Grinding Gear Games used its Gamescom slot to date Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release: on December 11 the ARPG leaves early access, turns free-to-play and adds the Duelist, its first sword-wielding class.
Grinding Gear Games has fixed two of Path of Exile 2's oldest, most frustrating technical problems: the shader stutters and the 'device removed' crashes. The fix ships in patch 9.5.4e alongside a new Nvidia driver.
Shortly after the league's launch, GGG lists the problems it's fixing in Path of Exile: Charts and Voyages, Abyss encounters, and permanent mercenaries all get tweaks over the coming days.
Path of Exile's July update lands today with a new deep-sea challenge league, the Luminary Ascendancy for the Scion, and major reworks to Abyss, Legion, and item sockets.