Blizzard working on adding “pseudo LAN” to StarCraft II

The petitions have been passed around and signed by hundreds of thousands of gamers that are upset by the previous announcement of no LAN support for StarCraft II. While Blizzard was standing by the company line of supporting Battle.net, it seems that Greg Canessa has stated that they are now working on a LAN-like solution. Speaking to Shacknews, Canessa said, “We are working on solutions with regard to things we can do to maintain connectivity to Battle.net in some way, but also provide a great quality connection between players.” Asked whether the solution might include a pseudo-LAN connection,where the game might check for Battle.net authentication first, the developer replied, “Something like that… Maintaining a connection with Battle.net, I don’t know if it’s once or periodically, but then also having a peer-to-peer connection between players to facilitate a very low-ping, high-bandwidth connection.. those are the things that we’re working on.”

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StarCraft II officially delayed

During an Activision Blizzard Conference Call, it was confirmed that StarCraft II will have it’s release date moved to “first half of 2010″. While that may seem like a delay, Blizzard never announced a release date, making it the first announcement of a release date for StarCraft II. The later release date for StarCraft II is due largely to the relaunch of Battle.net service. Blizzard feels that Battle.net is an “integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward.” Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said during an investor call today that the new iteration of Battle.net will likely be ready “early next year.” Battle.net will feature account management, social networking features and more. The new version of Battle.net is tightly integrated with StarCraft II. During the call they stated, “Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that

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Over 57,000 sign StarCraft II LAN Petition

Recently Blizzard went public saying that StarCraft II would not have LAN support. Shortly after a petition was created and upset gamers everywhere started to sign. The number of signatures is now around 57,713. That’s how many people are upset by the dropping of LAN support. Blizzard has not released a statement about the petition or if they will consider LAN support.

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StarCraft II won’t have LAN support

In an recent interview with IncGamers, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo confirmed that StarCraft II won’t have LAN support. We got quite different answers about local area networking (LAN), where both Dustin or Sigaty said they were still discussing it, however, Pardo knew immediately: “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. Pretty much making sure all players sign up for Battle.net. Looks like there won’t be LAN parties for StarCraft II fans.

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Blizzcon tickets go on sale tomorrow

Blizzard has announced a reminder that tickets for BlizzCon go on sale tomorrow, May 30 at 10 am PDT. This is the second allotment of tickets to be released. Tickets are $125 each and can be purchased at www.blizzcon.com BlizzCon is in Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, August 21 and 22. To buy a ticket you have to have an active Battle.net account. So make sure you prepare by making an account today. Also make sure you try to get them early, tickets from the first batch sold out in less than an hour.

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