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‘I’m Really Sorry for How This Went Down’ — Work on Path of Exile 1 3.26 on Hold Until Path of Exile 2 0.2.0 Has Shipped, Dev Says



The developer of the Path of Exile video games has apologized to followers of the primary recreation after placing a brand new replace on maintain till a vital replace for Path of Exile 2 is out the door.

Grinding Gear Games had promised followers that it could proceed to replace motion RPG Path of Exile 1, which has been operating for over 10 years now, by means of the discharge of Path of Exile 2 in early entry and past.

However, 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 12 months, 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 video message, Path of Exile 2 recreation director and GGG co-founder Jonathan Rogers defined that the studio introduced the Path of Exile 1 workforce throughout to assist get Path of Exile 2’s endgame into form forward of the December launch, however thought that they’d be capable of return to get 3.26 prepared for its mid-February launch.

It turned out that was unimaginable, 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 a couple of weeks, however it suffered from crashes and steadiness issues that wanted to be addressed instantly.

“How might I justify taking among the most skilled builders we’ve off PoE2 when it’s on fireplace?” Rogers stated.

The upshot is the Path of Exile 1 workforce continues to be engaged on Path of Exile 2, and can proceed till Path of Exile 2 0.2.0 has shipped and doubtless a few weeks after that. “Unfortunately, I simply can’t promise a date proper now,” Rogers added. Path of Exile 2 is presently at 0.1.1.

“I’m actually sorry for the way this went down,” he continued. “Honestly, I ought to have predicted the truth that taking the Path of Exile 1 workforce off Path of Exile 1 would result in this final result, and I in all probability ought to have resisted doing it. But at each stage I simply saved considering, we nonetheless have time, we nonetheless have time. And then 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 potential. But we do have a stable plan for what we need to do with 3.26.”

The lengthy look ahead to the Path of Exile 2 early entry launch lastly got here to an finish when it launched on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on December 6, 2024. It noticed huge success, securing its place because the fifteenth most-played recreation Steam recreation ever.

Here’s which class to select in PoE 2 Early Access, plus an early Mercenary construct information and Sorceress construct information that will help you get began. Beyond that, if you happen to’re questioning how one can get extra Spirit, how one can commerce, and how one can ascend, we’ve obtained you lined.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.



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