Our latest coverage of Path of Exile.
After a few delays to iron out the kinks, the Path of Exile 2.4.1. update is finally live. In a post yesterday, Grinding Gear Games apologized for the delays but went ahead and released the patch notes anyway so eagerly-waiting players could peruse it to their hearts content while waiting for the patch to roll out. “We have continued to [...]
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Grinding Gear Games announced today that Path of Exile's latest expansion, Atlas of Worlds, is now live. The expansion is said to add "a completely new end-game, dozens of new areas, boss fights, item types, an entirely new Challenge League, a completely revamped end-game, and much more!" There are 30 new maps to explore and 19 new bosses to take down. [...]
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FPS drops from too many things happening on screen at once will soon be a thing of the past when Path of Exile Version 2.4.0, a.k.a. Atlas of Worlds, rolls out in September. Aside from the change to multithreading, the development team has also optimized the game’s particle effect system. Depending on whether your CPU has AVX support or not, [...]
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Can’t wait to dive in to Path of Exile’s Atlas of Worlds expansion? Producer Chris Wilson has recently posted detailed mechanics on the dev blog along with an Atlas Beginner’s Guide from ZiggyD. Hopefully, it’s enough to tide all of you Path of Exile fans until the patch goes live next week. Watch ZiggyD’s Altas of the Worlds Beginner’s Guide [...]
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As was prophesied, Path of Exile Update 2.3.0—also known as the Prophecy update—will be going at 1 PM PST today. The update brings in the Prophecy Challenge League in both Standard and Hardcore formats, as well as the usual helping of "new skills, items, and challenges." The full list of features is as follows. New Items: Unique Items and Divination [...]
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Path of Exile’s Content Update 2.3.0 ushers in Prophecy Challenge Leagues on June 03, 2016. While not a full fledged expansion the mini-update brings in oodles of new mechanics to fill appetites for dungeon crawling and monster slaying, all centered around predicting the future. Of course the new Challenge League means a new game mode for players seeking a fresh [...]
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Following Path of Exile's success in the West—with over 17,500 concurrent users online right now—Tencent has announced that it will be publishing the game in China. The Tencent version will be made available later this year in simplified Chinese. The game's servers will be hosted in China, separate from Grinding Gear Games' existing servers. Due to the separation of servers, [...]
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Path of Exile broke their record for the most number of players in the first day of a major release when the game’s Ascendancy expansion went live last Friday. Unfortunately, the overwhelming influx of players also caused three server crashes within the first 24 hours of the expansion launch. According to the developers, “Large launches like today’s one are especially [...]
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Humble have launched their latest bundle, called the Humble Gamepedia Online Multiplayer Bundle. It's a bit of a mouthful, but this is an interesting bundle, as most of its contents are bundles for various free-to-play games. There are a few buy-to-play titles included, such as Life Is Feudal: Your Own and Awesomenauts, but they are a surprisingly smaller part of [...]
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Path of Exile's long-awaited expansion, Ascendancy, is almost upon us. After keeping us in suspense since last November, Grinding Gear Games have revealed that the expansion will be released on March 4th at 12 PM PST. The highlight of the expansion is The Lord's Labyrinth. Created by Izaro—pictured above—this labyrinth is randomly generated daily. Six new traps come together to [...]
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