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Auckland, New Zealand--February
21, 2013--
Grinding Gear Games announced the
first season of race events in the popular action RPG Path of
Exile. Race events are short-term leagues separate from the main
game with separate characters and varying goals that test the
players' skill and luck. Season One commences on Saturday, February
23 and runs for six weeks until April 7 (New Zealand
time).
Unlike the self-contained individual races held during Closed
Beta, race events are now structured by seasons. There are prizes
for the top-place finishers in each race, prizes achieving good
results for a set of events in a season, and prizes for placing at
the top of the realm overall in a given season. New custom prizes
have been created for the events.
"The race events were extremely popular in Closed Beta," said
Chris Wilson, producer for Grinding Gear Games. "The leagues
generally reward players who can level up quickly and place in the
top ranks of their character class, but there are also rewards for
meeting objectives like finishing side quests or full-clearing
areas first. By structuring the races into seasons, players are
motivated to participate in multiple events and it gives them
something meaningful to work toward over the course of several
weeks."
For additional details and the schedule of events, please visit
http://www.pathofexile.com/seasons
Currently in Open Beta, Path of Exile is a PC online action
role-playing game set in a dark fantasy world. Featuring ethical
microtransactions, the game is free-to-play, but not pay-to-win.
Playing as one of six character classes, players find themselves
banished for their past misdeeds to the dark fantasy world of
Wraeclast. There, they will encounter hundreds of species of
opponents laden with loot and mysterious artifacts as they explore
the abandoned continent.
Key features of Path of Exile:
- A dark and deep action RPG
- Build unlimited unique characters on a gigantic skill tree
- Combine over 110 skill gems to create unique combat
strategies
- Explore a dark and gritty world rendered from a fixed 3D
perspective
- Download and play for free, but never 'pay-to-win'
- Explore randomly generated levels for extreme
replayability
- Craft weapons, magic items and even end-game maps to become
more powerful
- Cooperate or compete with thousands of other exiles in a
persistent online world
- Ascend online ladders in every game mode
- Battle in PVP tournaments for worldwide recognition
View gameplay footage at
www.youtube.com/grindinggear, or HD trailers are
available from
www.pathofexile.com/video
About Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games was founded in November 2006 in Auckland,
New Zealand. Its founding members come from various countries and
have a selection of diverse backgrounds ranging from artificial
intelligence and software security to industrial design to
professional tournament game play. We are currently developing
Path of Exile, a
competitive online action RPG. As veterans of various online role
playing games, we understand what is required to make an addictive
action RPG with visceral combat and a complex item economy.
www.grindinggear.com
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