Grinding Gear Video games has introduced a delay to Path of Exile 2’s early entry launch. As a substitute of November fifteenth, it’s now going dwell for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC by way of December sixth. In a brand new video, sport director Jonathan Rogers revealed that the delay is because of work on the server-side infrastructure, which has taken “rather a lot longer than we anticipated.”
There’s additionally the problem of making techniques to make sure that microtransactions from the primary sport work in Path of Exile 2. “To do this, we have now to combine the account techniques for not solely Path of Exile 1 and 2 but in addition for the console realms.” Making certain backwards compatibility for older knowledge have to be accounted for, and when the staff started migrating databases, some “unusual demons” have been found.
“How do a number of accounts get the identical title? How do a number of accounts get the identical electronic mail handle? How do a number of accounts have the identical Steam IDs? Why is that this individual’s account title simply random gibberish that doesn’t even decode?” The staff is thus taking the extra time to make sure all the pieces is “good” so layers don’t lose their knowledge.
“On the identical time, as a result of we’re altering all this back-end code, we have now to do numerous load testing to make sure the entire thing doesn’t fall over after they may get the massive variety of gamers we’re anticipating at launch.” Although Rogers believes the staff may have made the unique launch, he’s not assured it would go flawlessly, therefore the delay.
A livestream revealing all of the content material in early entry, together with the endgame, will air in “about 4 weeks.” Keep tuned for additional updates till then.
Introduced in 2019, Path of Exile 2 began as a secondary marketing campaign for the unique sport earlier than turning right into a standalone launch. It options 12 courses, every with three Ascendancies, quite a few gameplay modifications and enhancements (say goodbye to linking gear), and extra. Head right here for extra particulars.