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			Grinding Gear Games is a video game developer and the largest video game company in New Zealand. Founded in 2006, the Auckland company has produced two games, Path of Exile, and its sequel, Path of Exile 2. Having started as an independent developer, the company was majority acquired by Chinese technology company Tencent in 2018, after Tencent had published Path of Exile in China in 2017. In 2025 Grinding Gear Games had 240 staff in New Zealand and paid almost NZ$100 million in dividends to Tencent that year.

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
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			Grinding Gear Games broke promises of providing existing customers with free equivalent paid features in their sequal, and broke that promise.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	~~This is a list~~ of all ~~consumer-protection incidents this company is involved~~ in. ~~Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[~~:~~Category~~:{{~~FULLPAGENAME~~}}\|{{~~PAGENAME~~}} category]].		=== Promised stash tabs not provided (Nov 21, 2024, 11:36:10 PM) ===
	===~~Example incident one (~~''~~date~~'')===		{{Main\|TBA}}On several streams and on their FAQ prior to the release of Path of Exile 2, the sequel to their widely popular Path of Exile 1, they stated that all microtransactions will eventually be made available to those who already bought the equivalent stash tabs in PoE1. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-11-21, 11:36:10 PM \|title=Path of Exile 2 - Early access FAQ \|url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3587981 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-06-04 \|website=Grinding Gear Games}}</ref> However, now that similar stash tabs have been released, those who owned the PoE1 versions did not receive their PoE2 counterpart. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-06-04 \|title=So guilds and guild stash tabs will no longer be carried over to POE 2? \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1h5f9a8/so_guilds_and_guild_stash_tabs_will_no_longer_be/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-06-04 \|website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-11-23 \|title=What stash tabs will hold catalysts and "oils" in PoE 2? \|url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3588706 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-06-04 \|website=Path of exile}}</ref> Fragment stash tab and Ultimatum stash tab in PoE1 (https://www.pathofexile.com/shop/category/stash-tabs) covers the entirety of the Breach stash tab in PoE2. (https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Stash#Breach_Stash_Tab)<blockquote>
	~~{{Main\|link~~ to the ~~main CR Wiki article}}~~		==== ''<small>Will my Path of Exile 1 microtransactions work in Early Access?</small>'' ====
	~~Short summary~~ of ~~the incident (could~~ be ~~the same~~ as the ~~summary preceding the article)~~.		''<small>Yes, but not all microtransactions are available to use yet. Many recent MTXs and all stash tabs will be initially available, but due to a massive amount of microtransactions in Path of Exile 1, we’re still in the process of adding them all to Path of Exile 2, so many of them will be marked as ‘unavailable’ in your cosmetics tab. During Early Access we will be working through the backlog and making them all available.</small>''
	===~~Example incident two (~~''~~date~~'')===
	...		==== ''<small>How will my stash tabs from Path of Exile 1 work in Path of Exile 2?</small>'' ====
			''<small>Stash tab purchases made in Path of Exile 1 will be available in Path of Exile 2, where relevant. For example, a special league-related stash tab might not be available in Path of Exile 2 as that content does not exist there.</small>''
			''<small>We will be updating applicable stash tabs in Path of Exile 2, and stash tabs like the currency stash tab will hold different items to what it holds in Path of Exile 1.</small>''

			''<small>Stash tabs become remove-only when logged into a different platform where you don't own them.</small>''</blockquote>This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

	==Products==		==Products==

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NoobsDeSroobs: Added rough details and the main incident. Needs refinement.