REGISTER TO CUSTOMIZE. YOUR NEWS AND GET ALERTS. for instant alerts on. (it only takes seconds) Path of Exile Xbox One release date revealed. ON Aug 18, 2017 @ 10:05AM. Grinding Gear Games has announced that Path of Exile will be available on Xbox One from August 24th, 2017. The Xbox One version of the game will contain everything in the PC version including the new The Fall of Oriath expansion, which introduces six new acts that double the size of the original game, a new Pantheon character-customization system, and new items, skills, locations, and bosses. The game is free to download and play, but Xbox One owners will have the option of purchasing the First Blood Pack. This starter pack includes 200 points to spend in the cosmetics store, the First Blood Weapon Effect, and an Extra Stash Tab. “For three years, PC players have enjoyed Path of Exile’s visceral combat, deep character customization and addictive item hunt,” Chris Wilson, co-founder of Grinding Gear Games, previously said. “We have spent over a year adapting Path of Exile specifically to the Xbox One, creating an experience equivalent to playing with mouse and keyboard on PC.” Path of Exile is available now on PC. About Matthew Bennett. Matt is one of the longest-serving members of the EGMNOW team. An ability to go many hours without sleep and a quick wit make him ideal for his role as associate editor at EGMNOW.com. He often thinks back to the days when the very idea of this career seemed like nothing but an impossible dream. Find him on Twitter @mattyjb89. Path of Exile Xbox One release date revealed. Grinding Gears Games' action role-playing game Path of Exile will arrive on Xbox One soon. By Matthew Bennett | 08/18/2017 10:05 AM PT. Grinding Gear Games has announced that Path of Exile will be available on Xbox One from August 24th, 2017. The Xbox One version of the game will contain everything in the PC version including the new The Fall of Oriath expansion, which introduces six new acts that double the size of the original game, a new Pantheon character-customization system, and new items, skills, locations, and bosses. The game is free to download and play, but Xbox One owners will have the option of purchasing the First Blood Pack. This starter pack includes 200 points to spend in the cosmetics store, the First Blood Weapon Effect, and an Extra Stash Tab. “For three years, PC players have enjoyed Path of Exile’s visceral combat, deep character customization and addictive item hunt,” Chris Wilson, co-founder of Grinding Gear Games, previously said. “We have spent over a year adapting Path of Exile specifically to the Xbox One, creating an experience equivalent to playing with mouse and keyboard on PC.” Path of Exile is available now on PC. About Matthew Bennett. Matt is one of the longest-serving members of the EGMNOW team. An ability to go many hours without sleep and a quick wit make him ideal for his role as associate editor at EGMNOW.com. He often thinks back to the days when the very idea of this career seemed like nothing but an impossible dream. Find him on Twitter @mattyjb89. Top Scoring Stories. Call of Duty. Madden NFL. Final Fantasy. Grand Theft Auto. God of War. © 2015 EGM Media LLC. All rights reserved. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. Path of Exile. Available now. Trailers and gameplay. Game details. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in an unforgiving world that boasts deep character and item customization, endless replayability, countless valuable treasures, and a massive, customizable end-game. The entire game is available for free. Its development is funded through optional community support in exchange for cosmetic character garb to enhance your immersive experience. To compete in Path of Exile's leaderboards, all you'll need is your skill and not your wallet! There are no pay walls, and no paying for power. Path of Exile is developed by Grinding Gear Games, an independent studio from New Zealand that keeps gameplay fresh by providing frequent updates to the core content. Additionally, they offer a new Challenge League every thirteen weeks. These are competitive leagues that offer a new variation on gameplay where players can compete for bragging rights and rewards. If you want to find yourself up to the hilt in visceral combat, limitless item crafting and an abundance of options to hone your character's skill then we encourage you to download Path of Exile today! Additional information. Blood and Gore Intense Violence Language Nudity Sexual Themes Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB More. Publisher Grinding Gear Games Developer Grinding Gear Games. Genre Action RPG Platforms Xbox One. Release date August 24, 2017. Get the game. Standard Edition. Earn devastating skills and valuable items as you fight your way through the dark continent of Wraeclast. With unrivaled character customization, Path