Path of Exile gets a heist league because its producer saw Ocean's 11 on Netflix

Grinding Gear Games borrows from a variety of sources of inspiration for Path of Exile's various leagues. The previous Harvest update takes some cues from Stardew Valley, whereas Pokemon and old flash games have influenced others in the past. The idea behind the most recent PoE league, heist, though, comes from Steven Soderbergh film Ocean's 11.

GGG co-founder Chris Wilson tells us that he and the studio's technical director Jonathan Rogers were mulling over the theme of the upcoming expansion back in February. Stumped, they turned to Netflix. "We get to a car racing movie and think, can we do a league about this?" Wilson recalls. "We seriously talked about what it means to have a vehicle that you're building, Path of Exile, and how that would work - but that didn't pan out. Eventually, we got to Ocean's 11, or some other heist movie on the list, and thought, well, that would be cool.

"Instantly, you know exactly what that league is going to be. You're going to rob some places, it's going to be exciting, and there's going to be guards. There's going to be bypassing security and planning around a big table with maps pulled out over it with other people pouring over it."

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