Path of Exile: The Awakening to Launch Today

Michael Byrne
By Michael Byrne, Editor in Chief
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Grinding Gear Games' big day is finally here. Later today, at Noon Pacific, Path of Exile: The Awakening will launch and open the doors to all the ARPG faithful out there. Path of Exile: The Awakening is more than just Path of Exile's fourth act - it improves and expands upon every aspect of the game. With a crazy new twist on the iconic Passive Skill Tree and numerous systems changes, this expansion has been internally dubbed Path of Exile Version 2.0.0. The Awakening completely changes the Path of Exile experience and includes new items, monsters, maps, skills, and many quality of life improvements suggested by the Path of Exile community.

If you haven't played in the update's beta at all, here's just a sneak peek at what you can look forward to when you jump in game:

  • Act IV Is Here! Act IV continues Path of Exile's storyline. The time has finally come to venture into the center of corruption itself and drive a blade through its black heart.
  • Explore Beyond Highgate: For the first time since launch, The Awakening introduces completely new areas, monsters and end-game maps to expand the world of Wraeclast.
  • Defeat Legendary Bosses: Experience climactic boss encounters with characters from Wraeclast's past such as Shavronne, Doedre, Malachai and many more.
  • Powerful New Skill Gems: With new classes of skills such as elemental Golems that fight by your side, warcries and several new support gems, players are able to create new clever and intricate builds.
  • Socketable Passive Tree: Collect and craft Jewels that can be socketed into the Passive Tree to drastically change the tree itself.
  • Masses of New Gear: Find more than 110 new Unique Items and discover an entirely new set of equipment, the Maraketh Weapons.
  • User Experience Improvements: Extensive user interface improvements, added more customization options and implemented many community-suggested changes.

    • Check out the official Path of Exile page to get started.

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    About the Author

    Michael Byrne
    Michael Byrne, Editor in Chief
    Mike “Magicman” Byrne has been a part of the MMOBomb family for years and serves as the site’s current Editor-in-Chief. His love for MMOs and gaming in general has led him to covering games for numerous websites including Gamebreaker TV and XIV Nation where he proudly displays his fanboy flag for FFXIV:ARR.

    Discussion (10)

    Aaron 7 years ago
    Just started Act 4 seems pretty sweet so far ^^
    Stefan 7 years ago
    So what annoyed me was that I got to the last boss. I did two of the organs, and did the third organ, then I had a little break(I'd played for hours and hours). I had the WP anyway, so I gave Piety all organs, and you know what? It seemed to bug out, because I couldn't enter the mouth to Black Core, and my quest was Enter the Black Core. So I asked around, and they told me I had to do all guardians again, and NOT take a break(else the instance resets). And I was like, f*c that, fuck this game. Stupid way of implementing it, I loved the expantion until the last boss(I think it's last at least). I'm not returning to do him, f*c GGG,
    wasarion 7 years ago
    Launche went so well and the game is amazing.
    J G 7 years ago
    Here lies Blizzard, a once beloved game developer to many PC users...
    Deyirn 7 years ago
    A few years ago I was really excited about this game since it looked kinda scary like Diablo I and II used to, and the skill tree is amazing, but then I kinda got bored with it, I might check it out after some time, although other games are in my priority list. And I'm not saying it's a bad game, it's actually a pretty good one.
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    NGoHT 7 years ago
    Patching has started ^. ^
    TORK 7 years ago
    Mounted

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