of Exile is an award-winning online Action RPG created by hardcore gamers, for hardcore gamers. Which one is yours? Elevate your game. Xbox Design Lab. Personalize your very own Xbox Wireless Controller. Now available. Path of Exile is coming to Xbox One! Here's what you need to know. Path of Exile is best described as a Diablo-like isometric RPG, but the similarities are superficial. It's already available for PC, and it's hugely popular there. In reality, Path of Exile offers players far more freedom to customize their characters and skills, and it's set in a large online world brimming with quests, loot, and gothic, eldritch horrors. Oh, and it's free — but not in the pay-to-win sense of the word. Path of Exile is funded 100 percent by purely cosmetic, non-gameplay-affecting DLC. It's a rare gem indeed. We went hands-on with the Xbox One version of Path of Exile at GDC 2017. Here's what Xbox players can expect. Developed by Grinding Gear Games, Path of Exile seemed to appear out of nowhere in 2013. The game launched against a backdrop of criticism for Diablo III's real-money auction house, and its apparent shift in tone to something a little brighter. Blizzard itself parodied the "uproar," with a hidden level filled with ponies and rainbows. Either way, Path of Exile felt like it came around at the right time. The game is uncompromisingly dark and brutal, set in a macabre world teeming with all manner of demonic entities and twisted beasts. Path of Exile also sports (optional) competitive player-versus-player combat, a persistent online world, and some of the deepest character customization the genre has seen. Customization. Path of Exile's skill gem system is perhaps most easily compared to Final Fantasy 7's "Materia." Unlike other action RPGs, you can pick and choose from literally any of the hundreds of skills in Path of Exile, as abilities come in the form of colored gems. Say, for instance, you socket a fire skill into your gear; you can then customize that fire skill multiple times over, choosing up to five modifying support gems. Perhaps you want your fire spell to deal damage in a cone, split into multiple projectiles or chain from enemy to enemy — all of those combinations are available, and much more, powering an utterly bewildering assortment of character options. Beyond active skills, you can build your character in a more permanent way using Path of Exile's gargantuan skill tree. Once again, this system appears to have, at least in part, been inspired by Final Fantasy, notably FFX's Sphere Grid. When you craft a new character, you can choose from one of six archetypes: Duelist, Shadow, Marauder, Witch, Ranger, and a Templar. Each of these has further Ascendency classes which allow you to customize even further, and you can unlock a Scion class eventually, as well. Depending on your class choice, you will start at a preordained position on the Path of Exile skill tree, which contains a certifiably-insane 1,325 passive upgrades. Every level up and certain quests grant an extra point to spend in the passive tree, which allows you to customize your playstyle. Naturally, you won't get enough points to buy every skill, so focusing on specifics is best. Imagine a Necromancer who also wields lightning, or a Witch who focuses on fast-casting fire spells. In addition to mundane passives such as increased magic damage, there are also more notable Keystone skills that grant benefits in exchange for tradeoffs. Necromantic Aegis, for example, grants your shield properties to your undead army, rather than yourself. If you want to check out Path of Exile's skill tree, it's available online. Loot and economy. As an always-online game, Path of Exile has a powerful in-game economy, which encourages players to scavenge and trade powerful items. Since Path of Exile's skills are also items, rare abilities might be worth more to trade than actually equip, particularly if they don't match your playstyle. The same goes for weapons, armor, and other gear that you will find in abundance throughout Path of Exile's sizeable world. Unlike most RPGs of this type, Path of Exile doesn't have a traditional "gold"-based economy. Instead, players barter consumable items. As a result, Path of Exile has no artificial money sinks and isn't plagued by real money traders (RMT) whose sole goal is to disrupt the economy by harvesting and selling in-game currency online. Path of Exile may allow you to upgrade items, identify mysterious artifacts, or grant access to an end-game area. Grinding Gear Games says some items are so rare that you might only read about them on forums. Gameplay and world. Path of Exile is set on the continent of Wraeclast, which Grinding Gear Games describes as a "dark, brutal" place. Path of Exile hopes to rekindle the magic of gloomy, realistic fantasy RPGs, ditching what is described as the "trend towards bright, cartoony RPGs." Expect