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Path of Exile 2 backlash gives Last Epoch a 150,000-player boost as the competing action RPG launche

Published on December 09, 2025

The 0.2.0 update for Path [[link]] of Exile 2 has not been well-received, to put it lightly. A heavy hand on the nerf hammer has driven away a significant chunk of those players who like action RPGs for the monster-blasting action, revealing a , as Russell Adderson put it.

Eleventh Hour Games, the studio behind competing action RPG Last Epoch, accidentally put itself in the perfect position to benefit—like Jon Lovitz lurking behind the curtain off-stage in The Wedding Singer. It delayed Last Epoch's Season 2 update, Tombs of the Erased, to avoid being overshadowed and instead launched at the perfect time to pick up a bunch of disaffected Path of Exile 2 players.

It's a hefty addition and revision, and players are already celebrating its success by . Still, I can't help but think it's a bit of a devil's [[link]] bargain to trade one constantly updating live-service action RPG for another—especially when .

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