GGG's experience in the live-service genre gives it a huge advantage over Blizzard Entertainment.īased on available information, Path of Exile 2, on paper, appears to have the upper hand. Instead, they're weaving complementary narratives that can only serve to benefit the entirety of the broader ARPG genre. In reality, Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2, when it does come out, aren't locked in a mutually exclusive battle.

Specifically, the internet has come to label the follow-up as a potential ' Diablo 4 killer.' Yet, the remains that the said term is a misleading nomenclature, which is suggestive of a brutal winner-takes-all brawl. Grinding Gear Games' most recent showcase revealed plenty of key details about the highly anticipated follow-up to Path of Exile, which came out in 2013, brewing up quite a storm among fans of the genre. It's not so often that two all-time titles come out within just years of each other and give fans of a genre an experience that they'll be taking about for years if not decades. This year's ExileCon appears to have ignited a fierce debate among the action RPG community, namely whether or not Path of Exile 2's arrival in roughly 2 years (or less) will signal the end for Blizzard Entertainment.

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