Path of Exile’s Legion league is now live and launched – and hitting record concurrency

June 7, 2019 1:00 PM

Here’s the bad news: Path of Exile is offline for the next three hours. But there’s good news too, and that’s that when the game is back up at 4 p.m. EDT this afternoon, it’ll launch the Legion expansion/league. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players will be waiting until Monday for their turn. As we’ve previously noted, this league introduces the Blood and Sand Gladiator and the Rage Berserker archetypes as well as overhauls the game’s melee combat.

“Trapped for thousands of years in the Domain of Timeless Conflict, Wraeclast’s mightiest military leaders have been fighting an eternal war. In Path of Exile: Legion, you’ll set free their legions and battle them to earn valuable rewards. Additionally in this latest expansion, Grinding Gear Games has created an entirely new melee combat experience. All melee attacks now hit multiple enemies, and all movement skills are now instant, with additional movement and dodging skills added to various classes.”

Stay tuned for this evening; we’ll be streaming our first adventures in the new league live tonight at 8 p.m. EDT on OPTV (server stability permitting!). And in the meantime, check out some of our past coverage on the update, especially MJ’s initial reveal and chat with Grinding Gear!