News Archive

The Beta for the upcoming Fall of Oriath expansion is getting closer every day. So far we've revealed teasers of new monsters, new environments and Act Six bosses. This week we're offering a first glimpse at what lies ahead in Act Seven. Click here for more information about how to join in the Beta! Read More.

Our upcoming Beta for the Fall of Oriath is intended to allow players to test Path of Exile's balance as it undergoes a significant number of changes. Among these changes are those that are coming to Energy Shield and other defences as part of our overall review of game balance. The team has written a Development Manifesto about these changes and what you can expect. Read More.

Next week, Path of Exile is partnering with Twitch Prime to bring you the new Purple Portal, Purple Weapon Effect and Purple Footprints Effect for free! These effects will only be available to Twitch Prime subscribers, but you can sign up for a free trial to receive them also. Read More.

Last week we posted a Beta FAQ where we mentioned that we were planning to run some events between the end of the Legacy League and the full release of The Fall of Oriath. These events would be concurrent to its Beta and some would grant Beta keys. There has been overwhelming feedback that the community would like us to extend the Legacy Leagues during the Beta so that continuing to play Legacy characters and find Relics would be an additional option. We have decided to do so. Read More.

Over the last couple of weeks we've discussed upcoming changes to our Damage Over Time systems in three posts: Development Manifesto Part 1, Part 2 and a follow up that answered some of your questions. We've assembled a fourth post that addresses more of your questions about these changes. Read More.

Our upcoming expansion, The Fall of Oriath, contains a wide variety of new boss fights. One of the Minor Gods you encounter in Act Six is Abberath (God of the Goatmen). Today's news post is a sneak peek video of the fight with Abberath. Read More.

Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath brings six new acts and many new areas! In addition to these significant changes, we're also making smaller improvements to existing environments. We've created a sneak preview video of some of these environmental updates. Read More.

Last week we released Part One of our Damage Over Time Changes manifesto that discussed the new core Poison, Bleed and Ignite system that we'll be introducing in Beta of The Fall of Oriath. Part Two of this manifesto discusses how these changes will interact with various game mechanics and talk about some of the new mechanics we're introducing to improve damage growth and give investment options for characters. Read More.

In Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath, we've taken the opportunity to improve some of our NPC character models. While the development team continues to work on the expansion, we've managed to get an early look at two of these updated NPC models! Read More.

For the last several leagues, abilities that use damage over time mechanics such as Poison and Ignite have been present in a large majority of end game builds. The team has written a Development Manifesto that outlines some of the changes that are coming to this aspect of gameplay in 3.0.0. Read More.