Auckland, New Zealand – Today, Grinding Gear Games provided additional details about ExileCon, the first convention dedicated to their award-winning RPG, Path of Exile. ExileCon is taking place in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, 2019 at the beautiful Aotea Centre and will feature huge announcements and hands-on previews for large expansions to Path of Exile including the 3.9.0 expansion (December 2019) and the highly-anticipated 4.0.0 mega-expansion (late 2020 launch estimate). The event culminates with the 2019 Path of Exile race finals and the spectacular ExileCon Closing Party.
Presentations, Panels and Special Guests
ExileCon festivities kick off with a one-hour pre-show livestream before the Keynote Presentation on Saturday at 9am (New Zealand time, which is 12pm Friday US Pacific time), when Grinding Gear Games founders Chris Wilson, Jonathan Rogers and Erik Olofsson will present a rundown of big announcements and additional details on upcoming Path of Exile projects starting at 10am (1pm Friday, US Pacific time).
Some of the additional panels and events include:
- Specific deep dives into the Path of Exile December 2019 Expansion, and next year’s 4.0.0
- Procedural World Generation in Path of Exile
- Evolving Path of Exile’s Renderer
- Creating Visual Effects in Path of Exile
- The Path of Exile 2019 Race Finals featuring four players competing for a $10,000 grand prize.
Additionally, Grinding Gear Games is excited to announce that the founders of Blizzard North and creators of the Diablo series, David Brevik, Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer will attend the event and will be appearing at a special session during the show open to all attendees.
Other guests include top PoE streamers Zizaran, ZiggyD, Mathil, Ghazzy, Octavian0, Raiz, Tarke, Nugiyen, Havoc and Quin69, as well as popular gaming streamers Kripparrian and Rhykker.
Tickets Still Available
Tickets to attend ExileCon are available for purchase at: www.pathofexile.com/exilecon
Can’t make it to New Zealand? Watch full announcements, key sessions and exclusive streamed content from the convention for free at the official Path of Exile Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/pathofexile as well as several soon-to-be-announced partner sites.
Related: PATH OF EXILE: Blight Launches Today for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Sept. 9
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