Exiled. Abandoned to fate in some God-forsaken land. The path you walk is a razors edge, where death awaits your first misstep. Enemies claw at you, gnashing their teeth or calling forth dark, demonic magics; at least one thing is certain: you will not go quietly, you will not die alone. Path of Exile is a gritty, new Action Role Playing Game from New Zealand based studio, Grinding Gear Games. Path of Exile combines bone-shattering, monster-slaying action with in-depth character customization. 

Players can pick from six playable character classes, which each focus on either one or two core attributes: Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence. 
Active skills are gained in the form of levelable gems and passive skills are chosen from a huge, shared skill tree with over 1300 nodes.
Randomly generated items and world areas guarantee that no journey is the same; and fast-paced PvP action lets you cooperate with, or conquer, players from all over the world. Path of Exile is completely free and never "Pay-to-Win". 

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5 comments by Henley on Jan 23rd, 2013

Grinding Gear Games announced today that the Open Beta for the free action role-playing game (RPG) Path of Exile is now live. Players may now experience Act 3 of the Path of Exile story, where they can explore abandoned docks, markets, temples and sewers in the ruined city of Sarn to uncover the dark truth of their exile. The company also stressed there will be no further character wipes after the Open Beta launch.


The highly anticipated game has already raised over USD$2.36 million in crowd-funded support, with those supporters gaining early access in the earlier closed beta, as well as some exclusive items.

"We've had amazing support from our community throughout development," said Chris Wilson, producer for Grinding Gear Games. "Their belief in our vision is making is possible to deliver a great game."

Path of Exile was recently named "Players' Choice Best Upcoming Game" by IndieDB. Over 78,000 readers voted in the awards. Massively says of the game, "[Path of Exile] is a great package. It's a F2P action RPG that holds up well to its competitors, and in many cases, pushes beyond my expectations."

Path of Exile is a PC online action role-playing game set in a dark fantasy world. Featuring ethical microtransactions, the game is free-to-play, but not pay-to-win. Playing as one of six character classes, players find themselves banished for their past misdeeds to the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. There, they will encounter hundreds of species of opponents laden with loot and mysterious artifacts as they explore the abandoned continent.

Key features of Path of Exile:

  • A dark and deep action RPG
  • Build unlimited unique characters on a gigantic skill tree
  • Combine over 110 skill gems to create unique combat strategies
  • Explore a dark and gritty world rendered from a fixed 3D perspective
  • Download and play for free, but never 'pay-to-win'
  • Explore randomly generated levels for extreme replayability
  • Craft weapons, magic items and even end-game maps to become more powerful
  • Cooperate or compete with thousands of other exiles in a persistent online world
  • Ascend online ladders in every game mode
  • Battle in PVP tournaments for worldwide recognition

View gameplay footage at www.youtube.com/grindinggear, or HD trailers are available from www.pathofexile.com/video

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Guest
Guest Dec 27 2012, 10:46pm says:

How did this not get mentioned on the top 100 games. Wow people have no clue what makes a good arpg...

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Guest Dec 25 2012, 1:35pm says:

This looks like what Diablo 3 should have been, and better.

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brenoma
brenoma Dec 24 2012, 7:39am says:

I really want to play this game, if anyone here can send me a beta key i'll be grat. brenoprb@gmail.com thanks.

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SuperEBA
SuperEBA Dec 23 2012, 10:23pm says:

I'm usually not into games like this;I wasn't impressed with Diablo 3 when it came out. Even when I'd seen my brother playing it, I wasn't surprised to see how unappealing the game looked to me, and I'd much rather play Skyrim or ChronoTrigger. Be that as it may, this is making me change my opinion on games of this style and genre. I've only seen a bit of one of the gameplay videos, and for some reason it looks to me like it's much better than Diablo 3. My interest in it is increased by the fact that it's free and not pay to win, and I'll definitely give this a try when it's released

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Guest
Guest Dec 23 2012, 7:45am says:

Are you going to make a linux version?

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Guest
Guest Dec 17 2012, 10:08pm says:

This game is great

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FireSkullz
FireSkullz Dec 17 2012, 12:47pm says:

The REAL Diablo 3.

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Invalesco
Invalesco Dec 14 2012, 12:17pm says:

Brilliant game, with a brilliant community and a brilliant development team. I was never even a hardcore ARPG player before this, but the moment I picked up this game I got hooked and have not looked back since. This will be the hottest thing to hit the gaming scene next year. Give yourself an early Christmas present and join in on the fun in beta. You won't regret it.

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Leowing
Leowing Dec 15 2012, 4:59am replied: Online

Hail Invalesco: The King of Shadows!!!

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kuribito
kuribito Dec 13 2012, 9:02pm says:

Awesome game , waiting for Open beta :D

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