The origins of Warframe came out of Canadian studio Digital Extremes’ original vision for their previous game Dark Sector. Prior to that point, Digital Extremes was known as a work-for-hire studio, working alongside other studios to help complete development; this included working with Epic Games for Unreal Tournament (1999) and its sequels Unreal Tournament 2003 … Read more
Since its release, Digital Extremes has supported Warframe with patches and expanded the game through major updates. These updates have included major gameplay overhauls, such as its “Melee 2.0” combat system to give players a wider array of combat moves, additional planets and missions, story elements, limited-time and seasonal events, and new gameplay modes, alongside … Read more
In December 2015, Digital Extremes released Warframe‘s first cinematic story quest, “The Second Dream”. This quest features prominent characters from the game and introduces a new faction, the dreaded Sentients. Also, and most importantly, The Second Dream serves as an “Awakening” to the Tenno’s true nature, as more than a mere Warframe, “more than human, … Read more
In November 2016, Warframe‘s second cinematic quest was released, titled “The War Within”. This quest sends the player on the chase for Teshin, the master and overseer of the Conclave, as he is seen suspiciously searching the pods of the newly awakened Tenno. Tracking Teshin across the solar system leads to the discovery of the … Read more
An update to the game in November 2017, titled “Plains of Eidolon”, added an open-world area to the game. The Plains are a semi-open world, initially accessible through a “hub” named Cetus, a settlement on Earth where a people named the Ostrons reside, then directly through the player’s ship. As the game describes them, the … Read more
An update to the game in June 2018, titled “The Sacrifice”, added the third cinematic story to the game. Following on the events of Warframe‘s previous cinematic story quests, The Second Dream and The War Within, The Sacrifice sends the Tenno on a hunt across the solar system for a rogue Warframe known as Umbra. … Read more
The expansion “Fortuna”, was released on PC on November 8, 2018. The update focuses on the titular Fortuna Solaris Debt Internment Colony, which serves as a hub for the game’s second open-world map, Orb Vallis. The people of Fortuna (known as the Solaris) were enslaved by a Corpus known as Nef Anyo which uses ancient … Read more
The “Empyrean” update was revealed during TennoCon 2018 in July of that year and released on December 12, 2019. The update allowed players to construct a Railjack, an upgradeable spacecraft inspired by FTL: Faster Than Light. Players will be able to gain non-playable characters to populate the ship, customize the ship, and add upgrades. The … Read more
Warframe‘s third open-world update was announced via the game’s official YouTube channel on July 20, 2020 and was released on August 25, 2020 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and on August 27, 2020 for Nintendo Switch. It is the game’s first expansion to receive a simultaneous release across multiple platforms. The update adds Deimos, … Read more