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title: "Grinding Gear Games: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Grinding Gear Games is a New Zealand video game developer, which is considered the most prominent in the country. Founded in 2006, the Auckland company has produced two games, Path of Exile, and its sequel, Path of Exile 2."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-grinding-gear-games
type: Organization
wikidata: Q5609440
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_Gear_Games
website: http://www.grindinggear.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Grinding Gear Games

> Grinding Gear Games is a New Zealand video game developer, which is considered the most prominent in the country. Founded in 2006, the Auckland company has produced two games, Path of Exile, and its sequel, Path of Exile 2.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: New Zealand
- Founded: 2006-01-01
- Headquarters: Auckland
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: http://www.grindinggear.com/
- Also known as: GGG
- Industries: video game industry

## Key people

- Chris Wilson, founder (founder, producer and developer at Grinding Gear Games)

## Ownership

Parent: [Tencent](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent.md)

## Products

- Path of Exile

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Grinding Gear Games, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-grinding-gear-games#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5609440, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_Gear_Games

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