It turns out you can have too much of a good thing as a game developer. Grinding Gear Games made its name on Path of Exile, an excellent action RPG with a sprawling skill system that looks like what Final Fantasy X’s sphere grid wants to be when it grows up. The popular hack and slash has spawned a sequel that launches in Steam Early Access on December 6, and fans are excited to jump in. Maybe too excited.
“We’ve just reached one million Early Access redemptions,” Grinding Gear Games wrote on social media. “The support you have all shown for Path of Exile 2 Early Access is far beyond anything we could have ever predicted. However, we want to be upfront with you all and let you know there may very well be queues over the weekend.”
