Digital Extremes simply introduced its TennoCon 2025 livestream to a detailed after revealing a smorgasbord of details about the way forward for Warframe and Soulframe.
The studio behind the favored multiplayer area ninja motion recreation 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 staff 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From Warframe’s new The Outdated Peace Narrative Chapter and the devil-frame Uriel to Soulframe’s recent gameplay updates, we’ve gathered the entire highlights from right this moment’s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 take a look at proper right here. Plus, whether or not you’re seeing every thing for the primary time or simply searching 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 remains to be very a lot in improvement, however that didn’t cease Digital Extremes from offering attendees with a brand new gameplay deep dive. Identical to TennoCon 2024, this 12 months’s Soulframe presentation provides followers a stay take a look at the staff’s progress, highlighting the entire enhancements, huge and small.
Intensive customization choices are one factor Digital Extremes plans to hold from Warframe to Soulframe, with the staff doubling down on that concept throughout TennoCon right this moment. Moreover, whereas Soulframe Preludes, a non-public early entry construct that’s open for all this weekend, has largely seen gamers deal with up-close, methodical fight with swords and shields, the staff 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 stated throughout the preview occasion. “So, there’s quite a lot of alternative now within the recreation, 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’d like 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 good friend, followers have been capable of catch a glimpse an Envoy means that enables gamers to rework right into a blue butterfly, opening up a window to turn out to be nearer with nature within the land of Alca whereas additionally sneaking up on unsuspecting enemies. Because the demo continued, audiences have been capable of catch glimpse of the Neath’uns underground in addition to a battle in opposition to a three-headed, corrupted foe referred to as The Waste Bear.
The participant featured in right this moment’s construct can be seen casting inexperienced magic at their enemies from a distance. The Soulframe staff says the fight proven within the TennoCon demo is “extra informal” than what’s been provided up to now, as gamers may have the liberty to hurl power at their foes through the use of a workers and doubtlessly different instruments, too.
“Over a 12 months now of gamers going hands-on with Soulframe in our Preludes pre-alpha builds, we’ve discovered so many classes and constructed quite a lot of new options for us as a studio,” Soulframe Artistic Director Geoff Crookes stated in a press release. “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 Timber, amongst so many different additions. Immediately, we shared what the most recent additions to our subsequent Preludes construct could be and past. We promise to all present and future gamers to maintain attempting new issues exterior our consolation zone and work with you to create one thing we’ve all been searching for.”
You may 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 staff says it wants extra time earlier than committing to any plans, however it no less than appears 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 neighborhood, Digital Extremes has revealed that the following 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 12 months.
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 phase revealing a mission that contains a essential little bit of fan service: a playable model of Excalibur Prime. This particular Warframe, beforehand made accessible solely to early Warframe adopters, gained’t turn out to be accessible ever once more, however The Outdated Peace will no less than enable gamers to lastly step into his footwear for a number of cinematic, story-driven sequences.
Digital Extremes launched a short teaser for the content material alongside its demo debut: “Suppose far again and bear in mind the long-forgotten story of Tau, a childhood Sentient good friend 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 function a aspect story referred to as The Satan’s Triad. How precisely its contents match into Warframe lore stays considerably of a thriller, however we do know that it’ll introduce two new Protoframes into the combination. Regardless of fears that Digital Extremes would chorus from releasing extra of those human-infused Warframe kinds, followers can relaxation simple understanding 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 following new Warframe. This Body is alleged to be impressed by the satan, that includes glowing crimson 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 enlargement, 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, at no cost on YouTube. The monitor was featured in right this moment’s The Outdated Peace gameplay demo and can turn out to be accessible on most music platforms beginning July 21, 2025.
Digital Extremes Has Extra Warframe Content material within the Works
The Outdated Peace is little question the largest card Digital Extremes has up its sleeve for 2025, however there may be 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 set created in collaboration with neighborhood artist Pertti Bahaa. The Warframe staff can also be partnering with tabletop RPG developer Paizo to create Warframe x Starfinder: Operation Orias, which is ready 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 one of the crucial 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 number of quality-of-life options, sounds promising, however the actual cause to get excited is a brand new tutorial Quest referred to 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 concerning its recreation’s steep studying curve for brand new gamers.
Extra in regards to the Untitled Fall Replace can be revealed throughout the September Devstream. Within the meantime, gamers may also 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 ready to be launched earlier than the brand new Narrative Chapter launches.
As for a correct Nintendo Change 2 Warframe port, Sinclair shared throughout the Q&A session that the Digital Extremes tech staff is “so excited” to make the most of the facility of Nintendo’s sequel hybrid console, teasing potential upgrades like quicker load occasions. There’s only one drawback: they want dev kits.
“Our tech staff is so excited to benefit from the high-speed cores and the opposite actually cool options of it,” Sinclair stated. “There’s simply such a backlog for dev kits. So, yeah, if you understand anybody… only one, that’s all it might take. I do know our programmers are simply, like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait.’ We positively have plans. After we get a dev package, we can 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. Data on the way it will decide up from the place The Outdated Peace leaves off stays tightly underneath wraps for now, with no launch date or window given, exterior of the promise that it’ll launch subsequent 12 months.
10 Years of TennoCon within the Books
Soulframe seems to be like one other formidable on-line expertise from Digital Extremes, however TennoCon could be nothing with out the sport that began all of it. Warframe Artistic Director Rebecca Ford touched on the journey up to now when talking in regards to the 10-year TennoCon anniversary.
“10 years of TennoCon is such a mind-boggling factor to say out loud,” Ford stated. “After we first began this celebration occasion again in 2016, we had no concept it might develop to what it’s right this moment. Our neighborhood is every thing to us; we wouldn’t be right here with out them. To have the ability to proceed TennoCon and produce collectively extra gamers in individual from all over the world and deal with them to the most recent bulletins, hijinks, and easily have fun 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 neighborhood to Tau and again for becoming a member of us on this monumental milestone. See you all subsequent 12 months!”
For extra on TennoCon, you’ll be able to learn our interview with the Soulframe staff from TennoCon 2024, the place we discovered extra about how the fantasy RPG got here to life and what its future holds. It’s also possible to watch a trailer for the brand new Duviri recreation mode replace, Isleweaver, which launched for Warframe final month.
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