corrupt, demonic dungeons, haunted mines, Lovecraftian undersea caves, and abandoned castles, full of nasties hungry for (your) blood. Superficially, Path of Exile plays similarly to Diablo, with the key difference that you will encounter other players passively while you explore its world, although PvP play is separate. Path of Exile is a permanently connected game, but you will not need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play it solo. As you might expect, you can also squad up and explore Wraeclast too, building characters to complement each other's skills and abilities. Replayability is a key aspect of the game, where both items and areas are procedurally generated. End game content offers infinite new ways to play, with competitive leagues, a constant cycle of new expansions and other updates, funded by what Grinding Gear calls "ethical microtransactions," that provide only cosmetic bonuses (take note, devs.) Path of Exile could keep you busy for a long, long time. When will Path of Exile be available? Path of Exile is slated for a 2017 launch, more specifically towards the end of the year. Naturally, the control schemes had to be reworked for consoles, including the Xbox Live API for achievements and partying up. Xbox One players will get their own servers, separate from the PC version. Moving forward, Grinding Gear Games is aiming to synchronize updates and free expansions between PC and Xbox One. The Xbox One version of the game will launch with all previous content and updates, including the various under-the-hood fixes and graphical improvements the game has received since its launch. Path of Exile's business model allows it to be perpetually updated, and Grinding Gear Games has found a ton of success with its efforts so far. Hopefully, bringing it to Xbox One will bring expose the game to an entirely new audience, to help it grow even further. The notion that a game could actually be free to play but remain balanced for those who don't want to pony up the cash is pretty rare. With more and more developers putting gameplay-affecting micropayments in their games, it's nice to see others take a stand against the practice. We'll be on task to let you know how Path of Exile is growing in the coming months ahead, so keep it locked to Windows Central for all the latest information. Path of Exile. Latest Stories. Path of Exile: War for the Atlas Expansion Announced. November 16, 2017. Path of Exile Introduces the Elementalist as New Ascendancy Class. February 4, 2016. Path of Exile Review. Path of Exile Wiki ». About This Game. Summary Specifications Features Game Editions. Path of Exile is a free-to-play PC online action Role-Playing Game (RPG) set in a dark fantasy world. Playing as one of six character classes, players find themselves banished for their past misdeeds to the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. There, they will encounter hundreds of species of opponents laden with loot and mysterious artifacts as they explore the abandoned continent. Players will be able to purchase in-game perks, such as extra victory animations, clothing and special effects. To protect the integrity of the game for all players, Grinding Gear Games has decided not to sell abilities or experience points – ensuring a level-playing field for everyone in game. Supported Functions Online. Six character classes Dozens of unique monsters Complex randomized item system Free to download and play on persistent servers Freedom to use every skill and item with any class Dynamic skill system Competitive online PvP play Randomized indoors and outdoors levels Liven things up with in-game perks. Games You May Like. Action RPG PC. Latest Videos. Latest Image. 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If you’re looking to sink your teeth into an action RPG that offers deep character and item customization, gritty gameplay, and an unforgiving atmospheric world, then Path of Exile is for you. Path of Exile is free, and none of its optional microtransactions convey a gameplay advantage. Its development is made possible through optional purchases by the community in the form of Supporter Packs and all the content, including our latest expansion, The Fall of Oriath , is included for free. If you’d like to party with other players online, then an Xbox Live Gold membership is required. The sprawling Passive Skill Tree is one of the hallmarks of Path of Exile and enables extremely varied character builds for maximum replayability. All the character classes are present on one interconnected skill tree. With some careful planning, you can access any area of the tree with any class you choose. This flexibility means that it’s entirely possible to create unorthadox character setups. A traditional witch class might stick to simply using spells and the power of necromancy, but in Path of Exile, your witch can become an axe-wielding melee