Path of Exile 2 aims for a full 1.0 release this year, but not all of the promised character classes will make it
The story
Grinding Gear Games plans to release Path of Exile 2 in full - in version 1.0 - this year. Game director and studio co-founder Jonathan Rogers revealed this intention during a press briefing detailing the game's final early access patch, 0.5.0, Return of the Ancients, due end of May, that I was a part of. Read more
From the source
Rogers told press that the studio's intention was to release Path of Exile in 1.0 sometime after ExileCon, the Path of Exile convention , which takes place in New Zealand in early November. (Grinding Gear Games is based in New Zealand.) For reference, Path of Exile 2 entered early access in early December 2024.
"This is actually intended to be the final update in early access before 1.0," Rogers said in the briefing. "The endgame is the last major thing we feel is really important to get right before we're able to ship, so assuming that the players actually really like the new endgame stuff for this update, there really should be no reason why we can't launch into 1.0 for the next update.
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