Path of Exile is quite late to the live-service party in 2022, but they're picking up the pace. Being one of the leading names in the ARPG community alongside Diablo, Grinding Gear Games always starts off the year with an expansion to set the mood.
While it was announced that the first expansion of 2022 will be delayed, it seems like players don’t have to wait that long to get their hands on the new skills, bosses, brutal combat, and thrill. And Path of Exile is slowly moving its storyline towards something more significant, ever so slightly.
Path of Exile currently follows a 3-month (approx.) content release calendar. Thus, Grinding Gear Games delivers four major updates every calendar year, the first being an expansion. These expansions generally feature a complete restructuring of the endgame.
These expansions also introduce new bosses, game mechanics, challenge leagues, skills, etc.
Thus it was quite a bummer when Grinding Gear Games announced that they would delay their 2022 expansion by two weeks. After weeks of staying radio silent, Grinding Gear Games released a short teaser on Twitter, heralding the upcoming battle.
Titled Siege of the Atlas, this expansion will continue on the Atlas of Worlds storyline representing the endgame of Path of Exile. Alongside the expansion, a new challenge league will also be launched, bringing new objectives and stuff to murder.
The teaser doesn’t showcase much of the game. What it shows off is Grinding Gear Games designing another creepy eldritch being and Kamil Orman-Janowski’s incredible music composition. The teaser also announces the live reveal and release date of the expansion.
The live reveal will take place on Path of Exile’s official twitch page on January 27. The expansion will
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