character. To further diversify you and control your character’s destiny, you can also socket craftable jewels into the skill tree to boost damage or change the mechanics of your character altogether. When you’re getting started, it can sometimes be helpful to follow a build guide until you’ve got your footing. Our passionate community regularly posts and maintains a variety of build guides that can be found in the Class Forums. There is a built-in tutorial that you can check for helpful tips along the way but if you’re looking to go deeper and take totally master the full potential of Path of Exile’s game mechanics, you could consider checking our community-managed wiki. We’ve recently extended our core content to a complete 10 act storyline, but this certainly doesn’t mark the end of Path of Exile ‘s development. Every 13 weeks, we release a new Challenge League. These are temporary leagues that offer a tantalizing twist on regular gameplay where players can compete for glory and rewards! In addition to maintaining consistently fresh gameplay, we also provide significant updates to the game including full expansions every six months. We pride ourselves on maintaining an active relationship with our community. We do this by posting news updates about the game five days a week and by interacting with players on our Official Forum, Facebook and Twitter. If you’re keen to immerse yourself in all things Path of Exile , come meet us over there. Once again, we can’t express how happy we are to be bringing Path of Exile to Xbox One. If you love endless loot, diverse gameplay and a dark aesthetic, then we encourage you to download Path of Exile today! We hope to see you in Wraeclast soon. Path of Exile Coming Soon to Xbox One. We’re excited to announce that Path of Exile is coming to Xbox One this year! Our game is a modern twist on the traditional isometric Action RPG (ARPG), played on a persistent online realm where players conquer foes and hunt for rare items together. As your wealth grows, you can trade your items to build the ultimate character. We started developing Path of Exile 10 years ago, as a small group of friends who met playing online ARPGs. After seven years of development, we launched Path of Exile on PC to great acclaim, winning Gamespot’s PC Game of the Year and other awards. Support from our 16 million players enabled us to expand Grinding Gear Games over the next few years to a team of over 90 people focused on expanding Path of Exile . At its core, our game is about character customization. We’ve designed it so that choices matter and experimentation pays off. Link your skill gems with support gems to drastically modify their behavior. Find powerful items that completely change the way your character works. Choose from over 1,300 passive skills spread out on the iconic skill tree and even socket jewels to modify the tree itself. Almost everything can be modified through crafting, from your items, to jewels, to chests you encounter and even the areas you play through. As game designers, we love the fact that everyone has a unique character build. With each update, we add more customization options. We feel very strongly about the business models of free-to-play games so we made sure to completely separate our monetization from gameplay — there’s no way to pay to improve the power level or wealth of your characters in Path of Exile . If you have a valuable item, everyone knows you’ve earned it. When it launches later this year, the Xbox One version will include all five major expansions in addition to the gigantic 3.0.0 expansion we’re releasing on PC later this year. To say we’re excited about this launch is an understatement. We’re proud of what our team has created, and look forward to delivering years of entertainment to Xbox One gamers.

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By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's. E3 2017: Hands On With Path Of Exile: The Fall Of Oriath Expansion On Xbox One. New expansion, new gear, new platform. by Alessandro Fillari on Jun 18, 2017 11:35 AM. You are now subscribed. Path of Exile has been a bit of oddity for the years it's been out on PC. As a free to play loot based action RPG, it's got a reputation for holding its own against larger titles like Diablo III, and has since built a large and dedicated following of its own. Now, they're gearing up for their largest expansion in years with The Fall of Oriath, which brings players back to where the story began, and also the launch of the upcoming Xbox One release. During the Microsoft press conference, we caught a trailer for its release on Xbox One, which marks the first time the game is playable on consoles. While on the show floor, we had some time to speak with the developers about the recent expansion, and played an early build of the Xbox version--which will feature all content from its PC older