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Path of Exile: The Awakening Expansion Releases On July 10th

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Grinding Gear Games today announced that their largest expansion to date, ‘The Awakening,’ will launch on  Friday, July 10th. As Grinding Gear Games noted, The Awakening has had an incredible Closed Beta period with unprecedented player support. 

This week, Grinding Gear Games unveiled the complete version of Act Four, containing new areas, monsters, six boss fights, five previously unannounced skills, 13 end-game maps, two challenge leagues and a climactic multi-stage encounter with Path of Exile’s new end boss!

A brand-new launch trailer with never-before-seen combat footage can be viewed below, giving insight into the many new features, items, skills and boss fights.

In The Awakening, players will experience a fantastic amount of new content including:

  • Act IV Is Here! Act IV continues Path of Exile’s storyline. The time has finally come to venture into the center of corruption itself and drive a blade through its black heart.
  • Explore Beyond Highgate: For the first time since launch, The Awakening introduces completely new areas, monsters and end-game maps to expand the world of Wraeclast.
  • Defeat Legendary Bosses:  Experience climactic boss encounters with characters from Wraeclast’s past such as Shavronne, Doedre, Malachai and many more.
  • Powerful New Skill Gems: With new classes of skills such as elemental Golems that fight by your side, warcries and several new support gems, players are able to create new clever and intricate builds.
  • Socketable Passive Tree: Collect and craft Jewels that can be socketed into the Passive Tree to drastically change the tree itself.
  • Masses of New Gear: Find more than 110 new Unique Items and discover an entirely new set of equipment, the Maraketh Weapons.
  • User Experience Improvements: Extensive user interface improvements, added more customization options and implemented many community-suggested changes.
Path of Exile: The Awakening Trailer