naiwa 2026-06-01

The studio co-founder promised not to abandon the first part as long as people play it.

Grinding Gear Games co-founder Jonathan Rogers assured in an interview with Eurogamer that support for the original Path of Exile will continue even after the full release of the sequel. According to him, both games can develop simultaneously without interfering with each other. Each launch of a new league in the first part gathers hundreds of thousands of concurrent players — and this gives no reason to halt development.Rogers admitted that after the early access release of Path of Exile 2, the first part did indeed suffer: the studio needed time to establish parallel production. Now each game has its own team with separate management and resources. The developers have returned to the usual cycle: one season — four months.On May 30, the update "Return of the Ancients" was released for Path of Exile 2 — the largest in the game's entire history. The peak online after the patch exceeded 400 thousand concurrent users, setting a record since the early access launch.
Path of Exile 2 received the largest update "Return of the Ancients" — naiwa | UniversumGrinding Gear Games expanded the endgame and opened free access to the game until June 1. universum.ink