brother. For those not in the know, Path Of Exile puts players in the role of a recent exile from the city of Oriath. As one of several exiles, Path of Exile's take on classes, you'll find yourself shipwrecked on an island and must fight your way back to the city to dish out vengeance. But after your many battles, you find that destroying one of the island's most dangerous creators results in unleashing an ancient evil that plunges the city of Oriath into chaos, leading to even greater dangers for the world at large. While at our session, the developers spoke about the growth they've seen over the years and what led them to overhauling a good portion of the game for the next major update. Back in December, the developers at Grinding Gear Games saw over one million players logged in for the first time at any given time. In addition to the year over year growth in players, the developers recently released their Atlas of Worlds expansion, which also brought in higher numbers. They saw this as an opportunity to bring in their next expansion. In the Fall of Oriath update, which is the largest expansion to date, they're adding in an additional five new story acts taking players through the city and its many areas, new gear, new graphical updates and tweaks--including 4K support--an overhauled difficulty system which features more organic challenge and difficulty growth, and a brand new upgrade system called Pantheon, which allows the exiles to claim the power of the gods for themselves. In addition to the expansion, which launches next month on PC, the developers also gave us some hands on time with the console release, which they had been quietly working on for some time. Much of the UI and general control feedback had been reworked, allowing primarily for ease of use on controllers for extended periods. While some skills had to be reworked, due to the lack of precise mouse controls, the console is largely intact with its PC counterpart. I was quite impressed with how smooth and intuitive it was. Usually it's difficult translating isometric games like this to the console, but the developers did a surprisingly solid job with the port, and it feels like it can easily stand toe-to-toe with the original. Though cross play with PC players won't be possible, mostly due to gameplay changes and system infrastructure, the Xbox release will have all the same content as the PC version. With the Fall of Oriath expansion coming July, and the console launch being set for later this year--remaining free-to-play--the future of the free action/RPG is looking bright, and with a new player base coming in soon, the Path of Exile community is looking to increase even further. For more information on Path of Exile and other titles from E3 2017, check back with us on our E3 2017 page. Path of Exile Ties Down an Xbox One Release Date. We’ve been reporting for a little while now about the Fall of Oriath update to MMOARPG Path of Exile, which is also tied together with the game’s impending arrival to the Xbox One. On the official forums, Grinding Gear Games has officially confirmed the Path of Exile console release date. Xbox One players will get to begin their adventures in the world of Wraeclast on Thursday, August 24th. As stated before, the release will include the full game as a free-to-play title, including the recently-released Fall of Oriath content pack. While the game will be completely free for everyone, those who are interested can now purchase a First Blood starter pack in the Xbox One Store. The bundle offers 200 points to spend on cosmetics in the game’s store, the First Blood Weapon Effect, and an extra Stash Tab. Our Thoughts. Turns out that the beta testing went by in pretty short order! We hope that Xbox One players and fans of ARPGs are able to find something to like once Path of Exile makes its console debut. Articles Related to Path of Exile. About Chris Hughes. Chris is a literal wolf who has managed to learn how to use a computer. He enjoys cooking, roleplaying, writing, and reading those who do the same. You can find him staring at Twitter or read more of his attempt at humor at his blog, or in-game primarily on WildStar, Blade and Soul or Final Fantasy XIV. About the Game. Path of Exile. Most Popular Games. StarColony. Browser Based Sci Fi Strategy. Dreadnought. 5 vs 5 Spaceship Brawl Action. Vikings: War of Clans. 