News Archive

We’ve got five new Skill Effects coming out in the shop today, featuring effects for Consecrated Path, Fist of War, Smite, Lightning Warp and Holy Relic! We’re also having a sale this weekend on Twilight Microtransactions! Get the new effects here, or check out the Twilight Microtransactions here. Also, don’t forget about Zizaran’s Gauntlet Event which is starting this weekend! Find more information on the Gauntlet here. Read More.

Grinding Gear Games is looking to hire C++ Programmers, Writers, Visual Effects Artists, Server Administrators, Level Designers and Animators to support the development of Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2 in our office in Auckland, New Zealand. While we'd love to find a way to accept worldwide applicants, the current situation means that we cannot. We are also interested in talking to Australians as we expect the border with Australia will open sooner than with the rest of the world. Read More.

We're going to be making some further changes to Harvest Crafting with the release of 3.14.0 in April. In short, we're concerned by how deterministic some Harvest Crafts are and how easily players can craft near-perfect items. We don't feel that this is consistent with how Path of Exile's itemisation should work. Before we detail what changes are coming, we want to explain a bit about Harvest's initial implementation and our design philosophy around items and crafting. Read More.

Last week we asked our players to vote for a type of a Watchstone for the upcoming community-designed Divination Card we're working on. The community has decided on 'Any Unique Watchstone'. Now that we know the type of reward for this Divination Card, it's time to determine its theme! Place your vote in today’s news post. Read More.

Did you know that we have digital Path of Exile comics available? Did you also know that they can be purchased with exclusive microtransactions? Well, now you do! Why not check them out in today’s news post? Read More.

If you want to get a glimpse into how the Frost Viking and their cosy Arctic Fox companion made their way to Wraeclast, then check out today’s news post! We’ve compiled a few pieces of concept art that provide an inside look into the development process of these microtransactions. If you’re interested, check them out! Read More.

On March 13th PST, community streamer Zizaran is organising a 10-day Class Gauntlet Event. Racers will compete and earn points by leveling characters and killing bosses to see how all of the classes fare in some of Path of Exile’s most difficult encounters. The event will take place in a Private HCSSF Ritual League with all damage mods and increased monster life active. The prize pool is funded by the community and Zizaran's sponsor. Find out more information in this news post. Read More.

Our Talent competition is now in its final week and will end very soon on March 8th (NZT). Entries will need to be submitted by this date. We’ll announce the winners of the competition sometime next week. For now, take a look at some of the wonderful submissions so far! Read More.

We're back with our third and final installment in our Ritual Statistics series. Today, we're going to take a look at which Atlas Passives players are picking in each Region. Read More.

We recently launched a series of polls to design a Divination Card with our community, courtesy of community member lowkeyripper. The first poll determined that the card should be redeemed for a Watchstone which means the next step is to decide which type of Watchstone! Place your vote in today’s news post. Read More.