In a slightly shocking announcement this week Blizzard have confirmed that there will be no LAN play portion to the much awaited Starcraft II. Instead Blizzard will be concentrating on using the Battle.Net subscription play service for all your multiplayer gaming needs.
Blizzard had the following response to the public outcry after their shocking announcement this weekend:
"We don't currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are building Battle.net to be the ideal destination for multiplayer gaming with StarCraft II and future Blizzard Entertainment games. While this was a difficult decision for us, we felt that moving away from LAN play and directing players to our upgraded Battle.net service was the best option to ensure a quality multiplayer experience with StarCraft II and safeguard against piracy."
If you're a WarCraft user you've likely noticed the release of the new Battle.Net system and the change over of account log ins, but it seems this is the way of the future for Blizzard who are evidently looking to expand their massively successful subscription model for WoW to other games in their product line.
