Blizzard Planning Pseudo-LAN Support for StarCraft 2, Diablo 3 to Follow Suit

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Battle.net developer Greg Canessa says that Blizzard is actively working on a LAN-like solution to include for Battle.net play in StarCraft II.

"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," said Canessa.
Blizzard recently announced that traditional LAN play would not be included in the game, with offline play only being allowed in the singleplayer campaign.


I asked Canessa whether the solution his team is working on might include a pseudo-LAN connection, where the game would only check in w...

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