The Plan For Path Of Exile 2 Is To Last A Decade Or More
In a climate in which most video game studios are struggling to keep just the one live service game alive, New Zealand-based Grinding Gear Games is in the enviable position of actually thriving while sustaining two online-only action RPGs in Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2. In light of the latter ending its nearly two years long Early Access period and gearing up for a 1.0 release this winter, as announced during Opening Night Live 2026, during gamescom 2026, I got the chance to try the new Duelist class and ask Path of Exile 2 director Jonathan Rogers some questions after doing so. To start with some gameplay impressions, the demo of Path of Exile 2 I played thrust me into an arena filled to the brim with chimeras, hounds and other nasty opponents. And even though I was unable to change any of the skills or equipment of the level 50 Duelist I was controlling, I still had more than enough in my arsenal to dispatch everything charging at me with relative ease. And dispatch... Read more
In a climate in which most video game studios are struggling to keep just the one live service game alive, New Zealand-based Grinding Gear Games is in the enviable position of actually thriving while sustaining two online-only action RPGs in Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2. In light of the latter ending its nearly two years long Early Access period and gearing up for a 1.0 release this winter, as announced during Opening Night Live 2026, during gamescom 2026, I got the chance to try the new Duelist class and ask Path of Exile 2 director Jonathan Rogers some questions after doing so.To start with some gameplay impressions, the demo of Path of Exile 2 I played thrust me into an arena filled to the brim with chimeras, hounds and other nasty opponents. And even though I was unable to change any of the skills or equipment of the level 50 Duelist I was controlling, I still had more than enough in my arsenal to dispatch everything charging at me with relative ease.
And dispatch
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