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New Warframe: 1999 Gameplay and Release Window Revealed at TennoCon 2024 Alongside Future Content Release Schedule

Sold-out fan celebration recap: New Warframe content and more arriving all year long, including fresh Quests, Updates, gameplay mechanics, and multimedia projects

 

LONDON, ONTARIO - July 20, 2024 - Digital Extremes revealed a wide variety of new content for its 80+ million player sci-fi epic, Warframe, including an extended gameplay demo for its next Narrative Chapter in the evolving saga — Warframe: 1999 — releasing Winter 2024 on all current platforms. Players won’t have to wait long to go hands-on with new Warframe content, though, with a new 1999 Prologue Quest — The Lotus Eaters — debuting for all platforms this August offering a bite-sized entry into Warframe: 1999 and further staging its narrative stakes.
 

"I feel so blessed that this incredible community trusts us with this strange new adventure we are setting off on with Warframe: 1999," said Rebecca Ford, Creative Director on Warframe. "We've collaborated with our community collectively over the past 11 years and promise to continue to do so in an era full of space boy bands, Warframes and Protoframes meeting, and working to figure out: Where is Albrecht Entrati? We will be hitting the road on a worldwide tour to express our gratitude to players in person at Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, and more!"

 

Notable reveals made during Digital Extremes’ annual celebration include:
 

  • WARFRAME: 1999 (WINTER 2024): Enter a brand new era of Warframe by traveling back to Earth in 1999 and discover a grungy, alternate world littered with secrets. Narratively team up with a cast of six different iconic Protoframes in order to track down Dr. Entrati before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. New and notable features arriving alongside Warframe: 1999 include:
     

    • INFESTED 90’S BOY BAND HUNTS: : Get ready to go larger than life, Infested Liches are finally coming to Warframe! Infringing on the copyright of 90’s boy band On-lyne, Technocyte Coda are an Infested variation of Earth’s iconic heartthrobs, one of which being voiced by Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 4). Download their hit single “PARTY OF YOUR LIFETIME” tomorrow on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and more!

   
  • NEW WARFRAME, CYTE-09: Previously a reckless and friendless fortune hunter, he now lends his skills to Arthur’s team as the best marksman around. Meanwhile, in the modern Origin System, bring this new playable Warframe’s passé sharpshooter skills from 1999 into the present (wearing a stylish beret).
     

  • MOUNTS + WEAPONS + SKINS: Mount up on a new method of traversal with the Atomicyle, capable of drifting, bullet-jumping, and even acting as an impromptu explosive. Loot new weapons similar to real-world counterparts with a special Warframe twist, like Arthur’s AX-52 rifle. Fully voice acted, customizable, premiere Gemini Skins for Protoframes and base Warframes with exclusive emotes will be obtainable.
     

For a comprehensive rundown about TennoCon’s Warframe announcements, giveaways, player rewards, and official merch visit the official event website and Warframe news hub webpage, as well as keep an eye on our Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok accounts.

 

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About Warframe

Warframe® has evolved the looter-shooter genre since its debut on PC in 2013, becoming a multi-generational game with more than 80+ million registered players across multiple console and mobile platforms. In this free sci-fi epic, players join an ancient class of warriors, the Tenno, and fight their way through an ever-expanding universe of over 18 planets and more than 55 Warframes, with four open worlds to discover. With unrivaled customization, an intriguing narrative, and one of the best communities in gaming, players can define their playstyle and become an unstoppable force with a squad. Warframe’s success has led to the creation of TennoCon, where thousands of fans descend upon the heart of Digital Extremes’ creative operations in London, Ontario, annually to discover the future of the game. For more information about Warframe, please visit: www.warframe.com.
 

About Digital Extremes

Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top video game development studios. Originating 30 years ago with the co-creation of Epic Games' multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise, including Unreal and Unreal Tournament, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio develops its games using its proprietary Evolution Engine and reached critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game Warframe®, supporting a global community of 80+ million registered players across all major core gaming platforms. Digital Extremes is currently developing its new IP – Soulframe® – with additional updates coming soon. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit www.digitalextremes.com

 

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