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Path of Exile, a popular free-to-play game RPG, has appeared on the radar several times since its first upgrade in 2013. Despite the launch of the Legion since June this year, the situation seems to be calm. But after a while, Grinding Gear Games returned to the new Blight update. While the update hosts some tweaks, changes, and additions, the show's star is the new Blight challenge itself, and it's like a tower defense game.

Sister Cassia experimented with preventing the spread of mentally controlled blight by destroying the development of fungi. When attacked, the Blight command will infect the monster to shield it. The monsters unconsciously follow Blight's tendrils, just attacking the enemy upon their path. The infected body's very tough, which means you need to create a defensive tower to look at advantage of the precise weaknesses of each one monster. For each in the tendrils you defend, you will see a POE Currency and also your reward around the chest.

Although the tower defense model is often a sign of the current lack of creativity in the development team, the update itself looks very interesting. As you can see in the trailer above, it seems like it can get out of control very quickly.

The update also includes;

18 new divination cards
16 new skills and support for POE Orbs
16 new unique items.
Rebalance 24 pre-existing unique POE Trade.

Although the game is free, the update also provides support packages, including new support packages specifically for further updates, although they may seem a bit expensive. Blight is now available for PC players and will be available on September 9th for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 players.