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Comic Art Prizes
Jan 15, 2017, 11:42:48 PM
The Path of Exile Talent Competition comes to a close today. This competition has been one of our most popular ever with an overwhelming number of talented submissions being entered. Tomorrow we'll be announcing the winners of the competition! Among many other exclusive prizes, we're giving away four of the original pages created for the Path of Exile Comic. We've now selected the exclusive pages we'll be giving away to our top three winners and one random entry. We are really excited about these prizes and wanted to share them with the whole community. Read More.
New Microtransactions - Kaom and Daresso Portal
Jan 12, 2017, 5:11:09 PM
We received so many requests to make player-useable versions of the portals you encounter in The Crystal Veins in Act Four. As a result, we've now made the Kaom Portal and Daresso Portal available in the store. You can check them out here. Read More.
Breach Statistics
Jan 11, 2017, 4:32:37 PM
We're about half-way through the Breach Challenge leagues and so it's a good time to check in with some statistics. In addition to some challenge-completion statistics, we've also assembled the top ten deadliest areas and the top ten most-played areas! Read More.
Additional Performance Improvements
Jan 10, 2017, 5:12:19 PM
Our programmers have completed another wave of game client performance improvements. We plan to release them next week in a minor update called 2.5.2. Today's news post explains how these changes improve Path of Exile's performance. Read More.
Highlights from the Path of Exile Talent Competition
Jan 9, 2017, 6:09:44 PM
The Path of Exile Talent competition concludes Monday the 16th of January at 5pm (NZT). We've had an overwhelming number of excellent submissions already but there's still time to make your mark on the competition by submitting your talent. By entering the competition you will go into the running to to win some exclusive prizes. By simply entering the competition you go into the draw to receive an original piece of art from the Path of Exile comic! Today we're showing off a sample of some of the awesome entries we've received so far.
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Upcoming Content Releases
Jan 8, 2017, 10:11:07 PM
Most of our team are now back at work after the New Zealand holiday period. We have a busy year ahead! The purpose of today's news post is to highlight the rough plans of what happens when the Breach leagues end in seven weeks. Read More.
Need more pockets? Check Out the Super Stash Sale!
Jan 5, 2017, 11:00:50 PM
This weekend we're holding a sale on every type of stash tab. This includes everything from Premium Stash Tab Bundles to Guild Stash tabs, as well as the new Essence, Divination and Quad Stash Tabs! The Special Tab Bundle that includes all three new tabs has also been further discounted!
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Path of Exile's Trailers Through Time: Part Two
Jan 5, 2017, 4:41:37 PM
Since Path of Exile's announcement in 2010, we've released a total of 16 trailers. They ranged from announcing Path of Exile itself to unveiling character classes, expansions and challenge leagues. In a recent news post, we highlighted the first eight of these trailers and provided some details about how they were made. Today, we're covering the final eight trailers.
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Legacy Patch Notes - Part Two
Jan 4, 2017, 2:58:34 PM
We recently posted the full patch notes from Path of Exile version 0.8.0 to 0.8.7. Today's news has the remainder of our internal patch notes going back from Alpha version 0.7.2 to 0.5.0, when we only kept them as short internal records of what changed. Read More.
Path of Exile's Trailers Through Time: Part One
Jan 3, 2017, 4:10:49 PM
Since Path of Exile's announcement in 2010, we've released a total of 16 trailers. They ranged from announcing Path of Exile itself to unveiling character classes, expansions and challenge leagues. In today's news post, we're going to highlight the first eight of these trailers and provide some details about how they were made.
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Developer Interview - Nick - Game Designer
Jan 2, 2017, 3:11:53 PM
The Breach leagues are currently in full swing and we're glad to see that so many players are continuing to enjoy this league! We sat down with Nick, one of our game designers who came up with the initial concept for the Breach League to get his insights into his inspirations for game design, unique item design and how the concept of the Breach leagues evolved.
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Happy New Year! A 2016 Retrospective
Jan 1, 2017, 4:45:48 PM
It's the start of 2017 here in New Zealand. In addition to wishing the entire community a happy new year, we wanted to post our annual retrospective on 2016. We are proud to announce that, once again, we've had the best year so far for both the game and the company! 2017 is already looking good. In addition to launching Act 5 in the first half of the year, we also have some other exciting projects in the works.
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Carnage Microtransactions In Store Now!
Dec 29, 2016, 5:15:26 PM
The microtransactions that were introduced with the Carnage Mystery Box are now available in store! Among these new microtransactions are the Carnage Armour Set, Gore Weapon Effect, Carnage Wings, Gore Portal and much more! You can check out all the new microtransactions in the store here.
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Developer Interview - Alex - Physics Programmer
Dec 28, 2016, 4:20:36 PM
To celebrate the Breach Challenge league we introduced a set of supporter packs that included, cloaks, a new microtransaction type. Cloaks have been requested frequently for as long as Path of Exile has existed. Until recently we didn't have the tech to do them justice. That is, until Alex arrived on the scene. Alex is our physics programmer and was one of the driving forces for implementing our new cloth physics technology. We sat down with him to gain his insights into this process and his work. Read More.
Gore Fireworks in Store for a Limited Time Only!
Dec 27, 2016, 5:29:33 PM
We're approaching the end of 2016 and what better way to commemorate this monumental year than with a shower of blood! Therefore, we're bringing back the Gore Fireworks for a limited time only! These are available in store until January 10th (NZT). Read More.
Legacy Patch Notes - Part One
Dec 26, 2016, 3:17:01 PM
Path of Exile has been in development for ten years. The official wiki only lists reliable patch notes going back to Beta version 0.8.7. Prior to that, we still kept internal patch notes from version 0.5.0 onwards. Today's news post showcases the patch notes from version 0.8.6 back to 0.8.0. Enjoy the walk through Path of Exile's prehistory! Read More.
Happy Holidays! Get A Free Stormcaller Mystery Box!
Dec 25, 2016, 3:02:28 PM
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 Breach league! In the festive spirit, we're offering a free Stormcaller Mystery Box! Read More.
Three New Back Attachment Microtransactions
Dec 22, 2016, 5:43:26 PM
We've just introduced three new back attachment microtransactions in the store! These three adornments include the Infernal Wings, Hive Back Attachment and Mana Wurm Back Attachment. You can check out all three in the store here.
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Path of Exile Talent Competition Highlights
Dec 21, 2016, 8:01:06 PM
Last week we introduced the Path of Exile Talent Competition that is open to Path of Exile themed submissions of any medium. We're only at the beginning of the competition and we've already seen work of amazing quality produced by the community. Many excellent submissions have already been made, but today we're showing off just a few!
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Breach League Statistics
Dec 20, 2016, 6:54:02 PM
The Breach Challenge Leagues are in their third week and we're happy to hear many players reporting that this league has been some of the most fun they've had in the game. In particular, it seems that the community is enjoying how challenging Breach gameplay can be! We've gathered some statistics to give insight into Breach Domain related deaths and popular skills and uniques being used.
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