News Archive

Weekend Stash Tab Bundle Sales!

Apr 9, 2016, 3:47:32 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%. If you're looking to buy points to purchase Stash Tabs, check out our Ascendancy supporter packs! Thanks again for the generous support! Read More.

Mid-way Highlights from the Ascendancy Fan Art Competition

Apr 8, 2016, 12:02:45 AM
We're currently at the half way point for the Ascendancy Fan Art Competition so we wanted to showcase some of the highlights from the competition. While these highlights are certainly awesome, the competition isn't over yet! There's still time to get your submissions in for a chance at some awesome prizes. Read More.

Improvements to Currency Stash Tabs!

Apr 7, 2016, 1:41:29 AM
A couple of weeks ago we released the new Currency Stash Tabs which allow you to store currency in stacks of up to five thousand. We've heard your feedback and have made some improvements to the layout of these tabs! If you've already purchased a Currency Stash Tab it will automatically be updated to the improved version. The patch that improves them is in the process of being deployed. Read More.

Development Manifesto: Performance

Apr 6, 2016, 12:26:48 AM

Skill Reveal - Summon Lightning Golem

Apr 4, 2016, 9:51:57 PM
The upcoming 2.2.2 patch will introduce the new Summon Lightning Golem skill, completing the cycle of Elemental golems. The skill will summon an electrically charged golem that casts from range while supporting you and your allies. Read More.

Ascendancy Concept Art

Apr 3, 2016, 8:37:06 PM
Now that Ascendancy is live, we would like to show you some of the internal process of how its art was made. Today's news compiles some Ascendancy concept art of Izaro, items, Cadiro, Gargoyles and more! Read More.

Second Wave of Trade Improvements

Mar 31, 2016, 9:20:42 PM
Path of Exile players have long asked for more sophisticated trading tools. Today we're unveiling the second wave of upcoming trade improvements, which add the features that dedicated traders expect from modern software. Today's news post explains some of the new features that will enable you to execute a winning market strategy, regardless of your personal risk tolerance. Read More.

New Paris Gateway Added

Mar 31, 2016, 8:25:51 PM

Solaris Mystery Box Soundtrack

Mar 31, 2016, 12:09:54 AM
Recently we shared the interview with our in-house composer, Kamil. In this interview he mentioned his favourite tracks from Path of Exile, including the soundtrack from the recent Solaris Mystery Box video. We received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback about this track so it seems that the community loved it too! The Solaris Mystery Box sale has been a remarkable success and we wanted to thank you for your support by making this track available to everyone for free! Read More.

Ascendancy-Themed Fan Art Competition!

Mar 29, 2016, 11:44:37 PM
It's that time again! We're launching a fan art competition themed around content introduced in the 2.2.0 Ascendancy update. The competition will run for three weeks and finish at the end of Wednesday the 20th of April (NZT). Eight winners will receive one armour set of their choice from the prize list and the top three winners will receive the opportunity to use a portion of their fan art as a custom forum avatar! Read More.

Interview with Composer Kamil Orman-Janowski

Mar 28, 2016, 11:41:21 PM
We've been working with Polish music composer Kamil Orman-Janowski for several years now. He created some of the most popular and evocative tracks in Path of Exile's soundtrack. You can listen to some of his work here. He recently moved to New Zealand and joined our development team full-time! Today's news post is an interview with him. Read More.

Path of Exile in China

Mar 28, 2016, 3:28:51 AM
At Tencent's annual UP Conference in Beijing on Friday, Grinding Gear Games and Tencent announced that we will work together to bring Path of Exile to players in Mainland China. The game will be available in Simplified Chinese with servers based in China. We're incredibly excited to work with Tencent and have a huge amount of respect for their immense power as a publisher in the region. Read More.

The Star of Wraeclast

Mar 24, 2016, 8:20:07 PM
Last year, our Taiwanese publishing partner, Garena, ran a competition on their realm to design the art for an item: The Star of Wraeclast, a unique amulet that has long been a part of Path of Exile's story. They then let their community vote on the submitted art to determine the winner, and our team created the item based on that artwork. This special unique item will be patched into Path of Exile with the 2.2.2 update, and can be obtained by completing a hidden vendor recipe. This recipe differs between the Taiwanese realm and our realm. Read More.

Most Popular Perandus League Skills and Unique Items

Mar 23, 2016, 7:38:09 PM
Perandus League has shown some of the greatest levels of character build diversity we've seen to date. With all that variety, it's interesting to see which skills and uniques are the most popular! Today we are going to show off a variety of top ten lists for skill and unique items used in the Perandus Leagues. Read More.

Currency Stash Tabs Available Now

Mar 22, 2016, 10:43:04 PM
We've added a new type of stash tab to Path of Exile - the Currency Stash Tab! This new type of tab has a slot for most types of currency in the game and can stack up to 5000. This lets you consolidate your wealth into one easy-to-access place. These are premium tabs, so they can be coloured, named and made public for trade indexers. To buy a Currency Stash Tab, click here! Click through to the full post to see a video of them in action. Read More.

Windows 10 Memory Leak Fixed

Mar 22, 2016, 12:18:14 AM
We have deployed a fix for a memory leak that affected only Windows 10 users. Read More.

Community Showcase

Mar 20, 2016, 11:23:15 PM
Our team is still dedicated to prioritising game performance and stability, including memory usage, graphical performance and fixing crashes. Because this is where our focus is at right now we don't have any major game news for today. We'll have more in depth information about these improvements as soon as we can. In the meantime, we've assembled a community round-up that includes a hideout, Path of Exile comics, tattoos, videos and more! Read More.

Weekend Stash Tab Bundle Sales!

Mar 19, 2016, 3:02:01 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%. This is the first sale on Premium Tab Bundles that we've run since introducing their new trade capabilities a few weeks ago. If you're looking to buy points to purchase Stash Tabs, check out our Ascendancy supporter packs! Thanks again for the generous support! Read More.

Some Ascendancy Statistics

Mar 17, 2016, 9:37:12 PM
With any new expansion, we are always very interested to see what has changed and what choices players have made. Ascendancy has a lot of new choices, and hence has lots of exciting stats. We hope you find them as interesting as we do. Read More.

Patch 2.2.1d Information

Mar 17, 2016, 12:31:33 AM