Our Fan Art Competition concluded last week, with more than 150 Exiles submitting artwork inspired by the latest Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2 content expansions. With the help of our art team, we’ve selected the winners and are now ready to announce them! Because of the enormous number of amazing submissions, it was really hard to select just three overall winners. So, we decided to award the top five winners in both games, as well as introduce a separate category for the top physical art submissions. Click here to check out the winners! Thank you to everyone for your submissions and congratulations to all the winners! We’ll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We’ll also award runners-up in a follow-up post next week.

A couple of weeks ago, we were at gamescom in Cologne, giving attendees a preview of what they’ll be able to experience in the Path of Exile 2 full release. Across five days, we welcomed over 9,000 attendees and 120 media and creators to our booth! Check out some of the moments we’ve captured. Image credits go to our German localisation team member, Alexander! IGN - The Duelist is the Perfect Class for Path of Exile 2 1.0 | gamescom 2026 Zizaran - I tried Path of Exile 2 SWORDS at Gamescom! wudijo - PoE 2 - I interviewed Jonathan for 1h at Gamescom Dreamcore - I played Path of Exile 2 DUELIST at Gamescom! cArn_ - Path Of Exile 2 - I Played The New Duelist At Gamescom and It's... CrouchingTuna - I spoke with Jonathan at Gamescom - Let's talk about the future of POE Rob2628 - Gamescom Vlog 2026 - Checking out Swords Spin2Win in PoE2 & More PCGamesN - Interview with Jonathan Rogers Mein-MMO - Interview with Jonathan Rogers Thank you so much for your support during the event, and we hope you’re looking forward to the full release!

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The patch notes for Path of Exile 2: Forbidden Rites, launching September 4th at 1PM PDT are now available. Click here to check them out. We’ve also prepared Item Filter information you may need for this event. New Items Item class: Augment Jiquani's Soul Core of Automation Jiquani's Soul Core of Malediction Jiquani's Soul Core of Targeting Jiquani's Soul Core of Rallying Jiquani's Soul Core of Radiance Jiquani's Soul Core of Severing Jiquani's Soul Core of Rippling Jiquani's Soul Core of Quaking Jiquani's Soul Core of Munitions Jiquani's Soul Core of Snares Jiquani's Soul Core of Abundance Jiquani's Soul Core of Squalls Jiquani's Soul Core of Thundering Atziri's Soul Core of Devotion Atziri's Soul Core of Vitality Atziri's Soul Core of Alacrity Atziri's Soul Core of Inoculation Item class: Map Fragments Sacred Bloom Item class: Tablet Expedition Tablet