{"id":1561815,"date":"2026-04-24T20:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2E3m3VXoMEjNmrb43H9GPh"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:13:39","slug":"the-release-date-for-path-of-exile-2s-next-expansion-couldnt-be-better-for-action-rpg-fans-planning-to-play-diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-release-date-for-path-of-exile-2s-next-expansion-couldnt-be-better-for-action-rpg-fans-planning-to-play-diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-first\/","title":{"rendered":"The release date for Path of Exile 2&#8217;s next expansion couldn&#8217;t be better for action RPG fans planning to play Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred first"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tqb4pk3bkbs\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sometimes I think I would be better off if I was one of those people who only likes one action RPG. But, sadly, I&#8217;m cursed to enjoy both Path of Exile 2 and Diablo 4, which means I&#8217;m forced to juggle both when they drop new stuff in the same month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/diablo-4s-highly-anticipated-paladin-class-is-playable-today-before-its-second-expansion-launches-next-year\/\">Diablo 4&#8217;s shadow-dropp of paladins<\/a> last December came within 24 hours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/path-of-exile-2s-new-druid-class-is-the-most-fun-you-can-have-being-a-bear-in-a-videogame-right-now\/\">PoE 2&#8217;s new class (druid)<\/a> and expansion, which, given their similar release schedules, was bad news for anyone who enjoys experiencing one action RPG season at a time.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we learned that won&#8217;t be the case for their upcoming major updates, as PoE&#8217;s next expansion has been pushed almost a month later than it was expected to release. According to a recent post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kiwijuicing\/status\/2047069461115744543\">X<\/a> by lead community manager Kelly, the expansion is &#8220;shaping up to be one of the biggest ones we&#8217;ve ever released; it just needs a little longer to cook!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Developer Grinding Gear Games will host an announcement stream for PoE 2: Return of the Ancients on May 7, but the expansion won&#8217;t be out until May 29. That gives me and everyone else who is excited to jump into Diablo 4&#8217;s new expansion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-review\/\">Lord of Hatred<\/a>, on April 27 an entire month before it&#8217;s PoE 2 time.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tqb4pk3bkbs\">teaser trailer for Return of the Ancients<\/a> doesn&#8217;t give away much about what&#8217;s coming in the update, even though we already know some of what to expect from GGG&#8217;s previous comments. A sprawling fortress rises out of the ground in the 30-second trailer, walling off a section of Wraeclast. The endless world map where the game&#8217;s endgame takes place will also be getting a massive overhaul in the update, which could mean that the new version will involve whoever these returinng &#8220;ancients&#8221; are.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly&#8217;s suggestion that the expansion is notably bigger than the others has sent PoE 2 Reddit users into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/the-silksong-subreddit-is-conducting-elaborate-ritual-ban-sacrifices-in-an-attempt-to-cure-silksanity-and-secure-the-games-release\/\">Silksong-esque<\/a> frenzy. One poster currently believes Kelly&#8217;s recent photo of a spider on a keyboard is actually an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PathOfExile2\/comments\/1su9qaf\/two_separate_tweets_from_kelly_ggg_and_they_might\/\">elaborately disguised teaser for the duelist class<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This expansion is shaping up to be one of the biggest ones we\u2019ve ever released; it just needs a little longer to cook! We\u2019ve got some plans for the lead-up to GGG Live on May 7th PDT. Stay tuned, guys \ud83d\ude04<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2047069461115744543\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;At first it seemed completely random\u2026 until I remembered the 2023 ExileCon trailer,&#8221; PuzzleheadedHair2331 wrote before explaining their theory. In that trailer, a duelist character fights a spider in gladiator armor. Kelly replied to someone with a Gladiator movie GIF about a completely different post four days earlier, and new art of the duelist class appeared on a popular PoE 2 database website recently. &#8220;I have come to the conclusion that the duelist will appear in version 0.5,&#8221; they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I need to analyze random social media posts and a three-year-old trailer to predict that a new class or new campaign act might be added in the update. PoE 2 is supposedly coming out of early access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/path-of-exile-2-director-says-he-would-be-beyond-shocked-if-it-didnt-come-out-in-2026-we-never-intended-to-be-in-early-access-this-long\/\">this year<\/a>, and I imagine GGG will be adding a lot over the next several months in anticipation of that.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, it sounds like the expansion will be bigger than some of the recent ones. Luckily there will be plenty of time to dig into it all once I&#8217;ve started to wrap up my time with Lord of Hatred. Blizzard has reworked Diablo 4&#8217;s endgame to have more meaningful progression over a slower timeframe\u2014something I&#8217;ve wanted for a while. A month is a healthy amount of time to push a character pretty far before PoE 2 starts eating into my Diablo time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"5f439776-9efe-4692-a668-0fc2666a9d60\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-release-date-for-path-of-exile-2s-next-expansion-couldnt-be-better-for-action-rpg-fans-planning-to-play-diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-first.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"5f439776-9efe-4692-a668-0fc2666a9d60\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-release-date-for-path-of-exile-2s-next-expansion-couldnt-be-better-for-action-rpg-fans-planning-to-play-diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-first\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I think I would be better off if I was one of those people who only likes one action RPG. But, sadly, I&#8217;m cursed to enjoy both Path of Exile 2 and Diablo 4, which means I&#8217;m forced to juggle both when they drop new stuff in the same month. Diablo 4&#8217;s shadow-dropp of paladins last December came within 24 hours of PoE 2&#8217;s new class (druid) and expansion, which, given their similar release schedules, was bad news for anyone who enjoys experiencing one action RPG season at a time. This week, we learned that won&#8217;t be the case for their upcoming major updates, as PoE&#8217;s next expansion has been pushed almost a month later than it was expected to release. According to a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-release-date-for-path-of-exile-2s-next-expansion-couldnt-be-better-for-action-rpg-fans-planning-to-play-diablo-4-lord-of-hatred-first\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1561816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1561815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The release date for Path of Exile 2&#039;s next expansion couldn&#039;t be better for action RPG fans planning to play Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred first | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes I think I would be better off if I was one of those people who only likes one action RPG. 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