News Archive

The Crystal Earthquake Effect

Jul 22, 2019, 11:08:15 PM
We've just released the Crystal Earthquake Effect which replaces the standard effect of your Earthquake skill gem with purple crystals. Check out the video or click here to get yours. Read More.

Community Showcase

Jul 22, 2019, 7:35:50 PM
It's not been too long since our last round of the Community Showcase, but we're continuing to receive so many awesome fan art pieces from our players that we can't help but to showcase them to the wider community. Check them out in this news post! Read More.

The Innocent Hideout

Jul 21, 2019, 11:07:38 PM
We're starting the week by introducing the Innocent Hideout to the store. The hideout is based on the Innocence fight arena and contains one large bright room with beautiful stained glass walls. Check it out by watching this video, or click here to get yours. Read More.

Stackable Fossils Coming This Week!

Jul 21, 2019, 8:21:26 PM
Since the launch of the Delve expansion last year, many of you have been asking us to make Fossils stackable. We're excited to announce that we managed to resolve technical issues which prevented earlier implementation of this feature. We plan to introduce it by the end of this week in the 3.7.4 update alongside other improvements. Find out more in this news post. Read More.

Huge Sale on Footprints, Portals and Character Effects - Free Frontier Mystery Box When you Spend Points

Jul 19, 2019, 12:04:35 AM
We've just released the Automaton Storm Brand Effect and also started a huge sale on Footprints, Portals and Character Effect microtransactions. In addition, we're offering one free Frontier Mystery Box when you spend points! Find out more in this news post. Read More.

The Vampiric Portal

Jul 17, 2019, 9:58:37 PM
We've just released the Vampiric Portal which replaces the standard appearance of your portals with a round metallic one. Decorated with a fanged skull, this portal has a red swirling effect and bats flying out of it. Check it out by watching this video or click here to get yours. Read More.

Streamer Interview - Chistor

Jul 17, 2019, 7:27:45 PM
In continuation of our Streamer Interview news series, we reached out to Chistor, a popular streamer from our Russian community, to talk about his streaming career and history of playing Path of Exile. Read More.

The Purple Crystal Apparition Effect

Jul 16, 2019, 11:50:27 PM
We've just introduced the Purple Crystal Apparition Effect to the store. Applied to your amulet, this microtransaction summons a purple crystal ghost above the head of your character from time to time. Check out the video or click here to get yours. Read More.

Highlights from the Video-Making Competition

Jul 16, 2019, 8:18:39 PM
Last week we started a video-making competition and have already received many interesting submissions! As is tradition, we'll be publishing frequent competition highlights until its end on the 5th of August (NZT). Check out this week's highlights in this news post! Read More.

Hideout Showcase and Huge Sale on Hideout Decorations

Jul 16, 2019, 12:00:19 AM
Our community has always been creative in decorating their hideouts and with the massive revamp of the hideout system in the Betrayal expansion, the amount of amazing and unique hideouts has grown significantly. For this news post we've gathered several interesting hideouts recently submitted by our players. Check out this video to see their creations! If you're inspired to decorate your own hideout, you'll be happy to hear that we've started a huge sale on hideout decorations which will run for a week! Click here to view the selection! Read More.

The Sunprism Shield

Jul 15, 2019, 8:20:37 PM
We've just released the Sunprism Shield. This clean and simple, yet stylish, metallic shield has a built-in golden glow. Check out the video or click here to get yours. Read More.

The Corrupted Hideout

Jul 14, 2019, 10:31:53 PM
We've just introduced a new hideout to the store. Designed in the theme of sacrifice, the Corrupted Hideout contains three relatively large rooms which represent arenas of Queen Atziri and her minions. Check it out by watching this video, or click here to get yours. Read More.

Legion Concept Art

Jul 14, 2019, 7:04:09 PM
As soon as game designers make a decision on concept and mechanics of an upcoming league, the art team starts working on its visuals, creating concept art and assets. We know that many players enjoy checking out Path of Exile concept art, so we've gathered some to share with you today, including the concept art of Legion generals, the Legion Monolith and a couple of Legion uniques. Read More.

The Smoking Hood

Jul 11, 2019, 11:21:21 PM
We've just added the Smoking Hood which replaces your headgear with a grey cloth hood that emanates smoke. This microtransaction works great with many armour sets, so be sure to check it out if you're looking for an alternative helmet skin. Click here to watch its video or get yours in the store now. Read More.

Legion Generals FFA Showcase

Jul 11, 2019, 7:54:01 PM
Since the release of Legion expansion, some of our community has been wondering who's the strongest among the Legion Generals. In order to know, we arranged a fight between all five of them! Check out this video to find out who's the ultimate winner. Read More.

We're hiring Spanish and German Translators

Jul 10, 2019, 9:55:11 PM
The Grinding Gear Games team are looking to hire Spanish and German Translators. This role can be fulfilled from home but living in New Zealand or Australian time-zones is an advantage. It's a part time position but during busy months can scale up to full time. Read More.

3.7.3d Patch Notes

Jul 10, 2019, 7:55:15 PM
The team is finishing work on the next patch with improvements to the Legion and bug fixes. We're planning to deploy the 3.7.3d update by the end of this working week. In the meantime, we wanted to share the full patch notes with you to keep you in the loop regarding what we're working on. Read More.

Streamer Interview - Uberelite

Jul 9, 2019, 6:46:52 PM
As part of our ongoing Streamer Interview news series, we spoke with Uberelite about his experiences with Path of Exile. He's been playing since 2012 and is a long time member of the racing community. Read More.

Atziri Kill - Zizaran's ExileCon Qualifier Event

Jul 8, 2019, 6:27:05 PM
On July 27th at 1pm (PDT), we will be supporting Zizaran in hosting the third of our ExileCon qualifying events. Players will compete in a Hardcore Solo-Self Found environment to be the first to kill Atziri. The winner will receive a VIP ExileCon prize package and entry into our ExileCon race finale! Zizaran's sponsor, Method, will be providing an additional ExileCon prize package to the second place winner! Read More.

The Eclipsed Hideout

Jul 7, 2019, 9:49:58 PM
We've just released a new hideout, the Eclipsed Hideout, for those who like to change their place of living a lot! Located in the Sky Shrine, this hideout represents the arena of Solaris and Lunaris. Check it out by watching this video, or click here to get yours. Read More.