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• The Awakening expansion for Path of Exile launches July 10 with a new act

  Path of Exile expansion The Awakening has been given a release date.

• Path of Exile's expansion The Awakening goes into closed beta this month

  Closed beta testing for the next expansion to Path of Exile is expected to launch within the next nine days.

• No more warnings for Path of Exile cheaters

  Path of Exile developer Grinding Gear Games has issued a final warning to cheaters.

• Free-to-play online ARPG Path of Exile now has 7 million players

  Path of Exile, the online ARPG from Grinding Gear Games, now has 7 million folks playing it.

• Path of Exile: Sacrifice of the Vaal trailer released

  Path of Exile: Sacrifice of the Vaal, the latest expansion to the game, has a new trailer posted below courtesy of Grinding Gear Games. The expansion is slated for release on March 5. Thanks, Evil Avatar.

• Path of Exile mini-expansion to release next month

  Path of Exile will be getting a mini-expansion next month, according to Grinding Gear Games. The actual name of the expansion will be revealed on Thursday, with more details to follow the next week, and even more teases and announcements until it is released March 5. Currently the upcoming content is known as Path of […]

• Path of Exile exceeds "initial expectations," has over 4 million registered users

  Path of Exile “has exceeded initial expectations,” according to Grinding Gear Games, and has over 4 million registered users with over 250,000 daily users and 1.5 million unique players logged in during the end of open beta. Along with the impressive figures, the developer has also posted patch notes for update 1.0.2 which went live […]

• Path of Exile update brings Descent: Champions mode, lots of rebalancing

  Path of Exile, the life-eating online dungeon crawler from New Zealand indie Grinding Gears, has received its first major post-launch update – and it’s a doozy.

• Path of Exile launches today, adds loads of stuff

  Path of Exile has been in open beta since January, racking up some 3 million players along the way. Today the game is officially released, adding new areas, monsters, quests, skills, and a new Scion character class. There’s also support for Guilds, capture the flag, dueling, and tournament PvP options.

• Path of Exile release date set for October, new prestige class detailed

  Path of Exile, the free-to-play, action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, will be released later this month the developer has confirmed to Shacknews.

• Path of Exile adds Twitch integration

  Indie action RPG Path of Exile now boasts integrated, in-client Twitch features, including webcam and chat support. You’ll even be able to click straight through to livestreams from the race leaderboards to scope out the competition’s technique, while the highest-ranked streamer will be spotlighted on the race page of the Path of Exile site. neat. […]

• Path of Exile gets new "Descent League" scenario, Race Season 3 detailed

  Path of Exile developer Grinding Gears Games has outlined a new scenario and solo challenges for its third Race Season update.

• Path of Exile patch adds loads of new features

  Indie ARPG Path of Exile will update this week with two new hardcore leagues; some user-friendly new options; unique items; and more.

• Path of Exile races return for a second season

  Grinding Gears Games has announced a second season of race events for Path of Exile. Races are short events which start all players off in a fresh economy, giving everyone a chance to hit the top of the leaderboard and score prizes. Season One lasted for 109 events, some as short as minutes and others […]

• Path of Exile expansions expected once a year

  Path of Exile will receive expansions for somewhere between five and ten years, Grinding Gears boss Chris Wilson told Joystiq at GDC. The dungeon crawler is still in open beta, but is expected to hit version 1.0 later this year, and will add an extra story act at that time; Wilson said that kind of […]

• You can participate in race events in Path of Exile starting this weekend

  During the Path of Exile closed beta, the game featured these things called “race events” where you start a new character and try to accumulate money and level up quickly and generally be awesome at the game while starting from scratch at the beginning of the event. And now Grinding Gear is bringing them back […]

• Path of Exile open beta servers back online

  Path of Exile’s open beta has proved popular enough to “absolutely crush” its servers, but Grinding Gears Games has managed to shore up the action RPG.

• Path of Exile open beta now live

  Come one, come all, anticipated indie action RPG Path of Exile is now open for business. The free-to-play Diabloesque was developed in occasionally sunny Auckland and backed by over $2.6 million in crowdfunding. It boasts of a “gigantic” skill tree, 110 skill gems, randomly generated levels, a persistent online world, crafting, leaderboards in every mode […]

• Path of Exile open beta delayed

  Free to play dungeon crawler Path of Exile has pushed back its open beta date a full month.