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" Diablo III will allow users to trade items for real money, it has been revealed. An auction house will allow items to be traded directly with other players using cash, according to Eurogamer. Blizzard will not sell any items directly through the online store front and will only take a fixed fee per transaction, meaning that it will not benefit from high-selling rare items. Items, components, gold and possibly even characters can be sold. Players will be given a small number of free listings each week to facilitate trading. Blizzard said that a similar feature will not appear in World of Warcraft due to the &amp;quot;prestige&amp;quot; of its items and unlocks, whereas Diablo relies on randomised loot. Diablo III will also only be playable online, due to the close integration with Battle.net services and the persistent nature of stats carrying over between single and co-operative play. The dungeon-crawling sequel will feature five character classes - the Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Wizard, Monk and Demon Hunter - and is to include vendors called Artisans. Diablo III will have a beta sometime between now and November. It is scheduled for a 2011 release. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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