Battle.net has warned people to beware of phising attempts, so if you get an email asking you to enter your key you should not click any of the links in the email – instead follow the two methods which we mentioned in the first paragraph of this post.

If you haven’t got a code yet don’t worry, Blizzard Entertainment could still be sending out invitations, also the video game developer has pledged to hand out keys via beta promotions and giveaways. We are doing our best to get hold of some codes for a giveaway – however we have not had any luck so far. If you still don’t get beta access don’t worry as the good news is that the beta is not confidential – this undoubtedly means that gaming websites and YouTube will be full to the brim with juicy Diablo 3 information and videos for your pleasure

The best way to get hold of a beta key is probably to ‘Like’ Diablo on Facebook (via this link), as we previously mentioned we are doing our best to get hold of some beta keys to give away to our loyal readers – therefore you should keep checking Product-Reviews.net to see if we get hold of any! One thing to remember is the fact that Diablo 3 requires a constant internet connection.

As and when we hear of any promotions where you can get hold of beta keys we will keep you posted – have you got access to the beta? If so, are you impressed so far?

According to Michael McWhertor from kotaku.com, the new ‘Auction House’ service will enable players to buy and sell loot for real money, as well as for virtual gold. Rob Pardo – executive vice president of game design and designer of Diablo II – said that the Auction House will provide players with a safe environment to sell, exchange and search for in-game items.

However, he also pointed out that it is not a Blizzard store that’s designed to sell items directly to players. The Auction House, which is built into the game’s client, will allow players to swap items such as weapons, armor, runestones, gems and even characters, for other items, in-game currency or real-life cash. Transactions between players will be handled anonymously.

The service will enable buyers to search by item type or character class, as well as giving them the option to auto-bid on or instantly buy virtual items. On cash-based transactions, the developer will charge the seller with both a listing fee and a nominal fixed transaction fee if a buyer is found. Blizzard says the listing fee is to prevent users from selling every item they own.

Blizzard does however plan to offer an unspecified number of free listings to players who may want to experiment with selling their virtual goods. Those who opt to sell in-game items for real world cash will have the option of storing the proceeds in one of two accounts: an e-balance that they can use to buy other Blizzard products, or an unannounced 3rd party payment provider.

The third party payment provider will enable players to cash out their earnings, although this option does require them to pay another fee to the third party. Gamers who play in the still unspecified ‘Hardcore’ difficulty will be restricted from using the in-game Auction House service, which according to Pardo is something that Diablo players want in the game.

As for the other revelation, Blizzard said that they implemented the constant Internet connection requirement to improve the overall multiplayer experience and to combat cheating. Do you like the idea of the new in-game Auction House service?

Before you get too excited please not that there has been no hard evidence suggesting this, however a new job position recently showed up on Blizzard’s career pages, here they are looking for a “PlayStation 3 Specialist to be a “key contributor on the Diablo team”. You can see the listing for yourself here, one extract clearly states that they are looking for someone to “Design, implement, and maintain game systems to work on the Playstation 3″.

We wonder whether Blizzard is planning on bringing Diablo III to the PlayStation 3, previously we saw the original Diablo game arrive on the first PlayStation console, therefore it is not completely unforeseen territory.

Currently there has been no official release date announced for any version of Diablo III, hopefully E3 2011 will give us some extra insight on this matter, however we have previously heard that a beta will begin sometime during Q3 2011, therefore a release date depends massively on the success of the beta testing.

Would you buy Diablo III if a PlayStation 3 version was released?

Schaefer believes that the reason why they will beat Blizzard to a third installment of their game is because they have an efficient team, and the quick turnaround of the past two Torchlight games is proof of that.

The Runic CEO also told Alexander Sliwinski from Joysiq that Blizzard has an impossible task, as they will make Diablo 3 an epic game and will aim to make it bigger an better than any previous version – and there lies the problem.

Doing this will make it very difficult for them, as they want the next version of Diablo to be perfect, and we all know that takes time. Do you think that Torchlight 3 will beat Diablo 3 to a release?