This update played a few tricks on us, so how about some sweet treats instead? This year we have some special bonuses for you to enjoy as a thank you for joining us to celebrate this spooky season together!

The below free DAILY LOGIN GIFTS* will be given via a popup upon entering the game during the below periods:

Oct. 24th 11AM ET – Oct. 30th 11AM ET
• 500 Iridescent Shards per Day (3,000 Total)
• 20,000 Bloodpoints per Day (120,000 Total)

Oct. 30th 11AM ET – Nov. 1st 11AM ET
• 2,750 Iridescent Shards per Day (5,500 Total)
• 100,000 Bloodpoints per Day (200,000 Total)

Nov. 1st 11AM ET – Nov. 4th 11AM ET
• 500 Iridescent Shards per Day (1,500 Total)
• 50,000 Bloodpoints per Day (150,000 Total)

BONUS: Hallowed Curse outfits are temporarily discounted to only 9,000 Iridescent Shards for the duration of the event! (only for outfits on original Characters)

Treat yourself to some sweets with enough Iridescent Shards for a full original Character, or Hallowed Curse outfit! This was the first Hallowed Collection to be released in Iridescent Shards for all players to be able to earn for free, even after the Eternal Blight event has ended when it will return to the normal Iridescent Shard price. Keep spreading the Halloween scares year-round!

Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!

*All login days start and end at 11AM ET

P.S. There will also be a Halloween weekend Bloodhunt for 2x Bloodpoints from Oct. 29th 11AM ET – Nov. 2nd 11AM ET. Stay tuned!

Note: It only applies for players not in the game.

Now's the best time to get your hands on the hit survival action game, Remnant: From the Ashes on Steam. From now until Monday, October 26 at 10:00 am PT, the base game will be discounted by 50% - our biggest discount yet! The Complete Edition (which includes the base game and both premium DLCs) will be discounted by 13%.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/617290/Remnant_From_the_Ashes/

In addition to the discounts, 10% of Perfect World's net revenue from game, DLC, and bundle purchases will benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

If you've already got the game or are looking to contribute more, donate to a good cause and be entered to win an exclusive Remnant-branded HyperX Cloud II headset.
Click HERE to visit the Extra Life donation page![www.extra-life.org]

Y5S3.3 was released on PC on October 20th.



Ace couldn't handle all the thirst from his fans.

• Reduced the number of explosive ticks of the SELMA Aqua Breacher to 2 ticks (down from 3).

Shoot your shot(gun).

• Added the ITA12S as a secondary weapon.

• Reduced vision recovery time to 0.4s (down from 1s).
  
• Reduced movement penalization by 50% to 12s (up from 6s).

• MP5 primary will replace the T-5. Optics available on the MP5 will be the red dot, holographic, and reflex.

• T-5 primary will replace the MP5. Optics available on the T-5 will be the red dot, holographic, reflex, and scope 1.5x.

• The guard break effect occurs when operators with a ballistic shield are hit by an explosion or take certain types of damage (from a scale of a minimum of 50 to trigger the guard break to 100 damage).
  
• 
  
• The severity of the guard break is proportional to the damage done to the shield. Electric damage and the minimum 50 damage threshold will trigger the minimum strength guard break animation.
  
• 
  
• Melee damage, concussion FX, sonic bursts, and explosions of 100 damage or higher will trigger the the maximum strength guard break animation.
  
• 
  
• Operators positioned behind a Clash, Monty, Blitz, or Fuze are now also partially protected from explosion damage (this still applies even if they are from the opposing team). This protection also applies if the shield is on the operator's back. Damage taken from the explosion is proportionally calculated based on the operator's exposure to the blast.
  
• 
  
• Instead of folding Montagne's Extendable shield, he now as a guard break animation.
  
• 
  
• Shield explosion protection is reduced to 66% (down from 80%).

• Damage drop-off is now more progressive to reach minimal damage at 50m (instead of 20m).
  
• Damage at max range increased to 68% (up from 48%).
  
• Suppressor damage penalization normalized to -12.5% regardless of range

• Changes to the defuser interaction that allow players to pick up the defuser, even in situations where it might have originally been inaccessible, due to falling into difficult-to-reach spaces.
  
• Improvements to the chat filter feedback system.
  
• The ban ticker has been deactivated for custom games. It will remain visible in all other game modes.

• FIXED - Sometimes defenders spawn on top of each other when in 2nd Floor Master Bedroom on Chalet.
  
• FIXED - Players can't vault over the half-wall/railing in 2F Library Stairs on Chalet.
  
• FIXED - Dropped defuser can be difficult to recover from behind the table of 2F Cigar Balcony on Kafe.
  
• FIXED - (PvE) Barbed wire spawns issues in Situation 10.
  
