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We're continuing our Streamer Interview series this week by talking to BalorMage, a full-time Path of Exile streamer from Australia.

Hi Balor, thank you for taking part in the interview! Please introduce yourself.

Hi, my name is BalorMage and I basically live and breathe POE, all day every day. I feel like I have a half decent understanding of maybe 60% of the game after about 11k hours played. So we are getting there.

When did you first start streaming? How did you get into it?

I started streaming part time around 2 and a half years ago, just for fun while I was working, and then attempted to go to uni to retrain, lasted about a year there and quit. About 1 year ago (maybe 1.5years? Im very bad with timeframes) I quit Uni and started streaming full time.

What can peo...

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We've just introduced the Harpyon Armour Set to the store, which creates a colourful and unusual look for your character. Check it out by watching the video below or click here to get yours now.



To support the theme and accent colours of this armour set, add the ... Read more

Over the last two weeks, we shared Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, which detailed some inf... Read more

To complete your Dragon Hunter collection, we've just introduced its last missing piece, the Dragon Hunter Footprints Effect! Check out the video below, or get yours in the store.



Designed in red and orange colours, this vivid footprints effect is a nice finishing touch to many outfits. Try it out with the ... Read more

The team is back from the holiday break and ready for another amazing year of Path of Exile development! We're currently finishing testing our first update of this year, the 3.5.1b patch, which includes a lot of improvements to the Betrayal League, as well as several bug fixes. We're aiming to deploy this update by the end of this working week. In the meantime, check out a preview its patch notes!

Please note that the following list may be changed prior to the release of this update.

Betrayal Fixes and Improvements

• Syndicate members no longer spawn directly on top of one another. This prevents most cases of overlapping Syndicate nameplates.


• Rin's Rain of Arrows skill and default attack now convert some of their damage to Cold. Rin's Rain of Arrows skill now has 25% le...

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To continue the Dragon Hunter theme, we've just released the corresponding Portal Effect. The Dragon Hunter Portal replaces the standard effect of your portals with a large stone one, guarded by a ferocious dragon.

Check out the new portal by watching the video below, or click here to get yours.



If you want to match the style of this portal in your outfit, just use any burning microtransaction from the store. Of course, the Dragon Hunter effects would fit just perfect. For example, a trendy Exile... Read more

It's been only a week since the start of our Hideout Competition, but we've already received a lot of interesting submissions. It's going to be a tough competition for sure! As usual, we'll be showcasing some of the entries every week until the end of the competition. For today's news post we've recorded a video with several hideouts created by participants so far.



Here is a list of hideouts featured in this video:

• The Necro...

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We've just introduced the Dragon Hunter Character Effect which imbues your character with a black and orange fire-like effect. Check it out by watching the video below, or click here to get yours.



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Alongside exclusive cosmetic effects and physical items available in the recently released Core Supporter Packs, there is also a pack of the signed concept art prints which is included only in the Crucible Supporter Pack. We've received many questions about them, and today we'd like to showcase some of the pieces of the Core Supporter Packs concept art to give you an idea of what to expect.






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Last year we introduced the Streamer Interview news series where we talk to our community streamers in order to know more about their lives. To continue our series, this week Bex reached out to DCLara with some questions about her and her history with games and streaming.

Hi Lara, thank you for taking part in the interview! Please introduce yourself.

Hey Bex thanks for reaching out for this interview! My name is Lara, I'm 23 years old and was born in Turkey but grew up in Canada. I just recently graduated university and I'm focusing on streaming for now while living in Vancouver.

When did you first start streaming? How did you get into it?

I first started streaming in February of 2017. My friends and I would play Overwatch all the time and they encouraged me to stream from time to time.... Read more