News Archive

Alex, one of our graphics programmers, has been working on some experimental visual improvements for Path of Exile. At the moment we have no explicit plans to introduce these to the game in a specific patch because we are still experimenting with how they work. In the meantime, we wanted to show you a small glimpse at what's being developed behind the scenes. Hopefully you'll see them in a future expansion when they're ready! Read More.

Last week, we deployed two sets of performance optimisations to our servers with the goal of minimising serverside processing spikes which could occur when large amounts of items drop simultaneously. Additionally, this weekend we're holding a Super Stash Sale where most of the stash tab varieties will be discounted. Read More.

The Grinding Gear Games team is still growing and we're looking for two new members to join our team. If you or anyone you know is a Senior Environment Artist or Senior Texture Artist please check out our job descriptions. If you're interested in applying you can email us at contact@grindinggear.com. Read More.

As we often do, we have compiled a list of stats from the current Abyss leagues. Today we're looking at which areas and classes were played the most. Stats like these help us smooth the difficulty curve of our storyline content as well as provide a clear snapshot of the metagame. Read More.

We're hosting a whole weekend of discounts on the microtransactions from the Chaos and Order Mystery Box! Everything has been discounted, including community-favourites like the Ultimate Chaos Armour Set, Pure Light Armour Set, Portals, Gore Herald Effect and more! We've created a video to showcase many of the microtransactions available in this sale. Read More.

Tomorrow (Friday NZDT), we're planning to release Patch 3.1.3 which contains a new, faster, Burning Ground effect and some other high-priority bug fixes. As a preview to this update, we're making the patch notes available to share today. Read More.

By late 2008, our founders had put together a detailed game design document outlining the plan for Path of Exile. Surprisingly many of the elements described in this document made it into the full game, including ones that were implemented many years after Path of Exile's release. Today's news post outlines the parts of Path of Exile that came from the original design, and draws attention to a few that we just didn't think of until later. Read More.

We've just released several new microtransactions including the Warlock Armour Set, Warlock Dagger Skin, Warlock Staff, Stormcaller Back Attachment and four new skull helmet skins! Read More.

For some time now, many of the developers have speculated as to what would happen if we pitted one Path of Exile boss against another in an epic showdown. Since it's the holiday season, we thought this would be a cool way to have a little fun! We've put Kaom and Daresso together in Kaom's arena to see who would be the victor! Check out the video! Read More.

While much of the GGG team takes a break for the holidays, we sat down with one of our new visual effects artists, Felipe, to get the low-down on what his experiences here have been like and a little bit about him. Read More.