Path of Exile Reaches Seven Million Players

The folks at Grinding Gear Games are understandably happy about having a player base that recently grew to seven million players, and marked the occasion with a celebratory press release. Apparently, a good part of the merit comes from Taiwanese players, as over a million new accounts from the region were registered less than one month after the game’s launch in the region:

Path of Exile Celebrates Seven Million Players and Widespread Success

Taiwanese account registrations over one million just one month after debut; Forsaken Masters deemed “extremely well-received”

Auckland, New Zealand — September 26, 2014 — In partnership with leading Asian publisher Garena Online, Grinding Gear Games today announced that its critically-acclaimed action RPG Path of Exile has seen unprecedented success following the launch of the game’s second expansion, Forsaken Masters, and its official release in Taiwan.

Exceeding expectations of both Grinding Gear Games and Garena Online, Path of Exile has reached a new level of success. Less than one month after the game’s official release in Taiwan, Path of Exile saw over one million new Taiwanese account registrations — a number steadily growing after an incredibly successful Open Beta and launch. Published by Garena Online, the Taiwanese version of Path of Exile features traditional Chinese language support as well as a number of Taiwan-exclusive microtransaction options. Path of Exile went live in Taiwan on August 14, 2014.

Much of the game’s ongoing success is due to the acclaim of its latest expansion, Forsaken Masters, as well as Grinding Gear Games’ steadfast devotion to keeping Path of Exile updated with new content, which includes a new expansion every few months. Boasting a wealth of new and engaging content, Forsaken Masters has been “extremely well-received” by both new and existing players of Path of Exile, bringing the worldwide total of registered players to well over seven million. Path of Exile also saw a record-breaking number of concurrent players within the past month, reaching a peak of 154,000 players online simultaneously.

In Path of Exile: Forsaken Masters, players cross paths with the seven Forsaken Masters, who aid Exiles in their own specialized way. Each Master offers unique quests, training, mission variations, item crafting and modification options, secret and customizable towns known as Hideouts, tiers of Hideout decorations, and more in exchange for an Exile’s help. New Challenge Leagues, revamped boss fights, new lore, new Unique items, new skill and support gems, a PvP Spectator Mode, and dozens of other additions have also been implemented as part of the Forsaken Masters expansion. Path of Exile: Forsaken Masters was released as a free content update on August 20, 2014.