Path of Exile 2 Early Access Delayed to December 6 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 October 2024 / 2,633 Views
Developer Grinding Gear Games announced the Early Access release date for the free-to-play action RPG, Path of Exile 2, has been delayed to December 6. It will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
"Unfortunately, I have some really bad news," said Path of Exile 2 game director Jonathan Rogers. "We have to delay early access for three weeks. The new date is the December 6. I’m really sorry about this one. People plan time off and things like that around our launches, but we just have to do it.
"So what happened? Well, it turns out it isn’t really the game itself that we’re behind on. It’s a bunch of server side infrastructure work that has taken us a lot longer than we expected.
"Now, one of the key promises we made is that all your microtransactions will work across both Path of Exile I and II. In order to do that, we have to integrate the account systems for not only Path of Exile I and II, but also for the console realms as well. This meant changing a lot of things. Not only do we have to create a bunch of new systems, we have to make sure that only old data is backwards compatible with them as well."
He continued, "And when you start migrating databases that are this old and with this much data, you find all sorts of strange demons in there. How do multiple accounts get the same name? How do multiple accounts get the same email address? How do multiple accounts have the same steam IDs? Why is this person’s account name just random gibberish that doesn’t even decode?
"We have to get everything perfect so that nobody loses anything they paid for, and nobody has their account broken. At the same time, because we’re changing all this back-end code, we have to do a lot of load testing to make sure the whole thing doesn’t fall over when they could get the huge number of players that we’re expecting at launch."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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It's a shame that it's been delayed but at least it's only a few weeks and it sounds like they really didn't have a choice.
The diablo killer
It never was and will not be. :) Hardcore fans (from both sides) are a minority (and the ones making so much noise and complains), but for casual gamers (as well as hardcore), Diablo is more popular (and generates WAY more money).
I am playing both (I'm a big fans of both actually); and I think they are both great games but POE is not a Diablo killer in any way.
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