Path of Exile News 102p19

Path of Exile has rolled out a fun new cosmetic that Grinding Gear Games describes as pay-to-swole rather pay-to-glow. The new “Maroider” body armor is a unique cosmetic that causes the character’s muscle mass to increase as it scales with the character’s strength. As far as I know, this is the only MMO cosmetic that changes a character’s appearance as [...]

Path of Exile players love a good challenge, especially since it means they get better rewards. Although, Grinding Gear Games may have overdone it by a fair bit in their recently-released Sentinel expansion. The studio has apparently received plenty of on monster difficulty and is actively working to address those concerns. After gathering and death data, the team [...]

It’s expansion launch day in Path of Exile as Sentinel officially goes live on PC. The expansion introduces PoE’s first-ever pet system, or at least their twisted version of it, in the form of Sentinels. These ancient constructs buff and empower nearby mobs when activated to make them more challenging and, in turn, make them drop significantly better rewards. “In [...]

Grinding Gear Games has rolled out a beta version of their new DirectX 12 renderer in Path of Exile’s latest patch. Players who want to try out the new renderer can opt-in to the beta test by manually changing their preferred renderer through the graphics settings menu. The Vulkan renderer is also officially live and out of beta for those [...]

Path of Exile players waiting for the ARPG’s next league won’t have to wait too long as Grinding Gear Games announces the launch date for the 3.18 expansion. The yet untitled expansion is set to arrive on May 13th which means that players will have less than a month until the Archnemesis League comes to a close. As with previous [...]

The recent launch of Valve’s Steam Deck has allowed PC players to take their favorite games on the go. Unfortunately, the portable console’s controller doesn’t lend well to most mouse and keyboard games, a fact that several developers are now trying to address, Path of Exile’s Grinding Gear Games among them. While Path of Exile has been available on PlayStation [...]

Grinding Gear Games is currently getting flak from the Path of Exile community following the release of a paid battle called Kirac’s Vault . The battle runs alongside the free challenge system, offering additional rewards for completing various bonus objectives found in the game world, assuming, of course, that you’re willing to spend $30 on it. The rewards themselves [...]

The unexpectedly popular Path of Exile Siege of the Atlas league has officially arrived on consoles as Grinding Gear Games continues to squash bugs and address player . The expansion arrived last week on PC, drawing a record-breaking number of players into the game. Aside from balance tweaks and adjustments to the new Archnemesis League, the team is also working [...]

Path of Exile has hit a new peak player concurrency following the release of its Siege of the Atlas expansion last week. The expansion’s launch also seems to be one of the smoothest launches in the genre this year as Grinding Gear Games reveals: “Over the weekend, we launched Path of Exile: Siege of the Atlas. We’re pleased to report [...]