Digital Extremes simply introduced its TennoCon 2025 livestream to an in depth after revealing a smorgasbord of details about the way forward for Warframe and Soulframe.
The studio behind the favored multiplayer area ninja motion sport and its free-to-play fantasy follow-up handled in-person and distant followers to hours of bulletins, together with a recent take a look at never-before-seen gameplay, new cosmetics, and a few of the main updates nonetheless but to come back in 2025. It was one more jam-packed displaying for the Digital Extremes workforce because it careens towards the launch of extra story expansions for Warframe and the eventual launch of Soulframe.
From Warframe’s new The Outdated Peace Narrative Chapter and the devil-frame Uriel to Soulframe’s recent gameplay updates, we’ve gathered the entire highlights from right this moment’s TennoCon 2025 livestream presentation so that you can try proper right here. Plus, whether or not you’re seeing the whole lot for the primary time or simply on the lookout for a refresher, we’ve additionally included info Digital Extremes shared with press throughout a TennoCon preview occasion IGN attended earlier this month.
Soulframe
Soulframe continues to be very a lot in improvement, however that didn’t cease Digital Extremes from offering attendees with a brand new gameplay deep dive. Similar to TennoCon 2024, this yr’s Soulframe presentation provides followers a dwell take a look at the workforce’s progress, highlighting the entire enhancements, large and small.
Intensive customization choices are one ingredient Digital Extremes plans to hold from Warframe to Soulframe, with the workforce doubling down on that concept throughout TennoCon right this moment. Moreover, whereas Soulframe Preludes, a personal early entry construct that’s open for all this weekend, has largely seen gamers concentrate on up-close, methodical fight with swords and shields, the workforce has been experimenting with different choices, together with sidearms. Extra love for followers of two-handed weapons can also be one thing Digital Extremes says is “completely” within the works.
“You’ll see that, now, the sport now helps casting playstyles and archery playstyles,” Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair mentioned through the preview occasion. “So, there’s loads of selection now within the sport, not simply that up-close, sweaty, parry stuff… and since you now have a sidearm, you’ll be able to combine and match these if you need as effectively.”
The TennoCon 2025 Soulframe gameplay showcase kicked off with a dialog with quest-giver and customization NPC Verminia. After trailing her winged rat pal, followers have been in a position to catch a glimpse an Envoy means that enables gamers to rework right into a blue butterfly, opening up a window to develop into nearer with nature within the land of Alca whereas additionally sneaking up on unsuspecting enemies. Because the demo continued, audiences have been in a position to catch glimpse of the Neath’uns underground in addition to a battle in opposition to a three-headed, corrupted foe often known as The Waste Bear.
The participant featured in right this moment’s construct may also be seen casting inexperienced magic at their enemies from a distance. The Soulframe workforce says the fight proven within the TennoCon demo is “extra informal” than what’s been supplied to date, as gamers may have the liberty to hurl power at their foes by utilizing a employees and probably different instruments, too.
“Over a yr now of gamers going hands-on with Soulframe in our Preludes pre-alpha builds, we’ve discovered so many classes and constructed loads of new options for us as a studio,” Soulframe Inventive Director Geoff Crookes mentioned in an announcement. “After final TennoCon, we put an enormous quantity of effort into bettering fight fluidity and continued that passionate work into exploring model new options like participant social hubs, asynchronous participant messaging with World Bushes, amongst so many different additions. As we speak, we shared what the most recent additions to our subsequent Preludes construct can be and past. We promise to all current and future gamers to maintain making an attempt new issues outdoors our consolation zone and work with you to create one thing we’ve all been on the lookout for.”
You’ll be able to see how issues are shaping up, together with a primary take a look at fight in opposition to the Bromius Omen Beast and the Wazzard of Wastes, within the TennoCon 2025 Soulframe gameplay trailer under.
Throughout a press Q&A session, Digital Extremes shared extra about what gamers can count on to see come to Soulframe sooner or later. For these hoping to see some model of an prolonged open Preludes interval, the workforce says it wants extra time earlier than committing to any plans, but it surely a minimum of seems like the concept isn’t off the desk ought to improvement progress easily.
Warframe: The Outdated Peace
Following every week of teasers and pleasure from the group, Digital Extremes has revealed that the subsequent main Warframe narrative chapter is an Operator-focused story titled The Outdated Peace. Centered round a peaceable time up to now, this new chapter is anticipated to launch later this yr.
Gameplay footage for The Outdated Peace reveals a remastered search for gamers’ Tenno Operators as they bounce between the current and the previous. It is rather a lot to absorb, with one prolonged section revealing a mission that incorporates a essential little bit of fan service: a playable model of Excalibur Prime. This particular Warframe, beforehand made obtainable solely to early Warframe adopters, received’t develop into obtainable ever once more, however The Outdated Peace will a minimum of permit gamers to lastly step into his footwear for just a few cinematic, story-driven sequences.