• FIXED - Poor lighting inside the cabinet between sofas in 1F Bar of Chalet.
  
• FIXED - Players can use a deployable shield to get to the counter next to the piano on Chalet.
  
• FIXED - Zero's Piercing Camera can pierce and see through the ceiling in 1F First Aid on Plane.
  
• FIXED - Missing SFX when picking up generic items.
  
• FIXED - (PvE) Missing pre-barricaded doors/windows in Heavily Fortified Situation.
  
• FIXED - Cancelling a Ranked queue can sometimes trigger an abandon penalty even when the player did not join a match.
  
• FIXED - Secondary hard breach gadget's blue light can sometimes be seen through a barricade when deployed on it.
  
• FIXED - Residual black smoke is visible after some soft walls in the Basement of Chalet are destroyed.
  
• FIXED - Minor map asset issues.

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2966143248202403640]here[/url].

We've just introduced three new Skill Effects. Check them out if Dominating Blow, Molten Shell or Banner Skills are part of your build or click here to get yours[pathofexile.com].




This weekend we're running a sale on a huge selection of weapon skins, weapon effects and shields with more than 150 cosmetic effects available at discounted prices, including the Glimmerwood Shield[www.pathofexile.com], Void Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com], Temple Weapon[www.pathofexile.com] and more. Please note that this sale excludes some of the weapon microtransactions introduced since the launch of the Heist expansion.

The sale will run from the time of this post until 8PM October 26th. Check out the full list of specials here[www.pathofexile.com].

To celebrate Halloween, we're running a sale on a selection of gory and dark microtransactions, including Armour Sets, Cloaks, Skill Effects and more. The Halloween Sale will run for the whole week until 8PM October 29th.

Have a look at the sale here[www.pathofexile.com]. Here is a list of everything that's available:

• Carnage Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Extra Gore Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Tentacle Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Extinction Armour Set[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Pitch Black Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gothic Armour Pack [www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gloom Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Fallen Angel Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Warlock Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malachai Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Executioner Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Vampiric Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Extinction Back Attachment[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gloom Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Raven Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Vampiric Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Raven Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Fallen Angel Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Raven Demon Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Carnage Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Reptilian Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malice Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malachai Cloak[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gothic Cloak[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Black Hooded Cloak[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Hand Wings[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ebony Character Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Heartseeker Character Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Character Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Bat Swarm Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Carnage Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Vampiric Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ebony Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Crimson Weapon Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Badge of Skulls[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Portal Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Vampiric Portal[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malachai Portal Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Blade Flurry Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Stormbind Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gloom Herald Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Reaper Spectral Throw[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Shield Charge Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Dark Cyclone Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ebony Tornado Shot Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Herald Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Raven Raging Spirit Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Split Arrow Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Bladefall Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Blade Vortex Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Reave Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Flameblast Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ebony Blast Rain Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Footprints Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Vampiric Footprints Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ebony Footprints Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Cat Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Blade Sentry Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Black Cat Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Grasping Hands Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Two Legged Goat[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gore Weta Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Blood Worm Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Demonic Moth Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Dark Swarm Pet[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malachai Heart Decoration[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Doomcrow Hideout Effect[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Blood Rain Decoration[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Skull Hood[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Iron Maiden[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Smoking Hood[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Bolted Hands Bundle[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Abyss Eyes[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Serrated Mohawk[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Pitch Black Bandana Bundle[www.pathofexile.com]

Thank you for your support!

If you enjoy creating hideouts or have an interesting concept you'd like to recreate in Path of Exile, be sure to participate in our new hideout competition! The winners will be rewarded with awesome prizes, including physical items and lots of hideout decorations for further creations!

• Custom avatar of a portion of the hideout
  
• Hideout Competition Winner Forum Badge
  
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts - (Chaos Orb[web.poecdn.com], Shaper[web.poecdn.com], Untainted Paradise[web.poecdn.com] or Solaris/Lunaris[web.poecdn.com])
  
• Signed Brutus Art Print
  
• Foam Exalted Orb[web.poecdn.com]
  
• Your choice of a Hideout from the list below
  
• Your choice of an Armour Set from the list below
  
• Hideout Decorations: Celestial Tree Decoration, Arcane Throne, Huntsman Building Supplies x2, Mystic Building Supplies Decoration x2, Black Statue x2, White Statue x2, Water Elemental Hideout Decoration x3, Fire Ball Pet, Ice Ball Pet, White Crystal Decoration x2, Harlequin Apparition Environment Decoration, Ringmaster Fireworks Environment Decoration x2, Lightning Swarm Pet x2, Falling Leaves Decoration x5, Wide Light Beam Decoration x5
  
• Hideout Bundle: Black Building Supplies x2, White Building Supplies x2, Wasteland Sandstorm Decoration x2, Wild Wind Effect x2, Oriath Citizen Decoration, Light Swarm Pet x2

• Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirt - (Chaos Orb, Shaper, Untainted Paradise or Solaris/Lunaris)
  
• Signed Brutus Art Print
  
• Foam Exalted Orb
  
• Your choice of an Armour Set from the list below
  
• Hideout Decorations: Celestial Tree Decoration, Arcane Throne, Huntsman Building Supplies x2, Mystic Building Supplies Decoration x2, Black Statue x2, White Statue x2, Water Elemental Hideout Decoration x3, Fire Ball Pet, Ice Ball Pet, White Crystal Decoration x2, Harlequin Apparition Environment Decoration, Ringmaster Fireworks Environment Decoration x2, Lightning Swarm Pet x2, Falling Leaves Decoration x5, Wide Light Beam Decoration x5
  
• Hideout Bundle: Black Building Supplies x2, White Building Supplies x2, Wasteland Sandstorm Decoration x2, Wild Wind Effect x2, Oriath Citizen Decoration, Light Swarm Pet x2

• Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirt - (Chaos Orb, Shaper, Untainted Paradise or Solaris/Lunaris)
  
• Your choice of an Armour Set from the list below
  
• Hideout Decorations: Mystic Building Supplies Decoration x2, White Statue x2, Ice Ball Pet, White Crystal Decoration x2, Wide Light Beam Decoration x5
  
• Hideout Bundle: Black Building Supplies x2, White Building Supplies x2, Wasteland Sandstorm Decoration x2, Wild Wind Effect x2, Oriath Citizen Decoration, Light Swarm Pet x2

• Hideout Bundle: Black Building Supplies x2, White Building Supplies x2, Wasteland Sandstorm Decoration x2, Wild Wind Effect x2, Oriath Citizen Decoration, Light Swarm Pet x2

Players who win a Hideout will be able to choose from the following list:

• Champion's Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ravenous Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Morbid Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Furious Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Indomitable Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Towering Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Eclipsed Hideout[www.pathofexile.com]

Players who win an Armour Set will be able to choose from the following list:

• Darkprism Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Harlequin Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Ringmaster Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Wild Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Miracle Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gothic Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Coldsnap Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Sphinx Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Havenwood Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Executioner Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Malachai Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Blood Guard Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Seawitch Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gargoyle Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Fallen Angel Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Huntsman Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Gorgon Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Radiant Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Bear Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Mageguard Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Elite Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Seraph Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Verdant Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]
  
• Raven Armour Pack[www.pathofexile.com]

Pick a clear theme and create a hideout that clearly represents it. Post screenshots or a video in reply to this thread[www.pathofexile.com] to enter. To submit a screenshot, just upload it to an image hosting site like imgur.com, copy the address of the uploaded image and post it in this thread using IMG tags.

• Your hideout must be created after the release of the Heist expansion.
  
• Hideouts that have previously been featured in the Hideout Showcase news series or submitted to the Hideout Showcase forum are not eligible for entry.
  
• Your hideout must be your own work.
  
• Your hideout must be safe to showcase (nothing lewd or offensive).
  
• Submit your hideout from the account that the hideout is on. Please leave the hideout intact until the judging is complete, so that we can check it.
  
• Multiple submissions are welcome and encouraged!

The competition starts at the time of this post and will end on Monday the 16th of November at 9am (NZT). We'll announce the winners sometime in the days following this date. Winners will be chosen based on creativity and how well they've represented their chosen theme. To keep it fair, we will be selecting a mixture of hideouts with hideout decoration microtransactions and those without.

Best of luck to everyone! We can't wait to see what you create.

Tome V features new kinds of challenges: take on the role of a Survivor and interact with the Pustula Flowers that have bloomed throughout The Entity's Realm to harvest them for rewards and Bloodpoints. Complete new Killer Challenges exclusive to The Blight to uncover the story of Talbot Grimes' slow descent into madness.

As you brave your way through haunting new challenges, you will uncover the never-seen-before memories of Talbot Grimes (The Blight), Nea Karlsson, and Max Thompson Jr. (The Hillbilly)!

The destructive instinct—fighting, torturing, killing. Experiences buried deep within our hearts waiting for the slightest provocation to be unleashed. Yet looking closer we sometimes find a passion not for destruction but for something else… Something far more creative, intricate and complex. When the scales of justice are corrupt, the creative instinct rouses within us a need for expression... A need for retribution... a need to shed blood for years of unpunished abuse, suffering and cruelty... It becomes not an act of destruction but an act of creation. It becomes... a work of art.

Unlockable character Memories include:

• Talbot Grimes (The Blight) - DOORS UNKNOWN
  
• Nea Karlsson - REBEL WITH A CAUSE
  
• Max Thompson Jr. (The Hillbilly) - A MAN NAMED BOY

In the UNLEASHED Rift, earn over 60 cosmetic items through the Free and Premium tracks to be yours forever even once the Rift closes. Unlock 10 new outfits, including the Unleashed Collection for the Tome V focus characters. Unlock the Rift Pass in-game and get instant access to 3 exclusive items for 1,000 Auric Cells. You can earn it all back by playing the game.

