News Archive

We recently ran a promotion where you'd receive a free Darkness Mystery Box if you spent points on any microtransaction purchase. After releasing the new Atlas of Worlds Supporter Packs last week, we decided to restart this promotion so that you're able to receive another free mystery box if you spend any points from now on. This offer lasts from the time of this post until when the Prophecy challenge leagues end. Read More.

In Path of Exile: Atlas of Worlds, we're introducing 30 new maps. We'll be revealing more about the expansion and these maps leading up to the release on September 2nd. We've created a video to reveal the new Vault Map to the community today. Read More.

Over the weekend, we announced the details of our upcoming Atlas of Worlds expansion, which briefly touched on what to expect when it launches on September 2nd. Many members of our community have had questions about the expansion. Two pieces of journalist coverage in particular happen to answer a lot of these questions. We've highlighted them in today's post, as well information about a new community podcast and a small expansion teaser. Read More.

Our upcoming 2.4.0 expansion is called Atlas of Worlds, and it includes a major update to Path of Exile's end-game! For more information about this expansion, check out the full Atlas of Worlds page or the trailer! Journalists will also be covering exclusive details of the expansion. We'll update this news post as these articles are shared. Read More.

The GGG team is currently working really hard to get ready for our full expansion announcement on Saturday (NZT, two days from now). Meanwhile, Chris and Jonathan are spending their last day on the 2.4.0 press tour before they head back to New Zealand to join the team before the announcement. All of our expansion related news is embargoed until this announcement so we can't share anything exciting just yet, however, we do have an exclusive photo from Chris and Jonathan's press suite to share! Read More.

Yesterday Chris and Jonathan met with over fifty Path of Exile fans at The Press Club in San Francisco. While the contents of this weekend's expansion reveal were kept secret, there was a lot of discussion of issues important to the community. Inside sources have it on good authority that Chris was especially pleased that so many community members were able to see his glorious beard in person. He was also pleased by the wide variety of Path of Exile T-shirts present at the event. We've taken some photos for you to check out! Read More.

While our next major expansion has a focus on Path of Exile's end-game, there will of course also be an influx of new unique items as well. Today we're showing off three items you can expect to find after the update, each one designed by a different supporter! Read More.

Chris and Jonathan are going to be in San Francisco next week to hold a press tour for the upcoming 2.4.0 expansion. If you're interested in meeting with two of the founders of Grinding Gear Games, they'll be hosting a fan meet-up on Sunday August 7th at 4pm (PST). If you're in or around the area, you should come on by! You might even get to see one of these. In other news, we'll be releasing 2.3.3 (with the experimental performance improvements) today! Read More.

For today's news we've rounded up some Prophecy Statistics to share with the community. They include the top ten prophecies players have completed, most popular uniques, top skills, boss kills and more! Read More.

Today we're continuing our series of interviews with developers who fulfil various roles in the company. This week we sat down with Hrishikesh, the newest member of the design team, and discussed his journey from designing the Cloak of Defiance as a member of the community, to designing content as a member of the Grinding Gear Games team. Read More.