Blizzard Shutting Down Diablo III Auction House

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Blizzard Shutting Down Diablo III Auction House

Added: 17.09.2013 21:07 | 13 views | 0 comments

The auction house of Diablo III will be shut down on March 18th of next year, Blizzard has confirmed.

According to BlizzardÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs John Hight, the studio decided to move forward with this closure because the auction house is essentially in conflict with the core Diablo III experience. Plus, it won't really jive with the upcoming expansion Reaper of Souls. On the game's official site, he elaborated: When we initially designed and implemented the auction houses, the driving goal was to provide a convenient and secure system for trades. But as we've mentioned on different occasions, it became increasingly clear that despite the benefits of the AH system and the fact that many players around the world use it, it ultimately undermines Diablo's core game play: kill monsters to get cool loot. With that in mind, we want to let everyone know that we've decided to remove the gold and real-money auction house system from Diablo III.