A World of Warcraft senior game producer says the long-suffering Auction House's recent wobbles result from an "interesting" tech problem caused by "a well-meaning and simple design change."
WoW recently had issues with the player-fuelled marketplace in the run-up to the MMO's The War Within expansion. As such, Blizzard took it offline and got it back on its feet. Alas, the influx of new and returning players coming to try the new expansion knocked it right off its feet once more.