Look deeper into the Fog with Tome V: UNLEASHED. Available now through The Archives.

Celebrate Halloween in the Fog with The Eternal Blight event in Dead by Daylight.

From October 21 to November 4, The Entity's Realm will be transformed into a celebration of the macabre, with special event Hooks and Generators that grant even more Bloodpoints for you to earn.

The Eternal Blight event sees the return of the Pustula Flowers to the Fog, bringing with them Halloween items and add-ons from years past, as well as some new additions that are sure to provide plenty of treats, and even a few tricks for you to discover. The event brings with it the final chapter in The Hallowed Blight story arc that began in 2018.



In Tome V: UNLEASHED, the Observer's Auris Web features new Halloween-themed Challenges. Take on the role of a Survivor and interact with the Pustula Flowers that have bloomed throughout The Entity's Realm to harvest them for rewards and Bloodpoints. Venture into the trials and complete challenges exclusive to The Blight to uncover the story of Talbot Grimes' slow descent into madness and his journey in The Entity's Realm through new lore entries in The Archives. For the full story, revisit or experience The Hallowed Blight (2018) animatics for the first time through the Collection menu and return to Tome I to unlock The Hallowed Catalyst (2019) animatic.

In addition to new Challenges, The Eternal Blight event also introduces the first universal Killer add-on: Blighted Serum. Available to all Killers through the Bloodweb, this limited-time add-on allows all the Killers of The Fog to access the power of the Pustula Flower, granting them a burst of speed similar to The Blight's Rush ability after hooking a Survivor. Enjoy this ability while it lasts, as Blighted Serum will no longer be useable once the event comes to an end.

HALLOWEEN REWARDS



With the new special event comes 4 unique Halloween-themed Charms for you to collect.

NEW STORE COLLECTION: HALLOWED CURSE



As the Pustula Glower blooms throughout The Entity's Realm, those infected by its powerful nectar become living nightmares. Survivors, investigating the strange phenomenon, search for answers to one of the Realm's great mysteries.

The Hallowed Curse Collection now available in the store introduces even more terrifying Blighted Outfits that are sure to turn heads, whether you're terrorizing a group of Survivors or running circles around a Killer. This new Collection includes a terrifying new cosmetic set for The Ghost Face®.

HALLOWEEN SALE



Let There Be Blight!

For a limited time, save up to 75% on a selection of outfits available in the in-game store, including the Hallowed Blight and Hallowed Catalyst Collections! In addition, enjoy up to a 50% discount on all characters released prior to Chapter XVI and 20% off Silent Hill characters! Offer ends November 1st 11AM ET

Prepare yourselves for a festival of frights and a bloody good time with The Eternal Blight event in Dead by Daylight!

Community Race Organizers Brittleknee and Rex are teaming up to host an Alternate Start Duos event this weekend. It takes place over two days, where Day One is centred around strategy and preparation, and Day Two is the Alternate Start race itself. Racers will compete from A10 Kitava until they defeat Awakener at Awakening Level 5.

Day One: October 23rd: 9:00PM (PDT) (countdown available here[www.timeanddate.com])
Day Two: October 24th: 9:00PM (PDT) (countdown available here[www.timeanddate.com])

This race is open to all Qualified Racers in the PoECR Discord. To join the discord and learn more about the Qualification process, click here[discord.gg].

• Day One will begin with character creation.
  
• Day One will end after five hours have elapsed.
  
• Day One will be capped progression-wise before A10 Kitava.
  
• Day One will be capped at 437 million experience. This is level 72, with approximately 10% completion towards level 73. If you go beyond this, you must regress back. Materials for Regressing will not be provided.
  
• Day Two will begin with A10 Kitava at level ~ 72.
  
• Day Two will end when five duos have defeated Awakener at Awakening Level 5.
  
• You do not have to be in the boss Arena together unless you want to be.
  
• Cull is permitted, but Ascendancies cannot be changed from initial Ascension.
  
• If racers want to engage in normal Heist League content during race downtime, they will need to join the race under a racing account.
  
• Profiles must be public for the account that racers are using in the event.
  
• If an account is found to be online during downtime, if gear changes, or if XP changes, the duo will be disqualified.

A $1000 cash prize pool is provided by Rex.

• 1st: 40%
  
• 2nd: 25%
  
• 3rd: 20%
  
• 4th: 10%
  
• 5th: 5%

While this is not an officially supported event, we're pleased to encourage the community to run events and engage in the competitive side of Path of Exile! Good luck to everyone participating!