https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/path-of-exile-2-beta-will-now-take-place-in-2021/ In a forum post on the Path of Exile website, Grinding Gear Games said: “When we announced Path of Exile 2 last year, we mentioned that the earliest an early Beta could occur might be late 2020. This is definitely not happening this year, due to significant schedule delays due to the pandemic.”
Coronavirus has been causing various delays, with the recent Path of Exile: Harvest expansion requiring extra development time. This will have a knock-on effect on the other two expansions coming in the second half of 2020, which in turn, means “some delays for the sequel”. At this point, Grinding Gear Games is “extremely optimistic for managing the year ahead”, having successfully developed and released the Harvest expansion with developers working from home. We should hear more about the Path of Exile 2 beta next year.
This is not a surprise in my opinion as many games have been delayed due to COVID-19.