Professional Edition Rumours False, No LAN Planned

Rumors of a professional edition for StarCraft 2 were spread across the internet hours after June 24th when Blizzard held a special reveal in South Korea. This reveal was of plans for scholarships, a big portrait of Jim Raynor over two 747s, but no plan for a professional StarCraft 2 edition that included LAN.

According to Blizzard reps there is no plan for LAN or a professional StarCraft 2 edition. This brings an abrupt end to the rumours that had been circulating around the internet for the past few days. There will be no LAN and no professional edition for StarCraft 2.

What can be confirmed is that Blizzard is that there will be a post-launch patch that will address tournament functionality soon after release. This patch will have features that address the needs of location-based professional tournaments.

The reveal was made on June 24th that Blizzard had made plans with close sponsorships from various companies such as Korean Air. This included two 747s that would fly regular flights domestically and internationally around the world. The rumour of a professional edition that included LAN for Korean tournaments was soon spread around the community.

GosuGamers.net had reported this as true, but had made an error in doing so and apologizes for this mistake.

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