Runic games with his successful hit torchlight, bluntly inspired by Diablo, sent the above Tweet perhaps in acknowledgement of the recent spread of nerd-rage about the recent announcements on Diablo III: an auction house with real money, no offline mode and a permanent online connection, the mods effectively eliminated.

It is not certain whether torchlight 2 will have real money auction house, but chances are, that they will not attempt something in such a short time so controversial, especially if they focus to bring multiplayer experience in their excellent single player game. While Diablo has a large following, torchlight II has the power to take away many fans from their base (and vice versa), especially when they are about the same time release.

For whom will your bets?

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