In a recent interview with incGamers, Rob Pardo (Blizzard VP of game design) confirmed that Starcraft 2 will NOT support play over LAN.  The original Starcraft exists today as a national sport in Korea, has helped to revive their economy, and has produced superstars that are known across the globe as a result of LAN competitions (I attend BlizzCon almost solely for the pro matches, as well as spend many nights at my local Korean-owned 24/7 LAN center).

Blizzard plans to support all multiplayer play through their BattleNet servers, and hopefully more news will become available as to how they plan to compensate in order to allow SC2 to be picked up easily for local competitive tournaments.

Original Article at incGamers