Path of Exile Live on PlayStation 4

Path of Exile, Grinding Gear Games’ free-to-play action-RPG that some consider to be the true spiritual successor to Diablo II, has finally made its way over to PlayStation 4. The initial PlayStation release will be running the Synthesis challenge league for the next few months alongside the PC version, albeit with slight adjustments. You can find a detailed PS4 FAQ here, and check out some basic info below:

We’ve just officially launched Path of Exile on PlayStation 4 and are happy to welcome more gamers to the community!

What countries is Path of Exile enabled in on PlayStation 4?
Everywhere apart from South Korea, China and Japan. Servers are located in Australia, Brazil, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Russia, San Jose, Washington and Dallas. Gateway is automatically selected, you will be placed on the nearest Gateway to you. We’re working on a Gateway selection feature at the moment, it should be available very soon.

What languages is Path of Exile available in on PlayStation 4?
English, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Spanish and French. Path of Exile’s language is controlled by what the system language is set to.

What Supporter Packs are available?
The First Blood Supporter Pack, which is great for new players as it contains 200 points, an Extra Stash Tab and the First Blood Weapon Effect. Also the Core Supporter Packs and the Synthesis Supporter Packs. The prices are adjusted slightly because these ones don’t come with physical goods like the PC versions do.

What Leagues are available?
The Synthesis Challenge League launched today, including Hardcore mode. Solo Self-Found mode is optionally available for new characters upon rescuing the Scion.

What exact version of Path of Exile is being launched on PlayStation 4, compared to the PC version?
The release version is 3.6.1. Check out the patch notes here. The Betrayal content is currently disabled. We intend to update it to 3.6.3 (with Synthesis League improvements) as soon as we can.

We’d like to thank all of our players who are checking out the PlayStation 4 version today. See you in Wraeclast!

And here’s a press release that lists the game’s main features:

Auckland, New Zealand – March 26, 2019 – Grinding Gear Games announced today that their award-winning RPG, Path of Exile is finally available for the PlayStation 4.

Path of Exile will be completely free-to-play (and of course, never pay to win; your success in the game is dependent on the depth of your skill, not your wallet). The premiere of Path of Exile on the PlayStation®4 will also include Grinding Gear’s first expansion of 2019, Synthesis.

Path of Exile Key Features Include:

• Download and play for free, but never pay-to-win
• A dark and deep action RPG
• Unlimited character combinations with the game’s gigantic skill tree
• Combine skill gems to create unique combat strategies
• Explore a dark and gritty world rendered from a fixed 3D perspective
• Explore randomly generated levels for nearly infinite replayability
• Craft weapons, magic items and even end-game maps to become more powerful
• Cooperate or compete with thousands of other Exiles in a persistent online world
• Ascend online ladders in every game mode

Path of Exile continues to be one of the largest online Action RPGs with continual, massive audience growth. Successful launches on the Xbox One and in China have more than doubled the Path of Exile player community since August 2017, with over 3.5 million players having played the game’s 2017 expansion, Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath. In 2018, Path of Exile saw an increase in total play-hours of over 26% and the PoE: Betrayal expansion set a new record of 188,970 players online simultaneously.

Path of Exile was released in October 2013 to critical acclaim including winning GameSpot’s PC Game of the Year award. Since its launch, Path of Exile has become a global community of over 20 million players including localized versions in English, German, French, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Russian, Thai and Brazilian Portuguese. Path of Exile was listed as one of the top ten most-played games on Steam in 2018.