The main driving decision will be if Grinding Gear has enough to show, and it’s too early to say.Īlso in the interview, Wilson speaks about how Path of Exile 2 isn’t afraid to compete with Blizzard’s Diablo IV, a game that presumably has a bigger budget.

“I almost cried on the stage, it was such a strong set of emotions,” Wilson tells GameSpot about his reaction to announcing Path of Exile 2 to a crowd of millions of people on-site and online.ĮxileCon may not return for 2020, Wilson says. In a new interview, Grinding Gear founder Chris Wilson speaks to GameSpot about how the show went, if it will return for 2020, and lots more. Some of the other announcements included a Path of Exile mobile game, a 3.9.0 expansion for the base game, a Mac version and more. At the show, the company made a series of big announcements, perhaps the most notable of which was the reveal of Path of Exile 2. Developer Grinding Gear Games held the first-ever fan convention, ExileCon, in the developer’s home city of Auckland, New Zealand in November. Two expansions are currently in development.It’s been a big year for Path of Exile. Blizzard announced Diablo 4 is its fastest-selling game of all time. Generally speaking, Diablo 4 has gone down well and enjoyed a smooth launch.

Of course, the true test of Diablo 4’s monetisation will come when its battle passes launch and we get a sense of whether Blizzard is paywalling the game’s best-looking armour sets, or if the base game itself includes fancy fits that hold their own. Anyone who’s played Activision’s recent Call of Duty games, for example, will be familiar with this sort of pricing. One redditor worked it out, and came up with $357 to get everything in the most cost-effective way possible.Īs you’d expect, the Diablo community has pointed out just how expensive these cosmetics are, and the fact armour sets are available for just one class only devalues your purchase somewhat.īut others point out that up to $25 for a bundle that includes a skin and a few minor cosmetics is pretty standard these days. If you want to buy all the cosmetics currently available in the shop, you’re looking at spending hundreds of dollars or pounds.

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