From Garage To Glory - The Story of Grinding Gear Games

Greetings Gamers! Today we'll be taking a look at the very cool origin story of the company Grinding Gear Games and their fantastic game, Path of Exile. I'll break down the top 3 ingredients I think allowed for their continued success and we'll wrap it up with some Path of Exile 2 history/hype!

This is the result of weeks of internet sleuthing to find some of these old clips and pictures etc. I hope it does the company and the team any justice and that you all enjoy this piece of nostalgia, I thoroughly enjoyed putting it together :)

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Full GDC Talk by Chris Wilson:
►    • Designing Path of Exile to Be Played ...  

Chris Wilson's Insane MTG Misprint Collection:
►    • Some of the Most BIZARRE Magic The Ga...  

Path of Exile 2's Latest Trailer:
►    • Path of Exile 2 - Early Access Date A...  

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00:00 Introduction
01:33 The Origin Story
02:06 How Chris Wilson & Johnathan Rogers Met
03:40 How They Met Erik Olofsson
05:19 Bringing In Brian Weissman
06:52 GGG's Design Pillars
08:07 The Pre-Release Story
08:47 2010 Announcement Trailer Start
09:46 2010 Announcement Trailer End
10:58 2013 1.0 Release Trailer Start
12:21 2013 1.0 Release Trailer End
12:47 Recipe For Success
13:01 Ingredient #1
15:47 Ingredient #2
19:15 Ingredient #3
23:09 The Path of Exile 2 Story
26:45 Conclusion

I’m a game historian focused on documenting the development, lore, and stories behind ARPGs like Path of Exile, Path of Exile 2, and Last Epoch. I create longform, documentary-style videos that dive into game studios, mechanics, community moments, and indie dev journeys.