The Design a T-Shirt Competition came to a close last week. There was a staggering amount of incredible submissions, which has made selecting winners very difficult. Today we're happy to announce our favourite T-shirt designs!

These selections were based on the following criteria: how clearly they represent Path of Exile and how well they'll work on a T-shirt in terms of the impression they'll leave and how difficult it would be to print them. We're still investigating the possibility of creating t-shirts based on one or more of the winning submissions.

We want to thank everyone who submitted their design. It is always a pleasure to see how many talented and creative players we have in our community. We'll be contacting the winners from this post over the next few days to arrange your prizes.

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We've seen some amazing hideouts recently and wanted to highlight some of the community's designs from our Hideout Showcase forum! If you're looking for a new Hideout or need some inspiration for your next one, check them out in the video below!



Here's a list of the hideouts featured in the video (.hideout files are available for download in corresponding forum threads):

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Blink and you'll miss it! The build for the season finale of Build of the Week is by devon752, and uses Frostblink to zip around and melt foes in a flash! Check out the showcase below!



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The spooky season is rapidly approaching, so the seasonal Halloween microtransactions are now available in the shop for a limited time! Thirteen frightful microtransactions are returning from past Halloweens to help you bring about some festive scare. Check out the full list below, or get yours here.

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There are always many exciting gameplay moments captured by the community on Twitch, and in today's post we'd like to share some of them with you. Check them out!

Last week, our Audio Team answered some of your questions about what they do! Since there were so many questions, we've split their answers into two parts. Today's post covers Part 2 of the Audio Team Q&A!

6 string or 7 string?

Kane, Audio Lead: Depends if we’re djenting or AC/DCing.
Kamil, Music Director & Composer: Can be even 25 for some ethnic guitars.

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Bend light as you zip across Wraeclast with these new Illusionist Skill Effects for Whirling Blades, Cobra Lash and Venom Gyre! All of these cosmetic Skill Effects feature bright blue with a hint of contrasting orange, perfect for those who enjoy the Illusionist light show! Check out the videos below, or get yours here!







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Our Design a T-Shirt Competition has now ended! While we go through all your entries, here's the last batch of cool designs that we wanted to highlight to the community! Check them out!

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This weekend, we're running a sale on the microtransactions from the Sentinel Mystery Box! If you'd like to get your hands on some effects that are responsive to your gameplay, this is the perfect opportunity to enhance your character's look! Take a look at the video below to see what's in the box, or check out the sale here!



Following this sale, the microtransactions from the Sentinel Mystery Box will enter into our regular daily deal rotation.

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As the end of 2022 approaches, we wanted to take a moment to let you know what to expect in the coming months and over the end-of-year holiday period.

3.20 Expansion Timeline
We've been looking at our upcoming schedule for the next year and have decided to move our 3.20 expansion launch date back from late November to early December.

This date works a lot better for alignment with the holiday period. Previous December launches have shown that launches roughly two weeks before Christmas allows players the most free time to play the league during the holiday season. In addition, this date is well clear of any holiday time that our developers are taking.

We have a busy schedule of releases leading up to Path of Exile 2, so we'll be using this extra time to get a headstart on 3.21.

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We hope you're ready as this week's build dials it up to 11! Akshay's Ward Loop Scion stacks tons of Ward and takes advantage of Olroth's Resolve to infinitely cascade spells onto the battlefield! Check out the showcase below!



For more information about Akshay's build, you can find their forum post here.

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Last week, we asked if the community had any questions for our Audio Team! Since there were so many great questions, we've split their answers into two parts. Today's questions are all answered by Kane, our Audio Lead. Check out part one in today's news post!

How big is the sound team?

We have 5 sound designers and 2 composers.

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Any stories of memorable unused SFX that you have hanging around because the original content it was going toward got shelved?

This happens occasionally. Something might change quite late in the process, perhaps a skill is redesigned for a monster or a monster is moved to a different place. In any case, we always keep things, as you just never know where it can be used.

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Our community is filled with amazing talent, so today we'd like to show that off! Check out the awesome art in today's news post!

Inquisitor by dekades8

Kalandra by Diflin via Reddit

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Today we're highlighting more great ideas from the community from our Design a T-Shirt Competition! Check out the highlights below!

Earthan

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This weekend we are running a Stash Tab Sale! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs here. The Stash Tab sale ends at Oct 10, 2022 8:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time).

If you're missing points for the sale, be sure to check out the new Lake of Kalandra Supporter Packs ... Read more

This week's build will blow you away! Omnompanda's Twister Inquisitor makes use of the Saqawal armour pieces to create an infinite storm of twisters to eviscerate its foes! Check out the showcase below!



For more information about omnompanda's build, you can find their forum post here.

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Grinding Gear Games has been growing and we've expanded into more of our office building. We're finally settled into our new space and wanted to share some photos with you. The new office space is on the top floor of the building and is home to our Audio team, UI team, and all of our Live Operations (System Administrators, Web Developers, Producers, QA and Community Team).

We are still occupying the same office space a floor down and a floor below that, so we're slowly taking over the majority of the building we're in. If you're interested in taking a peek into a part of our studio, check out the photos below! (Note that these photos were taken first thing in the morning before many people had arrived for the day)

The right side of the floor is occupied by the QA team - Good morning!

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A while back, we shared a series of videos showcasing hypothetical fights between various Wraeclast figures. We wanted to take a trip down memory lane and check out some of our favourite fights in today's news post!

Check out our favourite battles in the videos below, or check out the full playlist on YouTube here!

Daresso vs. Kaom

Alva vs. Einhar vs. Jun vs. Zana Free For All

Kitava vs. Seven Rogue Exiles

Want to know who would win in a one on one between the bosses of Path of Exile? Let us know who you'd like to see duke ... Read more