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Obsidian says Grounded 2 won't have LAN multiplayer either, and it's a huge shame


Grounded 2 won't have local multiplayer support, just as there wasn't - and still isn't - LAN support in the current Gr…

"We can confirm that Grounded 2 will be consistent with the prior game and does not support LAN multiplayer," a spokesperson from Obsidian told Eurogamer. The sequel presents Obsidian with an opportunity to revisit areas of the teens-shrunk-in-a-backyard co-op game that could use revision, and LAN multiplayer is one of these, trivial though it might seem. Is there a fundamental issue with the game's code that prevents LAN play, or is it something to do with Microsoft requiring an Xbox Live sign-in for security and validation reasons?

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