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After much anticipation and rounds of promising betas, Path of Exile 2 will officially release into an Early Access phase in the coming days. To make sure you are fully prepared, this page will reveal the Path of Exile 2 release times and how to get Path of Exile 2 Early Access and Path of Exile 2 Preload details.

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Path of Exile releases into Early Access on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on Friday, 6th December 2024 at:

Here are the ways you can get Early Access to Path of Exile 2:

If you're looking to play Path of Exile 2 on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S, you can gain access to the Early Access version via a $30 purchase on each console's digital storefront. This option will go live on the 6th December 2024 release date at the times stated in the section above.

For players on PC, gaining access will depend on how much money you spent on the first Path of Exile game. In a rather interesting approach, if you spent $480 or more on microtransactions and currency in the original game, you'll gain free access to Path of Exile 2 in Early Access.

If you spent less or nothing at all, then the $30 purchase is the cheapest option to play the game. The developer is also offering more expensive versions on PC that bundle in both physical and digital items. You can check those out via the link.

The option to Preload the Path of Exile 2 client and game will be available in the next few days. Please refer to the below for details across all three platforms:

The release date for a full launch of Path of Exile 2 into version 1.0 hasn't been announced yet. The Early Access version launches on 6th December 2024, and based on how much time the first game spent in its open beta phase, we may be looking at close to a year before version 1.0 arrives. Path of Exile was first released to the public in January 2013 as an open beta, and then released fully 10 months later in October 2013.

If those timings translate to the