Our Path of Exile 2 game hub collects the essentials; here is everything confirmed so far.
What is Path of Exile 2?
Path of Exile 2 is a free-to-play action role-playing game from Grinding Gear Games, set on the deadly continent of Wraeclast.
Release date and platforms
Path of Exile 2 reaches its full release on 11 December 2026 for Xbox Series X|S, according to Grinding Gear Games’ official announcement and the official Xbox Store listing. The full release is free to play on Xbox. No launch hour has been given, so the exact UK unlock time is not yet confirmed.
What does the full release add?
Grinding Gear Games revealed the full release contents on 7 November 2026. Read our Path of Exile 2 full release news for more detail.
- Acts 5 and 6: the final two acts complete the campaign, concluding the conflict with the Twilight Order and the Beast. Act 5 returns players to Oriath, now ravaged by war and corruption.
- The Shadow: a new class specialising in daggers, traps and stealth, with successful kills resetting the cooldown of Stealth.
- The Knight: a new Ascendancy for the Duelist.
- Conquerors of Wraeclast: the launch league, in which players recruit armies, build fortresses and lay siege to rival factions’ strongholds, across more than 70 new points of interest and 23 campaign battles.
- Uniques and rebalancing: more than 40 new Unique Items, over 70 reworked Uniques, an overhaul of the passive skill tree and changes to skills and Ascendancies.
Is it on Game Pass?
It is not listed in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue or the Game Pass coming-soon list, and no day-one subscription release has been announced.
Gameplay
It features hundreds of equipment base types, a six-act campaign, more than a hundred unique boss fights and an endgame system. Players can team up through local co-op and online play with cross-play and cross-progression across available platforms.
Editions
On Xbox it is currently listed as a Game Preview ahead of the full release on 11 December 2026. The full release is free to play, and the game is rated PEGI 18.
Who is making it?
It is developed by Grinding Gear Games and published by Grinding Gear Games.
Sources: Grinding Gear Games announcement, Xbox Store.
