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June 30th, 2009 06:35 AM #1
I'm sure madami dito nagaantay sa Starcraft 2. well... looks like no more LAN games and Battle.net lang ang available multiplayer game.
from GossipGamers.com and IncGamers.com
Blizzard just recently confirmed that there will be no LAN (local area networking) game mode in StarCraft 2. This was confirmed in a interview with Rob Pardo, senior VP of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. Rob Pardo stated:
"we don’t have any plans to support LAN,” he said and clarified “we will not support it." The only multiplayer available will be on Battle.net.
Later on, IncGamers also got a clarification from Blizzard, saying the choice of excluding a LAN feature:
"is because of the planned technology to be incorporated into Battle.net."
This is a big gamble for Blizzard since there are a lot of gamers out there that still use LAN to play with their friends. Also, note that Blizzard will not be porting the game to consoles. Still, no confirmation on the release date for StarCraft 2.
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June 30th, 2009 08:13 AM #2
It might be a way for Blizzard to get people to buy legal copies of the game. If Battlenet incorporates some features which lets people virtually play on a LAN, it would require for each of those computers to have an original copy of the game.
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