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Updated the Currency Stash Tab to include new slots for new currencies. Slots have been added for Orbs of Annulment, Annulment Shards, Chaos Shards, Regal Shards, Exalted Shards and Mirror Shards. Added a greater degree of control to movement. You will now move shorter distances if you only partially move the control stick in a direction. Updated the look of the Passive Skill Tree cursor. Added the Portent and Harbinger supporter packs. Various improvements have been made to world areas, including the Ossuary and Highgate. A larger set of improvements will be coming in a later patch. ‘Abandon Mission’ will no longer be highlighted by default when accepting a Masters mission. Added controls information to the Trade Market screen. Added the ability to rearrange your stash tabs. Press LB or RB to move your current tab left or right respectively. Added a range of new item filters as designed by community member Neversink. Added the ability to display server messages such as countdowns to server restarts. Added a message that informs the player of loss of privilege when they are forced to leave a group You can no longer rebind skills while viewing the Help Panel. Hideout decorations are now placed in front of the player when used. Added error messages to the map device. The Challenge Panel now displays the number of challenges you have completed. Seeking a new prophecy now correctly highlights the new one. Other inputs will now be ignored while resizing the user interface. Updated the controls that are displayed while in the Options menu. Updated the controls that are displayed while viewing a Premium stash tab. Updated the controls that are displayed while viewing an Essence stash tab. Updated the controls that are displayed while using the Map Device. Updated the controls that are displayed while using the Trade Market. Added a display for the controls available while navigating the Cosmetics panel. Added controls information to the Help Panel screen. You must now activate the Labyrinth device with A (rather than with X). Players will no longer see other users in town areas if their Xbox privileges restrict them Updated Tasuni’s Divination Card user interface. You can no longer change between panels while in Socketing Mode on an item. Lore text no longer overlaps with the control display at the bottom of the screen. Added filter options for the Divination Card stash tab. Added the option to move directly to the Cosmetics panel from the Shop screen. Added the ability to navigate the Cosmetics and Inventory panels using the D-Pad. Currency items are now prioritised while looting. Updated the Russian and Brazillian Portuguese localisations. Unique Fragments now follow the “Map to Maker” rule for allocation. Updated class portraits for the Scion and the Ascendant classes. Harbingers now drop fewer stacks of currency shards, but these shards have reliably higher stack counts. This results in a higher total number of currency shards than before. Harbingers now appear more frequently in Map areas. More powerful Harbingers now appear more frequently. The volume of shards they drop has been increased, and they are also better dressed. You now need to complete 50 Harbinger End-game maps to complete the “End Game Grind” challenge (down from 100). Minions spawned by Harbingers were granted a resistance to all damage types that decayed over time. This is now multiplicative with other forms of damage taken. This change means that they can’t be trivialised by Wither, Shock and other modifiers to damage taken. Harbingers are now less likely to enter a state where they don’t summon new monsters. The Harbinger Flame Dash ability now Flame Dashes its minions to your location. The Harbinger Storm Call-like ability now attaches to the minions, moving with them. The Harbinger Flameblast ability is now stronger but used less often. The Harbinger Storm Cascade ability no longer stops at the Harbinger’s minion’s location. Instead, it will pass through, making it much more deadly for characters at a distance. Added several new abilities for the Harbingers to use. Be careful! The Harbingers from Act 6 onwards now have a chance to spawn an Obelisk when they summon monsters. These obelisks have a variety of skills. Increased the speed of most Harbinger encounters. Increased the speed that Harbingers can deploy minions. We’re also slightly increasing the number of shards dropped by Harbingers. Reduced the chance of getting lower-value shards from Harbinger drops in yellow- and red-tier maps. The Beachhead Improvements: The chance of The Beachhead map being created by a Harbinger’s Orb has been increased. The Beachhead map now has a wider variety of monsters. Monsters slain as part of the Beachhead portal encounter now don’t drop items, but still award experience. Upon completing The Beachhead portal encounter, the Obelisks now will shatter and drop shards. Completing the encounter awards significantly more items. The encounter itself has been rebalanced, and players now have to defeat an especially powerful Harbinger as part of it. Monsters in The Beachhead now will drop items, so that players using Animate Weapon can replace their minions. Currency Shards from The Beachhead final encounter now have more concentrated stacks. Harbingers in The Beachhead now drop more white items. Reduced the distance at which enemies are targeted. This will prevent