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|Description=Grinding Gear Games is a video game developer, the largest in New Zealand. Founded in November 2006, acquired by Tencent in 2018. | |Description=Grinding Gear Games is a video game developer, the largest in New Zealand. Founded in November 2006, acquired by Tencent in 2018. | ||
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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. | '''Grinding Gear Games''' is a video game developer and the largest video game company in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keall |first=Chris |date=2024-03-06 |title=Profit nearly halves at NZ’s largest video game firm, Grinding Gear Games |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/profit-nearly-halves-at-nzs-largest-video-game-firm-grinding-gear-games/KNAMW6SP7BD7FEKGWDSBIYCG7A/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260614021257/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/profit-nearly-halves-at-nzs-largest-video-game-firm-grinding-gear-games/KNAMW6SP7BD7FEKGWDSBIYCG7A/ |archive-date=2026-06-14 |access-date=2026-06-13 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref> 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.{{Citation needed|date=10 June 2026}} | In 2025, Grinding Gear Games had 240 staff in New Zealand and paid almost NZ$100 million in dividends to Tencent that year.{{Citation needed|date=10 June 2026}} | ||
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===Promised stash tabs not provided (''2024'')=== | ===Promised stash tabs not provided (''2024'')=== | ||
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 micro-transactions will eventually be made available to those who already bought the equivalent stash tabs in PoE1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |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= | 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 [[Predatory microtransactions|micro-transactions]] will eventually be made available to those who already bought the equivalent stash tabs in PoE1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=Path of Exile 2 - Early access FAQ |url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3587981 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260611021533/https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3587981 |archive-date=2026-06-11 |access-date=2026-06-04 |website=Path of Exile}}</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://old.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1h5f9a8/so_guilds_and_guild_stash_tabs_will_no_longer_be/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515174651/https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1h5f9a8/so_guilds_and_guild_stash_tabs_will_no_longer_be/ |archive-date=2025-05-15 |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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260611021931/https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3588706 |archive-date=2026-06-11 |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>'' '''Will my Path of Exile 1 microtransactions work in Early Access?''' ''<br /> | <blockquote>'' '''Will my Path of Exile 1 microtransactions work in Early Access?''' ''<br /> | ||
''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.'' | ''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.'' | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[Activision Blizzard]] | |||
[[Electronic Arts]] | |||
[[Predatory microtransactions]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||