"We've done all the things that need to happen for that." Image credit: Eurogamer / Valve Deep and delightful action role-playing game Path of Exile 2 will effectively be Steam Deck verified by the end of this month, developer Grinding Gear Games has told me. Valve's actual verification may come a little later, but the changes Path of Exile 2 needs to achieve it will land with patch 0.5.0 on 29th May. This will be the last major patch for Path of Exile 2 in early access, by the way, with the next major moment being Path of Exile 2's full 1.0 release, which is apparently happening this year . Game director and studio co-founder Jonathan Rogers told me about the Steam Deck changes while discussing whether Grinding Gear Games has done any exploratory work getting Path of Exile 2 on Switch 2 . The last time we spoke, at the end of 2025, the studio hadn't. The incoming patch - the last Path of Exile 2 early access patch before 1.0. It's a whopper.…