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Grinding Gear Games (or GGG) is an independent video game developer founded in 2006 and based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Path of Exile is an online action role-playing game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games.

It is a free-to-play title supported by microtransactions.

An open beta was released on 23 January 2013, and the game was officially released on 23 October 2013.

Action role-playing video games (abbreviated action RPG or ARPG) is a loosely-defined subgenre of role-playing video games which emphasize real-time combat whereby the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat.

These games often use action game combat systems similar to hack and slash or shooter games.

Action role-playing games may also include action-adventure games that include a mission system and RPG mechanics, or massively multiplayer online role-playing games with real-time combat systems.

New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu—and around 600 smaller islands.

New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.

Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans.

During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life.

The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions.

New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.