targeting enemies that are not on the screen, but will not affect most skills. The damage levels of Righteous Fire when used by monsters and rogue exiles have been reduced. The damage of Spectral Throw as used by Templars in The Ravaged Square has been reduced. Charged Dash has been corrected to have its intended scaling. It now scales up by +1% base damage each level, starting at 90% of base damage. The Ravaged Square now has fewer Heretical Wards. Reduced the damage of the boss of the Death and Taxes unique map. Predatory Scorpions now use their burrow attack less frequently. Updated the Labyrinth to not be able to spawn Darkshrine effects that could overwrite a Darkshrine effect already in the Labyrinth. Lunar Devotees now only summon one Ice Elemental at a time, but these are now tougher and do a more powerful explosion on death. Fixed a bug where items were highlighting incorrectly in the Quad stash tab. Fixed a bug which could cause you to disconnect when trying to invite users who had the game suspended. Fixed various issues with the challenges screen and controls within that screen. Fixed a bug that prevented changing Ascendancies, even when you had no Ascendancy points allocated. Fixed various issues with the Pantheon screen. Fixed a bug where the Trade Market was incorrectly named. Fixed a bug where you would automatically target pets while in edit mode in your hideout. Fixed a bug which prevented Shockwave Totem from being placed on your target’s location. Fixed a bug that prevented you from closing the error message while using the Labyrinth activation device. Fixed a bug which prevented Diamond Flasks being searchable on the Trade Market. Fixed a bug where displayed controls would overlap the stash tab numbers when you had a lot of tabs. Fixed a crash that would occur while entering a certain Vaal side area. Fixed numerous issues with the Divination Card tab user interface. Fixed a bug that could prevent you from selecting certain points in the Ascendant’s Ascendancy tree. Fixed a bug that prevented loot allocation options from working. Fixed a bug which could cause players to get stuck in Socketing Mode while viewing their items. Fixed a bug where the incorrect controls could be displayed while in Socketing Mode on an item. Removed an unnecessary icon from the World Panel. Fixed a bug where the hideout pin wouldn’t take you to your hideout Fixed a bug where the slider would start near the bottom when viewing the Microtransaction Shop. Fixed the incorrect controls being displayed on the Prophecy screen. Fixed various issues with the Cosmetics panel. Fixed a bug which prevented the scroll bar from working when pricing an item in a premium tab. Fixed a bug where the Prophecy panel and sell panel could incorrectly be displayed at the same time. Fixed a bug which caused inventory navigation to target the incorrect item slot. Fixed a bug where taking currency off the Trade Market could result in larger-than-allowed stack sizes. Fixed a crash that could occur from using Blade Vortex. Fixed a crash that could occur from corrupting the unique belt Auxium. Fixed a crash that would occur if the ‘Purchase Decorations’ option on a Master was empty. Fixed a bug where you could incorrectly skip rows while navigating the Cosmetics tab. Fixed a bug where purchased cosmetics weren’t being redeemed. Fixed a bug which prevented Premium stash tabs from correctly saving their settings. Fixed a bug which prevented user options from correctly saving. Fixed a bug which could prevent you from closing the Terms of Use. Fixed a bug which would cause the item highlight from appearing off-centre while highlighting some equipped weapons. Fixed a crash that could occur while resizing the user interface. Fixed a bug where Scorching Ray could behave incorrectly while rotating. Fixed a bug where a player’s cursor would reset during a trade with another player if that other player changed their state of trade acceptance. Fixed a bug which hid items on your cursor when moving between menu panels. Fixed a bug which prevented abilities on ‘Y’ from being used near Essence monoliths. Fixed a bug where the ‘Upgrade’ option was available in the Essence tab for Essences which could not be upgraded. Fixed a bug which made navigating to a Quad stash tab difficult. Fixed a bug which incorrectly listed Leaguestone as a category on the Trade Market. Fixed a bug which caused items on your cursor to be displayed while navigating the Passive Skill Tree. Fixed a crash that could occur while applying items (such as currency) multiple times. Fixed a bug with which would cause the scroll bar to be cut off while viewing the Microtransactions Shop. Fixed a crash caused by picking up an item from a Currency stash tab. Fixed a bug which would cause items to incorrectly display off-centre from the cursor. Fixed a bug where the unique jewel Corrupted Energy would cause you to take significantly