The long awaited sequel (10 years!) to Blizzard Entertainment's Starcraft real-time strategy game has been released, much to the delight of gamers everywhere.
Unlike online games of yesteryear, however, Starcraft 2 will not be compromised by cracks or piracy any time soon. Blizzard has incorporated a unique 'server based' antipiracy system in which the software of each player's game client is verified by security experts. This means if you cheat, you'll be disconnected and deleted.
There has been a small cost, however. In order to further reduce the demand for Starcraft piracy, Blizzard has also changed offline playing ability. Offline campaigns still exist, but you must disconnect from the Internet, wait for the game to prompt for offline mode, and access it with your battle.net credentials. Then the game uploads your stats when you go back online.
LAN features, however, have been eliminated. Whether they did this to make a pirated version useless or for other reasons is unknown.
Read more about Starcraft II's anti-piracy measures here...
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