Warframe conference Tennocon resumes in-person format as it announces new story content, Warframes, and more!
Annual Warframe Conference Tennocon 2023 Shows Off New Stories, Features, and More!
Fans of the ever-popular looter shooter, Warframe, should have had a great weekend with Tennocon 2023 just completing. The conference was the return to the in-person format ever since the pandemic started. Hosted on August 26th in London, Ontario, Warframe’s Tennocon also celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
This year, we get new major story content in the form of “Whispers in the Walls”, a peak at Waframe 1999, Dagath the 54th Warframe, as well as some updates on various platforms to play Warframe on.
The Warframe Whispers in the Wall
One of the highlights of Tennocon was the announcement of the “Whispers in the Walls” campaign, which will arrive on all platforms sometime this winter season. Digital Extremes teases that the campaign will “drop you into a hair-raising conflict rife with shocking revelations”. Players will be thrust into a battle between some of the deadliest personalities in the Warframe mythos, trying to keep the system intact.
Initial videos of the Whispers in the Wall include extremely cinematic locations that dwarf existing areas. There are also some breathtaking area transitions that are extremely seamless, and provide enough shock and awe to make even the hardiest of warriors shed a tear.
The gameplay features tons of shooting, as well as an improved Necramech enemy faction. Players will also get another secondary weapon type called the Grimoire. These mystical Grimoires are exactly what you would think – they are spellbooks that allow the Warframes to cast spells. Talk about might and magic. Warframes can use the Grimoire to fling magical bolts at their foes and even show them pages of the mystical tome to strike them with even more force.
Back in the 90’s I was a Star in a Very Famous TV Show
A new scene is introduced almost immediately after the cinematic of the Whispers of the Wall. The footage abruptly cuts to a new character named Arthur who is wearing an Excalibur suit, but armed with more traditional weapons and is equipped with ammo pouches.
Arthur is seen gunning down some crazed enemies that look like literal computers just given sentience.
Everything about 1999 is very mysterious, but it has enough to tie it into the greater Warframe lore. How exactly, is anyone’s guess. Hopefully, we find out more before its release in 2024.
Down into the Abyss of Dagath
October’s update for Warframe will be called the “Abyss of Dagath” which will introduce a Warframe just in time for Halloween. She is the first Warframe to appear that literally has no face at all. She also has more horror elements, being called a “headless horseman” since her pauldron is made up of a horde’s skull. Dagath also wields a menacing blade and will also introduce a whip-type weapon.
The October update will also include some quality-of-life updates that all players will surely appreciate. This includes an overhaul to companions, a rework to 2014’s Hydroid Waframe, an auto melee system, the removal of Flawed Mods, and more.
Dagath’s kit, as well as the rest of the goodies for October’s patch, will be announced in the September dev stream.
Warfame On-the-Go and All-Around
While Warframe may be available on tons of platforms, including PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and the Nintendo Switch, cross-play and cross-save are things that are still on the table. Cross-play between various platforms is already in testing at the moment, but currently, players can’t bring progress to a different console environment.
This should change sometime in 2023, as Digital Extremes is targeting to enable cross-saves sometime this year. The change should let players be able to move their entire progress around to different platforms, including their Mastery Ranks, Equipment, and Warframes.
Warframe will also be available in miniature format as well sometime next year. The game will be made available for iOS devices sometime in 2024. Players can pre-order the game on the App Store right now to secure the Bombyx Syandana cosmetic and 3-Day XP boost. Digital Extremes recommends using iPhone models from 2018 onwards or iPads from 2019 onwards to get the best possible experience.
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