Chris

Thanks for bringing this up, I do indeed think it would be a good option. I'll add it to my list!

The first paragraph of this Crunch says exactly what the date of release is.

March's 3.6.0 update will not work with the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems. Microsoft, Steam and most other game companies have already ended support for these operating systems, and we plan to do the same. This will also free up technical resources for other more impactful tasks. Thankfully, only 0.1% of users still use Windows XP or Vista. We encourage these users to upgrade to a more secure version of Windows that is actively supported by Microsoft.

We will still support a 32-bit client for users of 32-bit versions of Windows, but we strongly encourage users to use the 64-bit client if they can.

With no more support for Windows XP and Vista, we will also finally retire support for the DirectX 9 rendering mode, as DirectX 11 is fully supported in recent versions of Windows and is... Read more

It's been a long time (more than three years!) since we ran the inaugural Hideout Competition. With the recent Hideout changes introduced in Betrayal, we decided that now is a perfect moment for another one! The winners will be rewarded with great prizes, including Shaper T-shirts, Brutus prints and lots of hideout decorations!

Prize Pool

Top Three Winners

• Custom avatar of a portion of the hideout


• H...

Read more

It's the start of 2019 here in New Zealand. In addition to wishing the entire community a Happy New Year, we wanted to post our annual retrospective on 2018. Once again, we're proud to announce that we've had the best year to date for both Path of Exile and Grinding Gear Games. Looking ahead, 2019 is already full of plans and ideas that we can't wait to introduce to you. In the meantime, let's take a look back on this year.

In 2018:

• We launched four significant expansions: Bestiary, Incursion, Delve and Betrayal.


• We set a record number of players online (188,970 on our server alone).


• There were 21% more hours played of Path of Exile on our international realm in 2018 than 2017.


• Around 4.5 million players played Path of Exile on our international re...

Read more

On behalf of everyone at Grinding Gear Games, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! We hope that you're all getting some relaxing time off to enjoy the Betrayal expansion! In the festive spirit, we're offering everyone a free Fairgraves Mystery Box!

To redeem a free Fairgraves Mystery Box all you need to do is to open the in-game shop! The Mystery Box will be automatically added to your account. Please note that visiting the shop on the website does not trigger the free box - it must be accessed from inside the game client.

To receive a free Fairgraves Mystery Box, your account has to have been created prior to today. It's only possible to get one box per account. The offer is available for both PC and Xbox One!

The free mystery box w... Read more

It's Christmas in New Zealand! While GGG team are enjoying a well-deserved day off with their families and friends, I wanted to take a moment to wish Happy Holidays to our community!

Come back tomorrow to unwrap your free mystery box! Have a great day, Exiles!

Yeah, I got in touch with their top people and made sure things go a little more smoothly in the future. I'm glad we got you sorted out

Thanks for bringing this up, we don't run this store, it's a partner company, so I'll get in touch with them immediately. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Shoot me a message on twitter and we can discuss it.

Thanks.

Customers? Unfortunately this forum is not a place to conduct business.

This weekend, we released Path of Exile: Betrayal, our largest expansion of 2018. Despite a few server issues in the first hours, it was one of our smoothest launches ever and hit peak player concurrency of 188,970 users (123,565 of those on Steam). This is 28% higher than our previous best-ever launch and is a record we're planning to break again in the future.

Thank you so much to the new and returning players who joined us to celebrate this release. We can't express our appreciation enough for all of your enthusiasm, feedback and support.

Over the coming week, we'll prioritise post-launch issues as they come in, alongside the development of 3.6.0 which will be released in March. In New Zealand it's common for people to take a few weeks of summer holiday around Christmas/New Year, so we'll be running a skel... Read more