News Archive

Next week we'll announce Path of Exile 3.5.0, our largest expansion this year. In the meantime, we have a smaller announcement to make today. Ever since the start of Path of Exile's development, we planned to add support for players to pay for the creation of a private league for them and their friends to play in. We're pleased to announce that we will start making these Private Leagues available for purchase next week. These leagues allow you to add mods that make Path of Exile more challenging for you and your friends. Today's news post is an overview of how they'll work. Read More.

A couple of weeks ago we posted an update about what we're working on. Since then, we have managed to lock down a final announcement date and launch date for the upcoming 3.5.0 expansion. These are a week or so later than they'd normally be, so we feel it is important to let you know the dates now so you can plan around them. Read More.

Last week we talked about the changes to Ice Spear as part of our Cold Spells revamp in 3.5.0. Today we're discussing the updates to Ice Nova and Vortex, which have received some cool new interactions. Read More.

We're hosting a whole weekend of discounts on the microtransactions from the Apocalypse Mystery Box! If you've been thinking about purchasing any of the Wasteland, Automaton or Apocalypse microtransactions, now is your chance! Check out the full selection of discounts here. Read More.

Today marks Path of Exile's five year anniversary since our full release in October 2013. During this time we've released hundreds of updates, including 16 expansions. Anniversaries make us sentimental, so we've spent some time thinking about what Path of Exile is all about. We wanted to share our thoughts. Read More.

Last week we announced the winners of our Craft Competition. Due to a huge amount of great submissions, we decided to reward more runners-up with a Helmet Effect of their choice! Check out this news post to view more amazing craftwork from our community members! Read More.

To cap off our week of Halloween microtransactions, we're introducing something a little different. This graphic black and white scare mask is the first helmet of its kind that fully rotates around your neck - guaranteed to spook your pals! It's only available for a limited time so be sure to check out the video and get yours in store. Read More.

Our Halloween week continues as we release the Gothic Horror Ghost Child Pet - a haunting apparition that will trail you as you bring death to the land. We're also introducing the Sawblade Blade Vortex Effect that really amplifies the slicing and dicing effect of the skill with daunting rings of hot serrated metal. Get yours in store here. Read More.

Halloween is the perfect time to release demonic-themed skill effects so we're partying-large by releasing three at once! In store now are the Demonic Flicker Strike, Demonic Spectral Throw and Demonic Storm Call Effects! Get yours in store here.Read More.

This truly horrific back attachment is one of our new microtransactions introduced to the store for a limited time to celebrate Halloween! It's adorned with creepy spider legs and webbed hanging animal corpses. Gross! Check out the video or get yours before it leaves the store on November 6th (NZT). Read More.