News Archive

At the beginning of the War for the Atlas expansion we released the Fire and Ice Mystery Box. Over the past few years, we've had many iterations of mystery boxes and over time we've developed and improved them to be what they are today. There are many small decisions that make up the whole of the box and we wanted to make a post that gives some insight into this development process. Read More.

As a follow-up to our last reveal of War for the Atlas Concept Art we have even more artwork to share with you! Once again, this concept art ranges from the War for the Atlas Supporter Packs, Elder design and Unique Items. Read More.

What better way to start 2018 than with some sweet looking microtransactions? We've just released the Arcane Voidgate Portal, Celestial Cloak, Arcane Wings and Celestial Orb of Storms! Click here to check them out in the store. Read More.

In early 2007, Jonathan, Erik and Chris started planning the five-act structure of Path of Exile. By late 2008, specific details had been decided regarding the contents of these acts. Plans like the non-linear layout of Act 2 and the surprise-PvP component to the bandit quests were already laid down. While almost everything they planned was eventually implemented and lives on in modern Path of Exile, there is one aspect that didn't go at all according to plan, and was toned down massively to just become a relatively unremarkable monster type. This news post is the untold story of The Undying. Read More.

It's the start of 2018 here in New Zealand. In addition to wishing the entire community a Happy New Year, we wanted to post our annual retrospective on 2017. Once again, we're proud to announce that we've had the best year to date for both Path of Exile and Grinding Gear Games. Looking ahead, 2018 is already full of plans and ideas that we can't wait to introduce to you. In the meantime, let's take a look back on this year. Read More.

The Abyss Challenge League has been live for almost three weeks which means it's the perfect time to gather some statistics about what the community has been up to! Today's statistics post includes the number of challenges players have completed as well as the most popular Ascendancy passives and unique items being used. Read More.

On behalf of everyone at Grinding Gear Games, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! We hope that you're all getting some relaxing time off to enjoy the Abyss league! In the festive spirit, we're offering everyone a free Fire and Ice Mystery Box! Read More.

We've compiled some concept art highlights from the War for the Atlas expansion to give a sneak peek into the development process for items, The Elder and the War for the Atlas Supporter Packs. Additionally, we're holding a Super Stash Sale where most of the stash tab varieties will be discounted this weekend. Read More.

Today the team is deploying a small patch that includes many bug fixes, a visual improvement to the Abyss cracks, a unique item and associated Divination Card and more. We've compiled the patch notes for today's news for you to view. Read More.

We have a small patch planned for tomorrow that includes bug fixes and some new microtransactions. This patch also includes a fix regarding a bug with the Volatile Dead Helmet Enchantment values that we wanted to communicate as early as possible. Read More.