The Diablo III auction house – a real-money transaction feature from Blizzard – has been hit with a delay, confirmed the developer. It’s no secret that the launch of this game was hit with a number of post-release hurdles that came in the form of server issues and other dilemmas. Apologizing for these problems, Blizzard has announced that auction house will not be seen going live as per the scheduled date of May 22, 2012.
Ever since its much anticipated launch on May 15, the game has been experiencing technical issues such as error messages and difficulties in logging in. According to a post by Blizzard on the title’s official forum, it is this problem which has led the studio to monitor the game 24/7. The developer also claims to have applied several optimizations to its systems, leading to all the servers running relatively smoothly for now. And it’s in order to maintain this situation that the World of Warcraft-maker has opted to push the launch of the auction house further.
“We’re continuing to monitor performance globally and will be taking further measures as needed to ensure a positive experience for everyone. This includes some maintenance to implement additional improvements for each region. In order to make sure everything is continuing to run as it should, we’ve decided to move out our target launch for the real-money auction house beyond our original estimated date of May 22. We’ll post further updates on that in the near future,” a community manager from Blizzard, wrote on the forum.
Another issue that seems to have cropped up is regarding the game’s achievement system. Some players have apparently noticed that their achievements were either not being tracked properly, or not being saved between multiple logins. The developer has assured gamers that it is currently looking into this matter, and will soon provide a specific update.
No definite release date for the Diablo III auction house has been mentioned as of yet. We’ll keep you posted with all the latest information related to the title, as and when its comes our way.