Path of Exile 2 has entered early access, drawing huge crowds on Steam and Twitch thanks to some enticing free rewards for viewers.
For two weeks, Twitch viewers can snag cool stuff just by watching Path of Exile 2 streams. The first week, from December 6 to 14, offers an Energising Bolt Flask effect and a Halo of the Righteous helmet attachment after three hours of viewing. In the following week, December 14 to 22, fans only need to watch for three hours to get the Temporal Lord’s portal effect.
By gifting or buying two Twitch subscriptions during this period, players can also adopt a Chimera pet. Linking your Path of Exile account with Twitch is essential to snag all these goodies after the required watching time.
Seeing Path of Exile 2 break records and surpass Diablo 4’s peak viewers is quite exciting.
Even with the servers not launching on time, over a million viewers tuned in, watching streamers discuss their plans while staring at the login screen. Over a million eager players shelled out $30 for early access to a game that will eventually be free. This exceeded Grinding Gear Games’ hopes, leading them to scramble to add more servers and improve databases, which caused a slight delay for early access. Jonathan Rogers, the game director, advised that there might be login queues and server problems during the initial weekend since they weren’t sure how the system would handle all the players.
To dive deeper into the game, you can explore its cross-play and cross-progression features, and learn about the early-access period to make the most of your experience.
