Path of Exile - The Lord's Labyrinth Gamebook and ExileCon Overview
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Path of Exile, Grinding Gear Games' hack 'n' slash action-RPG, is an online only game. But what if you're interested in some Path of Exile action that doesn't require an Internet connection? Well in that case, you should direct your attention to the upcoming “The Lord's Labyrinth” gamebook. Coming as part of the Core Supporter Pack later this year, this choose your own adventure book will allow you to explore Path of Exile's Labyrinth using only some dice and a pencil. The link above features a few sample pages. And here are the text parts:
Alongside ongoing development of expansions to Path of Exile, over the past year we have been working on our very first gamebook. We're happy to introduce The Lord's Labyrinth, a Path of Exile Gamebook which will be available in higher tiers of the upcoming new Core Supporter Packs later this year! The gamebook is written by Chris Kluwe, illustrations are created by Jerry Gu and Jason Hong.
The Lord's Labyrinth is a 'choose your own path' type of book. You are Weylin of Ezomyr, an Ezomyte slave. Captured as a child and raised as a gladiator, you will be offered the chance to undergo the trials of the mad Emperor Izaro and his Lord’s Labyrinth. As Weylin, it is up to you to decide how the story will play out. Every choice is yours and yours alone. Some will lead to death, some to glory, and all will traverse the darkest paths of Wraeclast’s accursed past.
The gamebook (as well as other physical goods) will be available for higher tiers of the new Core Supporter Packs which are expected to be released at the end of this year. We do plan to sell the gamebook (in potentially digital as well as physical versions) outside Supporter Packs, but it will likely happen only after the end of these new Supporter Packs (so do not expect it to be available for direct purchase in the near future, but it will be eventually). Please note that the gamebook is in English and we are not planning to translate it to other languages due to the number of words and the limited print run.
We are very excited to bring this gamebook to the Path of Exile community and hope you will like it as much as we do! In the meantime, check out the cover and some of the illustrations below[...]
And since the official ExileCon is just a few weeks away, you may also be interested in this press release that concisely outlines what to expect from this convention:
Auckland, New Zealand - October 30, 2019 - 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: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.
- 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.
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.
