Who can forget the uproar that the real money auction house caused? It can only be hoped that Grinding Gear Games manages to avoid Blizzard’s mistakes. In any case, sequels to ARPG’s can be difficult to pull off, as gamers saw demonstrated with Diablo 3’s initially disastrous launch. For now, the community is divided into considering whether the delay is a hindrance or a blessing in disguise. There’s no clear answer yet as to whether Path of Exile 2 will be able to beat their competition likes its predecessors did. First off, releasing PoE 2 in 2024 with a public beta in tow for 2023 can give its rival, Diablo 4, a headstart – this could hurt the interest and retention of players in Path of Exile. The new release window for Path of Exile 2 poses several issues that GGG will have to face. If anything, Path of Exile 2 will come out as a much more polished title than it would be compared to GGG trying to push through with their initial launch date in mind. The two-year delay isn’t necessarily a bad thing though, according to players. When they broke the news to fans that they’ll be delaying Path of Exile 2, GGG was also dealing with the backlash they received with the new releases, ranging from the last few Leagues to the balance changes made alongside them. If Grinding Gear Games made this decision, it’s certainly not a light-hearted one. Two years’ worth of delay is nothing to scoff at. The game can be released around late 2023, but that’s the earliest. At most, Path of Exile 2 will be released in 2024. ‘Path Of Exile 2’ beta delayed to 2021 due to coronavirus This is definitely not happening this year, due to significant schedule delays Grinding Gear Games announces release date for. We’re not just talking about a year of delay here either. It was expected that Path of Exile’s sequel would launch sometime in Q4 2022, but unfortunately, that no longer seems to be the case. Players were merely given a tangible time frame on when the game would be out after a teaser and the gameplay overview/trailer was out (this happened in 2020, a year after the fated announcement). However, it should be worth noting that GGG never talked about a release date for PoE during that time.
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The sequel made headlines as early as 2019, following news about the Path of Exile 4.0 update which was also revealed during the convention. The development for Path of Exile 2 was originally announced in ExileCon, a convention that’s solely dedicated to talking about the plans of Grinding Gear Games for their games.