.

it worked wonders for hellgate, sure why stop at flagship with this idea

[Shamrock]

That's ridiculous. StarCraft is all about LAN

[Voicy]

That's pretty damn funny.

Imagine making a FPS and then deciding that guns are bad...

what was going to happen with "World of Starcraft" anyway?

[Keldarza]

They have openly said it's to stop piracy

i dont mind connecting to an auth server, much like steam does, but for the love of my pooor bandwidth, please make the games use the fastest route to the other PCs [AKA, ethernet]

[Lydon]

Very stupid move! They may end up losing more money this way than they would have via piracy. Plus, there's ways and means of getting around Battle.net anyway.

[Solitude]

I'm still worried that at some point they'll start charging for Battle.net. Or even maybe start charging for certain "features". I was never a big fan of StarCraft but I loved playing Diablo 2 on a LAN. It's disappointing that StarCraft 2 and Diablo III won't support LAN play.

[Necuno]

going to be wonderful with RSA lag added, yay

[Necuno]

Imagine making a FPS and then deciding that guns are bad...

there is allmost such a FPS, you run around with a paintball gun. can't remember the name of it, but it was horrid.