Eric Abent - Jan 18, 2021, 4:30pm CST
On Friday, January 15th, Grinding Gear Games released a new seasonal league for
Path of Exile. This latest league, called Ritual League, is unlike most of the seasonal leagues we see Grinding Gear Games release for a couple of reasons. For starters, this league is arriving later than expected. Originally scheduled to launch on December 11th, Grinding Gear Games decided to delay the roll out of this league after
Cyberpunk 2077 was delayed to December 10th, as it didn’t want to force players to choose between playing the new
Path of Exile league and
Path of Exile can be run through, and those players do not count to the
SteamDB figures.
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Grind Gear Games have also had some server problems since the launch of the expansion, writing a news post that states that they have seen an “11% higher peak player numbers than any previous
Path of Exile release ” which they say “would normally be something to celebrate, right now it’s causing some big server problems.”
As a result of this, the developers are acquiring some hardware upgrades for their servers, and as a result they are anticipating some downtime in the near future, as well as a potential to postpones
15 January 2021, 11:47 am EST By Path of Exile extension to be launched today ( Youtube/ UglyStru )
The game Path of Exile is launching its newest expansion called Echoes of the Atlas on January 15 at 11 AM Pacific Time. The free-to-play MMO has gathered a stable and loyal player base since it first launched, despite the game s humble origins.
Path of Exile expands once again
In 2020, fans of the game saw the addition of the Heist expansion, which considerably changed the circumstances of the video game. The expansion brought a focus on stealth and infiltration to the typically brutal game, which then takes inspiration from the Diablo series.