The developer of the Path of Exile video games has apologized to followers of the primary sport after placing a brand new replace on maintain till a vital replace for Path of Exile 2 is out the door.
Grinding Gear Video games had promised followers that it might proceed to replace motion RPG Path of Exile 1, which has been operating for over 10 years now, via the discharge of Path of Exile 2 in early entry and past.
Nevertheless, Path of Exile 1’s 3.26 replace, which was initially deliberate for launch late October earlier than the Path of Exile 2 launch, then deliberate for mid-February this yr, is now delayed additional, with all arms on deck checking out Path of Exile 2’s issues. Path of Exile 1’s final league launch was Settlers of Kalguur in July 2024.
In a (*1*), Path of Exile 2 sport director and GGG co-founder Jonathan Rogers defined that the studio introduced the Path of Exile 1 crew throughout to assist get Path of Exile 2’s endgame into form forward of the December launch, however thought that they might be capable of return to get 3.26 prepared for its mid-February launch.
It turned out that was inconceivable, given the myriad issues Path of Exile 2 has. “We had been fooling ourselves,” Rogers admitted. Not solely was Path of Exile 2 itself delayed just a few weeks, but it surely suffered from crashes and steadiness issues that wanted to be addressed instantly.
“How might I justify taking some of essentially the most skilled builders we’ve got off PoE2 when it’s on hearth?” Rogers stated.
The upshot is the Path of Exile 1 crew remains to be working on Path of Exile 2, and can proceed till Path of Exile 2 0.2.0 has shipped and doubtless a pair of weeks after that. “Sadly, I simply can’t promise a date proper now,” Rogers added. Path of Exile 2 is at the moment at 0.1.1.
“I’m actually sorry for how this went down,” he continued. “Truthfully, I ought to have predicted the truth that taking the Path of Exile 1 crew off Path of Exile 1 would result in this consequence, and I in all probability ought to have resisted doing it. However at each stage I simply saved considering, we nonetheless have time, we nonetheless have time. After which we didn’t have time any extra.
“We nonetheless have loads to find out about how one can run two video games concurrently. We had been overconfident. We nonetheless have to work out how one can construction our studio to make this doable. However we do have a stable plan for what we wish to do with 3.26.”
The lengthy wait for the Path of Exile 2 early entry launch lastly got here to an finish when it launched on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X and S on December 6, 2024. It noticed huge success, securing its place because the fifteenth most-played sport Steam sport ever.
Right here’s which class to choose in PoE 2 Early Entry, plus an early Mercenary construct information and Sorceress construct information that will help you get began. Past that, for those who’re questioning how one can get extra Spirit, how one can commerce, and how one can ascend, we’ve received you coated.
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