Real money auction house from Diablo III going to start

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Players can get virtual items from Diablo III against real money to offer it for sale via the real money auction house. For the time being the auction house only to be used on American servers, but Europe will follow soon, according to Blizzard.

The traditional auction house, where in virtual gold trading was the introduction of the game, on 15 may, available immediately. Blizzard had the introduction of the real money auction house, however, to postpone. The service is tonight, unexpectedly still went live. However, seem to be only American players use the rmah. Blizzard hopes to have the option also quickly in Europe to introduce, but not before it is revealed that the American variant is functioning properly.

Blizzard announced the introduction of the rmah via Twitter, and has a guide and a faq posted online on how to use it. Players can with the sale of a subject to choose whether or not the money earned, want to add to their Battle.net Balance, or that they paid want to get. In the latter case, an account with PayPal is required. Blizzard will be in Europe, probably other partners.

In August 2011, producer Jay Wilson to Diablo III’s auction house where players virtual objects from the rpg can sell, as well as in Blizzards World of Warcraft. Wilson announced that Diablo III two different variants of the auction house. One in which objects can be purchased for the virtual gold in the game as a means of payment is used, and an auction house where real money can be traded. The option is controversial; especially in South Korea, there is objection to the option. The government of the Asian country has objected to the random factor that applies to the find of virtual objects and the money from the sale thereof. The country has strict laws on gambling. Blizzard will the rmah, therefore, not available on the Asian servers.

Update, 15:09: European players now the rmah to try to open get the message that the service on 15 June in Europe is introduced.