News Archive

Build of the Week S06E07: The Freezerator by maddognils

Oct 26, 2016, 7:05:30 PM
This week's episode of Build of the Week features maddognils' Assassin that uses two Cospri's Malices to carve his way through enemies with a tempest of cold skills. Read More.

Weekend of Races!

Oct 25, 2016, 11:23:02 PM
On the weekend of the 5th-7th of November (NZT) we're holding a three day racing event with a schedule of one-hour races every second hour. It's a one hour on, one hour off race weekend. There are also some prizes to be given out! Read More.

New Path of Exile Wallpapers!

Oct 24, 2016, 10:36:58 PM
When the Atlas of Worlds expansion launched it also included a visual update to the passive tree with character art representing class-areas of the tree. We've transformed these images into desktop wallpapers to share with the community. Read More.

Our Three Year Release Anniversary

Oct 23, 2016, 9:59:40 PM
Three years ago, on October 23, 2013, Path of Exile left Beta and was formally released. Since then, we've launched five expansions, fourteen challenge leagues and countless smaller updates. Path of Exile has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese, Thai, Russian, and both Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Over those years, Grinding Gear Games has quadrupled from 22 staff members to 88. The purpose of today's news post is to briefly thank everyone who has made Path of Exile the game it is today. Read More.

Celebrate Halloween with a Free Carnage Mystery Box with any Points Spent!

Oct 20, 2016, 6:31:43 PM
We're celebrating Halloween by offering a free Carnage Mystery Box when you spend points in the store. You could look positively disgusting with some Carnage Wings or creep out your friends by brushing past them with your Grasping Hands Pet. What better way to to get into the spooky spirit than to adorn yourself with blood and other grisly horrors? Read More.

Build of the Week S06E06: The_x_ile's Cast on Ignite Build

Oct 19, 2016, 4:59:14 PM
This week's episode of Build of the Week features The_x_ile's Chieftain Marauder from the Essence League. By creating an interesting synergy between two new unique items, the character is able to unleash a onslaught of spells on any foe he ignites. Read More.

Totem Skin Microtransactions Updated, New Videos and Three Day Sale!

Oct 18, 2016, 7:00:27 PM
In Content Update 2.4.1, we announced that most totem skins now work with all totem types (other than the Ancestral Totems). These skins also work with the Siege Ballista Totem! To celebrate this new versatility of totem skins, we've re-recorded their microtransaction videos and are holding a three day sale where we're discounting all totem skins that were available before Content Update 2.4.1. Read More.

Content Update 2.4.1 and New Microtransactions!

Oct 17, 2016, 6:59:10 PM
Content Update 2.4.1 has just been deployed. This update includes changes to the Atlas, updates to Sextant Mods and bug fixes. You can find the full patch notes here. It also introduces five new microtransactions: the Imp Haste Aura, Carnage Vitality Aura, Trinity Purity of Elements, Verdant Split Arrow and the Dragon Totem Skin. Read More.

Community Highlights Video by Mirek Le Fou and the Lioneye's Watch Podcast Featuring Jonathan!

Oct 16, 2016, 10:49:23 PM
In addition to our regularly scheduled news for today we wanted to make a post to highlight two awesome things that happened in our community this last week. Mirek Le Fou is renowned in the community for his impressive video work. He has recently released another Community Highlights video for the Atlas of Worlds expansion. Episode nine of the Lioneye's Watch Podcast aired today and featured our technical director, Jonathan Rogers! Read More.

Content Update 2.4.1 Patch Notes and Updated Deployment Timeline

Oct 16, 2016, 9:57:04 PM
We have continued to test the Content Update 2.4.1 throughout the weekend expecting to deploy it this morning. Unfortunately, we've run into some last minute issues while testing the content of the patch and we feel it's safest to deploy it tomorrow morning after the issues are fixed. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused. In the meantime, we have tomorrow's patch notes ready to check out! Read More.

Weekend Stash Tab Bundle Sales!

Oct 15, 2016, 3:39:32 AM
We're running a sale on Stash Tabs! For the first 24 hours (Saturday, PST), we've discounted Premium Stash Tab Bundles by 17.5%. On Sunday, Regular Stash Tab Bundles are discounted by 26.6%. Thanks again for the generous support! Read More.

New 2.4.1 Sextant Mods Part II

Oct 13, 2016, 5:54:10 PM
Content Update 2.4.1 is almost finished and will be deployed on Monday NZT. We apologise for the delay, but want to make sure that all known issues are solved before we release it. In the meantime, we have five more Cartographer's Sextant mods to reveal today. These will be released with the update on Monday. Thanks for your patience! Read More.

Build of the Week S06E05: c9q9md's 10 Siege Ballista Build

Oct 12, 2016, 10:11:23 PM
This week's episode of Build of the Week features c9q9md's 10 Siege Ballista Build. This Deadeye Ranger character from the Essence League focuses on being able to summon as many Siege Ballistas as possible by using the Iron Commander Unique Bow. Read More.

Atlas of Worlds Fan Art Competition Winners!

Oct 11, 2016, 7:54:49 PM
The Atlas of Worlds Fan Art Competition ended yesterday and in their typical fashion our community has blown us away with their artistic talents. The top three entries have won a custom avatar to display their artwork while the top eight entries have won their choice of armour set from the store. Because of how many excellent entries we've received, we've also awarded a selection of entrants 200 points each. Check out the winners from this season's competition! Read More.

New Sextant Mods in Content Update 2.4.1

Oct 10, 2016, 10:44:40 PM
Content Update 2.4.1 is scheduled for this coming Friday (New Zealand time). It contains new microtransactions, changes to the Atlas and new Sextant Mods! Today we're revealing five of these new mods. Read More.

Hideout Showcase

Oct 9, 2016, 10:41:54 PM
Today's news post showcases more of our community's creative work in decorating their hideouts. We've created some screenshots of some of the highlights of players' recent work to share with you. We're always on the look for awesome hideouts, so if you'd like to submit yours for a future news post, just take a screenshot or video and make a post in the Hideouts forum. Read More.

Channelled Skill Teaser Video

Oct 6, 2016, 4:43:45 PM
Content Update 2.4.1 (which contains Sextant improvements and other Atlas changes) is currently scheduled for Friday 14th October, NZT. In the meantime, a lot of the community has expressed an eagerness to see the new skills coming in the 2.4.2 update that should launch a couple of weeks after 2.4.1. These skills aren't ready to be completely revealed, but in the meantime we've created a teaser video of the first of the new three channeled skills! Read More.

Build of the Week S06E04: Mathil's DreamFeather Spectral Throw

Oct 5, 2016, 5:29:20 PM
Today's Build of the Week episode features Mathil's level 92 Pathfinder Ranger that darts around the battlefield leaving a deadly trail of spectral blades. It's an Evasion-based character that scales Chaos Damage and aims to utilise Spectral Throw with as much Increased Attack and Projectile damage as possible! Read More.

ZiggyD's Community Unique Item - Concept Art Vote

Oct 4, 2016, 10:54:17 PM
We've reached the 5th and final vote in our Community Designed Unique, where Grinding Gear Games, ZiggyD, and the community work together to design a unique item. The previous votes decided the base type, design goal, one of the special bonuses on the item, and the item's name and flavour text. This vote will decide the belt's in-game 2D artwork! Read More.

Developer Interview - Andrew - Sound Engineer

Oct 3, 2016, 9:43:10 PM
The next in our series of developer interviews is Andrew, our audio engineer. He's been with us for five years and is a veteran of the Grinding Gear Games team. We sat down with him and discussed his history with Path of Exile and much more. Read More.