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Why Diablo's Auction House Went Straight to Hell | WIRED

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It may have been built with the best of intentions, but Diablo III's Auction House turned out to be a road to hell (and not the fun kind of hell).

Save this story Save this story Cash in on those +3 Magnificent Battle Greaves while you still can. Blizzard will shut down the in-game Auction House in its popular RPG Diablo III on March 18, 2014, it said this week. The Auction House "undermines Diablo's core game play," said Blizzard production director John Hight in an official statement. As such, both auction houses – the one that lets players use their in-game play money to buy more weapons and armor, and the one that allows them to trade the loot they've farmed for actual real-world cash – will be shuttered, he said. (Reached for commen

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