more damage over time than you should have been. Fixed a bug which would show tutorials even after a player had selected ‘skip all tutorials’. Fixed a crash that could occur during the tutorial if the player reached a low life threshold. Fixed a bug which would cause gems to be in the wrong place when moved into an inventory with a smaller grid size. Fixed a bug which prevented items from being moved to the map device. Fixed a bug which could prevent the Sekhema Feather from dropping. Fixed a bug where the Kill Harbinger Map Boss challenge could not be completed. Fixed a bug where the Harbinger Flameblast ability was not playing audio. Fixed a bug where Nature’s Boon removed the Arcane Surge granted by The Rippling Thoughts. Fixed various bugs with Act 9 boss not showing skill effects after exiting and reentering their arena. Fixed a crash with the “Lost Maps” Prophecy. Fixed a bug where Harbinger monsters with the Inner Treasure mod would not drop a unique item. Fixed a bug with the Pantheon powers for Soul of Solaris and Lunaris where bonuses to Physical Damage Reduction instead applied to Armour. Fixed various bugs with several skills that were preventing them from targeting Kitava. Fixed a bug where socketing Cast While Channelling Support in The Rippling Thoughts would prevent Storm Cascade from being cast. Fixed a bug where the Beachhead map could become impossible to complete. This would occur when the Harbinger portal would become possessed by a Tormented Spirit from the Possessed Foe Prophecy. This can no longer occur. Corrected a tile from the Mesa map that was too narrow for characters to pass through. Fixed a bug where The Beachhead map would not spawn Harbingers on non-Harbinger leagues. Fixed a bug that could cause disconnects when changing areas. Fixed some performance issues with Storm Call. Fixed a bug where the “A Whispered Prayer” Prophecy could not be completed. Fixed a bug where modifiers to Damage with Ailments on the tree that were conditional on wielding a one-handed or two-handed weapon were reversed, such that the two-handed ones were active when you had a one-handed weapon, and vice versa. Fixed a bug where monsters going underground could become invincible. Fixed a bug where Ethereal Knives with the Ethereal Stars Effect microtransaction had a different behaviour than the skill without this effect. Fixed a bug where Elreon and Vagan would not grant the daily mission experience bonus. Fixed an issue with skill based challenges, where hits against totems and minions prevented getting the challenge. Fixed an issue where highlighting of map locations on the Atlas was incorrect. Fixed an issue with client freezes on the Colonnade and Vault maps. Fixed an issue where players could not complete the challenge for upgrading Aberrath’s Pantheon Power. Fixed several of the most common instance and client crashes. Fixed a bug with Izaro mechanics which could lead to an incompletable Labyrinth. Fixed a bug where the Plaguemaw IV Prophecy could trigger anywhere. Fixed a bug where the Harbinger Obelisks’ Hinder is not stopped by Allelopathy gloves. Removed unnecessary contextually displayed controls for various items, including maps, currency shards, fragments, and divination cards. Path of Exile is available now for both PC and Xbox One. Read our review here. Path of Exile is coming to Xbox One this year. By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 19 January 2017 14:15 GMT. Path of Exile’s console debut is happening later this year on Xbox One. Path of Exile, the celebrated isometric action-RPG from indie studio Grinding Gear, has been available only on PC for a good long while in various forms. The free-to-play title will be making the jump to consoles, though, with an Xbox One version scheduled for release this year. Grinding Gear confirmed that the game will also be free-to-play on Xbox One, and will include all content currently available in the PC version, including the upcoming 3.0.0 expansion. That said, each platform will play on a separate realm, so no cross-play between the two. “This is due to small gameplay differences between the two versions, such as the number of Flask slots and how some skills are targeted,” the developer explained in a blog post. With that in mind, the same schedule for seasons, as well as content updates, will be the same across PC and Xbox One. “We’re really excited about this release. It represents over a year of work from a small strike team within our studio – the guys who also created our DirectX 11 version,” the announcement said. No other details were confirmed, such as a solid release date, or whether other platforms will be getting the game in the future. Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here. Final Fantasy 15's PC version supports Nvidia Ansel, so here's some crazy 8K resolution screenshots. 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