News Archive

In Path of Exile: Heist we're making some changes to curses to provide incentive to self-cast them. We've made some small changes to existing curse mechanics, improved their visuals and added one new curse skill and one new support gem. Read More.

In the coming week, we'll be deploying the 3.11.2 patch which contains many technical changes to the internals of Path of Exile in preparation for the release of Heist. This patch changes the way that Path of Exile stores its data, requiring a complete redownload of the game. There are a number of improvements we have been waiting several years to make which each require a full redownload, so we were able to bundle them all together at this opportunity. Today's news post explains what has changed and why. Read More.

We're holding a sale on a great selection of Pets and Hideout Decorations. More than 200 microtransactions are available at discounted prices, including the Labrador Pet, the Nine-Tailed Fox Pet, the Thaumaturgical Hideout and the Glimmerwood Hideout. Check out the sale here. Read More.

Yesterday we revealed the details of our September expansion, Path of Exile: Heist. We've gathered the answers to the most commonly asked questions and put them into one place for you to peruse. This Thursday at 3pm (PDT) we'll also be participating in an AMA on /r/games to talk about all things Heist and the process of making Path of Exile. Come join us! Read More.

We're proud to announce Path of Exile: Heist! Hire skilled thieves to help you pull off risky Heists. Steal valuable artifacts to fund and train your crew as you plan towards the execution of a Grand Heist. Our September expansion contains the Heist challenge league, nine new Skills and Support Gems, revamps of Curses, Steel Skills, and various Spells. Grand Heists offer exclusive new rewards such as Weapon and Body Armour Enchantments, Heist Trinkets, Alternate-quality Gems, Replica Unique Items and Experimented Base Types. Please check out the announcement page, watch the trailer and check out the new supporter packs! Read More.

In just a couple of days we'll be announcing our September expansion! Alongside the announcement we'll also introduce a new set of league supporter packs. In addition to their usual content, these supporter packs will contain a new type of Character Effect which charges up as you kill monsters. We've prepared a preview of one of them today. Check it out here! Read More.

Alongside our 3.12 expansion in September, Path of Exile will be launching on the Epic Games Store! We are looking forward to making Path of Exile available to even more Action RPG fans to play alongside the existing PC community. Read More.

In 2018, we introduced a Private League system which allowed our players to create their own Path of Exile leagues with different mods. The community have frequently requested that we increase the player limit of Private Leagues so they can run larger leagues. We're happy to announce that we're increasing the size of Private Leagues today! Find out more in this news post. Read More.

We're happy to introduce a community event organized by Brittleknee, AFK Creators and SoftGiving. The first charity relay race starts on September 5th at 8pm UTC. This event will be open participation, and support a host of charities. Find out more in this news post and check out the announcement on the forum. Read More.

While we can't talk about our upcoming September 3.12 expansion yet, here is a small announcement we're ready to share - Path of Exile is coming to macOS alongside this expansion! Read More.