News Archive

At 10am November 29th (NZT) the Essence Leagues will come to a close in preparation for Content Update 2.5.0 and the new Breach Leagues! In the meantime, we know that many of you have been eagerly waiting to hear if the Essence League mechanics will make it to the core game. The answer is yes, they will! Carl has written a Development Manifesto with more information about how this implementation will work. Read More.

Today we're proud to announce December's Path of Exile update which includes the Breach Challenge League! Check out the Breach page, the trailer and please consider buying a Breach Supporter Pack! You can read more about Breach at the following media outlets: Massively Overpowered, GameSpot, MMOBOMB, Gamepedia, onrpg.com, MMOHuts. PCGamesN and MMORPG.com. Read More.

Tomorrow (Friday, NZT) we're deploying Content Update 2.4.2. The following day (Saturday, NZT), we'll be announcing the full details of our December challenge league and 2.5.0 update. Alongside this reveal, we will launch two new supporter packs. In the meantime, we're holding a huge sale on over 30 microtransactions! Read More.

In addition to the other technical improvements in this week's 2.4.2 update, we have another surprise. We've developed a cloth simulation system! Today's news post explains what you can expect. Read More.

Content Update 2.4.2 is scheduled for next week and so far we've revealed two of the upcoming channelled skills: Blade Flurry and Scorching Ray. Today we're revealing the third and final new channelled skill, Blight! Read More.

We've been keeping a little secret tucked away in our guild stash and we're now ready to reveal it. In Content Update 2.4.2 we're going to introduce improvements to how some master missions work. Among other things, these improvements should eliminate a lot of backtracking! Read More.

Content Update 2.4.2 is just around the corner and contains three new channeled skills. Last week we revealed the mechanics of the Scorching Ray Skill Gem. Today we're revealing the second channeled skill from this update: Blade Flurry. Read More.

Based on community nominations for Build of the Week, we've selected the Ranged Attack Totem Tactical Nuke by russelhentz for the season six finale episode! The episode showcases a Chieftain from the Hardcore Essence League that creates continuous bursts of inescapable explosions from each totem it summons. Read More.

The Essence Challenge leagues are currently in their ninth week. The leagues have had our highest player retention ever and we're really pleased with how many people are engaged in the new challenges. We've assembled some statistics that demonstrate how many challenges have been completed in addition to what and how essences are being used. Read More.

Feeling gloomy that Halloween falls on a Monday this year? (Thanks, 2016!) Now you can deck yourself out entirely in black to get in the Halloween spirit regardless of what day it is. This weekend we're having a three-day sale on the Gloom Armour Set and Gloom Wings microtransactions. It's also the last weekend to get a free Carnage Mystery Box when you spend points in the store! Read More.