I heard at the PAX presentation (and on a dev post earlier this year, I think) that Stardock is going to host all multiplayer games for EWOM, partially due to the fiasco with Demigod earlier this year. However, there appears to still be some question about whether this is for all online games or for all multiplayer period (ie, essentially meaning no LAN play). Which is it? Could (or has) anyone from Stardock comment?

While few things (not including this) could dissuade me from buying EWOM (which I've already preordered), I am, for example, not buying Starcraft 2 because of this very same issue. Getting one person playing online through some firewall setups can be hard enough, getting 7 or 8 is just a potential disaster. Additionally, at some point upkeep on the EWOM servers might no longer justify itself and the community will be cut off like Bungie.net.

I realize multiplayer gamers aren't the core focus of most Stardock games, but please let us have this one minor victory!