Digital Extremes launched a quick teaser for the content material alongside its demo debut: “Assume far again and keep in mind the long-forgotten story of Tau, a childhood Sentient pal named Adis, in addition to the war-scarring battle between the Orokin, their creations, and a coalition of Dax Anarch Warriors upon the Perita moon.”
The Outdated Peace will even characteristic a facet story often known as The Satan’s Triad. How precisely its contents match into Warframe lore stays considerably of a thriller, however we do know that it’s going to introduce two new Protoframes into the combo. Regardless of fears that Digital Extremes would chorus from releasing extra of those human-infused Warframe types, followers can relaxation simple realizing that the story content material options Protoframes for each Harrow and Wisp.
The Satan’s Triad will even function a welcome mat for Uriel, the subsequent new Warframe. This Body is claimed to be impressed by the satan, that includes glowing purple highlights that cowl his tar-like design. Particulars about Uriel’s talents have but to be revealed.
Alongside a few of The Outdated Peace’s most notable additions comes the promise of a mysterious new faction and a Tauros Focus growth, which comes with a brand new Operator final means. Digital Extremes can also be sustaining its dedication to offering Warframe followers with a stable listening expertise by publishing its new music, Lullaby of the Manifold, totally free on YouTube. The observe was featured in right this moment’s The Outdated Peace gameplay demo and can develop into obtainable on most music platforms beginning July 21, 2025.
Digital Extremes Has Extra Warframe Content material within the Works
The Outdated Peace is little doubt the most important card Digital Extremes has up its sleeve for 2025, however there’s a lot extra in retailer, too. The swift and sharp Valkyr will obtain her Heirloom beauty bundle July 21, giving longtime followers of the clawed warrior a group created in collaboration with group artist Pertti Bahaa. The Warframe workforce can also be partnering with tabletop RPG developer Paizo to create Warframe x Starfinder: Operation Orias, which is about to reach for tabletop followers this October.
Additionally set to reach at an unspecified level this fall is what Digital Extremes is asking its “Untitled Fall Replace.” It’s set to be probably the most substantial additions to Warframe ever, promising content material that features a ground-up rework for the nature-themed Oberon, a Lavos deluxe pores and skin, and the 62nd Warframe.
This new content material, together with a bunch of quality-of-life options, sounds promising, however the true motive to get excited is a brand new tutorial Quest known as The Instructor. The mission will lastly introduce a streamlined introduction to how Warframe’s Mod system works as Digital Extremes works to deal with criticisms relating to its sport’s steep studying curve for brand new gamers.
Extra concerning the Untitled Fall Replace will probably be revealed through the September Devstream. Within the meantime, gamers may sit up for a Warframe Android closed beta within the fall (enroll right here), in addition to Caliban Prime entry. The latter was briefly featured throughout right this moment’s The Outdated Peace gameplay showcase and is about to be launched earlier than the brand new Narrative Chapter launches.
As for a correct Nintendo Swap 2 Warframe port, Sinclair shared through the Q&A session that the Digital Extremes tech workforce is “so excited” to make the most of the ability of Nintendo’s sequel hybrid console, teasing potential upgrades like quicker load occasions. There’s only one downside: they want dev kits.
“Our tech workforce is so excited to make the most of the high-speed cores and the opposite actually cool options of it,” Sinclair mentioned. “There’s simply such a backlog for dev kits. So, yeah, if you realize anybody… only one, that’s all it might take. I do know our programmers are simply, like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait.’ We undoubtedly have plans. Once we get a dev equipment, we will probably be doing a customized construct for Warframe. Completely.”
Warframe content material for 2025 is locked in, with a lot of it proven off throughout the entire TennoCon 2025 festivities. For 2026, in the meantime, Digital Extremes is teasing a full-on Tau Narrative Chapter. Info on the way it will choose up from the place The Outdated Peace leaves off stays tightly below wraps for now, with no launch date or window given, outdoors of the promise that it’s going to launch subsequent yr.
10 Years of TennoCon within the Books
Soulframe appears like one other formidable on-line expertise from Digital Extremes, however TennoCon can be nothing with out the sport that began all of it. Warframe Inventive Director Rebecca Ford touched on the journey to date when talking concerning the 10-year TennoCon anniversary.
“10 years of TennoCon is such a mind-boggling factor to say out loud,” Ford mentioned. “Once we first began this celebration occasion again in 2016, we had no thought it might develop to what it’s right this moment. Our group is the whole lot to us; we wouldn’t be right here with out them. To have the ability to proceed TennoCon and convey collectively extra gamers in individual from all over the world and deal with them to the most recent bulletins, hijinks, and easily have a good time the world of Warframe is a privilege we don’t take as a right.”
She continued: “The tenth TennoCon has been a deeply particular, unforgettable journey. We wish to thank our group to Tau and again for becoming a member of us on this monumental milestone. See you all subsequent yr!”
For extra on TennoCon, you’ll be able to learn our interview with the Soulframe workforce from TennoCon 2024, the place we discovered extra about how the fantasy RPG got here to life and what its future holds. You may as well watch a trailer for the brand new Duviri sport mode replace, Isleweaver, which launched for Warframe final month.
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