News Archive

Harbinger Challenge League was released alongside 3.0.0 and was played by more people than any league we have made before. Our team has written a Development Manifesto regarding the future of Harbinger mechanics and currency items from this league. Read More.

It's October 31st here in New Zealand and about to become Halloween for the rest of the world too! This means that there's only a few more days to grab the Bleeding Eyes Helmet Effect, Devil Horns and Spiderweb Cloak! To celebrate this spooky occasion, we've collected some secret tidbits about Path of Exile and our development history to share with you! While many of you may know that Chatters was named after a laundromat that Chris frequented in early development, did you know that Rat Cage Unique will sometimes squeak if you take fire damage? Read More.

Near the end of the Harbinger Challenge League we're going to be running two 10-day competitive events: Turmoil and Mayhem! We ran these events during the Beta for The Fall of Oriath and due to their success and popular demand, we've decided to bring them back! There are many awesome prizes up for grabs including the Chaos and Order Mystery Box, Alternate Art Demigod's Dominance and many more microtransactions. Read More.

A couple of weeks ago we posted a content schedule news post that included a timeline for upcoming events. We have some small updates regarding this timeline and wanted to share them with the community as soon as possible. Read More.

Four years ago, on October 23, 2013, Path of Exile left Beta and was formally released! To celebrate our four year anniversary since the game's release, Bex has taken a moment to reflect on the journey of development we've taken together and offer insights into what it was like to observe from her position inside the company. Read More.

This weekend all Wings have been discounted by as much as 50%. There are 18 microtransactions available at discounted prices. For the duration of this sale, we're also offering a free Chaos and Order Mystery Box when you spend points! Read More.

While the development team is working hard on our upcoming expansion, our composer, Kamil, has continued to work on the soundtrack for Act 6. We're excited to share a preview of these anticipated tracks! Read More.

In addition to working on improvements to the game and preparing for our next expansion, our team have been working on adding new 3D art for some unique body armours. Last week, when we released the Build of the Week Bloopers video, the most sharp-sighted of you have noticed a new 3D art for Lightning Coil. Thereby, we'd like to share a preview for some other uniques that will also have 3D art in Content Update 3.1.0. Read More.

In the last week we've mentioned Content Update 3.0.2 and some of the features it includes like the two new unique items, Spectre and Aura persistence changes, and support for new languages. We're expecting to deploy this patch later today but in the meantime, here are the patch notes! Read More.

The Fall of Oriath Fan Art Competition concludes on Tuesday the 17th of October (NZT). There's still time to enter this competition and to win awesome prizes. Today is the last time we're showing off some of the submissions we've received so far, before announcing the winners. As always, we were surprised by the amount of the amazing artwork created by our players for this competition. We're very happy that we have so many talented people in our community! Read More.