Path of Exile: Ascendancy to Launch in Early March

The team at Grinding Gear Games has spilled more details about their upcoming Path of Exile: Ascendancy expansion pack, including the influence it has had on expanding the company to nearly 70 employees, work that is being done to improve the game’s trade system, plans to incorporate graphical performance enhancements, their intentions to release the add-on on or around March 4th, and more. The key paragraphs:

We’re planning to release the Ascendancy expansion (2.2.0) in early March. The Talisman challenge leagues end on the 3rd (US time), and the deployment of Ascendancy will likely occur in time for the weekend.

We’re currently in the final stages of creating/polishing content and internally testing the Labyrinth. We will probably run a short test on our Alpha servers (with existing testers at this stage – please don’t message us about it. We’ll let you know in the news if we’re seeking more testers).

We will start announcing more Ascendancy classes in a few days. There’s one each for the Marauder, Ranger and Templar coming up this week. We also have some new skills and other bits and pieces to announce in the coming weeks.