The real-money transfer auction house is the next big thing for Diablo III and, after weeks of waiting, it’s finally online. However, it came to us after an increase in security, rumors of hacked accounts, and even now unverified reports of functional item and gold duplication hacks. Then there’s Blizzard’s answer to those security increases: players who get caught cheating, using bots, modifying the client, or otherwise subverting the game will find themselves permanently unable to play the game. Kyt Dotson over at SiliconANGLE has the story.