2023 has been an amazing year for Path of Exile, with ExileCon 2023 being held in New Zealand, as well as reveals of Path of Exile 2 along with three full expansions for Path of Exile 1! Check out some of the statistics below, as we take a moment to look back at this eventful year. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//5193306/7727897675de471ba6365cac33a51ad14b128b27.jpg[/img] [list] [*] We launched three expansions: Crucible, The Trial of the Ancestors and Affliction [*] We broke last year's concurrent player record of 270,260 with 321,180 players! [*] We teased the Sorceress in Path of Exile 2 at Summer Game Fest, then the Monk at the PC Gaming Show shortly after that. [*] We held ExileCon 2023, where players from around the world came to New Zealand to celebrate all things Path of Exile. [*] We announced that Path of Exile 2 will be a separate game from Path of Exile 1, each with their own cycles. [*] We flew to Germany to attend Gamescom, then to Seattle for PAX West to show off the Druid in Path of Exile 2. [*] We revealed the Mercenary and announced WASD movement for Path of Exile 2. [*] We revamped Breach and Abyss, overhauling how they work and changing almost every Breach and Abyss Unique Item. [*] We introduced an auto-battler style game mechanic in Trial of the Ancestors. [*] We introduced Tattoos and Omens into the game. [*] We added the Forbidden Sanctum into the core game! [*] We changed the Chaos Orb stack size from 10 to 20. [*] We introduced some QoL to trades, such as holding Alt to see the total currency added to the trade window, and being able to split currency stacks while in a trade. [*] We temporarily brought back the Lake of Kalandra and Recombinators in our Blast from the Past event. [*] [strike]Ebin[/strike] [strike]Ebon[/strike] [strike]Evan[/strike] Eben learned how to pronounce "[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtU5mT1B0I0&t=496s]attributes[/url]". [*] Tane vanished from the Atlas. [url=https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2023-11-29/QOLTeaser1080.jpg]I wonder, is Tane still sane?[/url] [*] We finally brought back Ultimatum! [*] We've continued to finetune the balance of the Ruthless game mode. [*] We held our very first Ruthless Solo Self-Found Boss Kill Event, with playlifee claiming first place and designing the Replica Dragonfang's Flight Unique Amulet as a result. [*] We held another Boss Kill Event after that, with none other than Ben claiming first prize. [*] We overhauled the Saboteur, Pathfinder, Chieftain and Guardian Ascendancies, giving them new tools to build around. [*] We added both the Voidborne Reliquary Key and Valdo's Puzzle Box to the game, letting supporters leave their mark in Path of Exile. [*] We updated Path of Exile's distance units to work with the Metric system. [*] We introduced three new alternate Ascendancies in Affliction. [*] We overhauled Skill Gems, giving a heaping ton of them one or more Transfigured versions, enabling more builds and ways to play. [*] With the removal of Alternate Gems, we overhauled Heist and buffed all the Heist Base items, like the Simplex Amulet. [*] We (kinda) buffed Cleave's radius to +0.1 metres to per 3 Rage. [*] We posted news 371 times, with a first time temporary news break before ExileCon 2023. [*] We posted approximately 3401 lines of Patch Notes, across 85 patches and hotfixes. We also posted approximately 1898 lines of Patch Notes on Console. [*] And finally, we sold 185,132 Weta Pets! [/list] A big thank you to everyone for playing Path of Exile and for your support. Here's to another year!