Whoa, whoa, whoa, I can’t even believe Path of Exile has been out since October 2013. This Diablo-esque massive RPG, by Grinding Gear, became an absolute phenomenon. Why? Well, because the entirety of the game is free to download on PC. FREE. Sure, there are microtransactions but nothing game breaking. Hell, if you put a solid amount of time in the game you’ll feel bad and WANT to put a few dollars towards it.
History aside, let’s look towards the future. Let’s say, June. This is when the free Path of Exile: The Awakening will be releasing. We’re talking a community of 11.2 million people worldwide jumping into the World of Wraeclast. Here you’ll learn more of the secrets through an entire fourth act. If that’s enough, how about a whole bunch of new skills, trees, experience changes, new items, monsters, maps, skills, and you know – general changes.
Sounds pretty damn good, especially for the price. Here is the official features list:
- The Beast Awakens: Act Four 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 Voll, Daresso, Kaom 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 70 new Unique Items and discover an entirely new set of equipment – the Maraketh Weapons.
- User Experience Improvements: We've made extensive user interface improvements, added more customization options and implemented many community-suggested changes.
- Complete Rebalance: We've reconsidered every core game system and rebalanced Path of Exile from the very first level. With these enhancements, both new and experienced players will enjoy The Awakening.
While you’re at it, sign up for the beta HERE which starts in six days. Why the hell not?
