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Digital Extremes, publisher and developer, announced that Warframe will arrive on the Nintendo Switch. As detailed by Polygon the announcement was made at this year's Tennocon, a fan-run expo celebrating the free-to-play shooter.
For those who are not up to date on their "freemium" shooters, here is a quick overview. Warframe is a free third-person online shooter / action game that takes place in a fast-moving science-fiction world. Players take control of the members of the Tenno, an ancient race of warriors. The Tenno woke up centuries of cryosleep, only to be at war with a handful of factions, including the Grineer, Corpus, Infested, Orokin and the Tau / Sentinents.
Each of the Tenno's rival factions is distinguished by features and characteristics that distinguish them from each other. The Grineer, for example, is a matriarchal breed of aged and armed human clones. Corpus, true to its name, is a mega-corporation that uses advanced lasers and robotics to make profits. The Infested, unsurprisingly, are disfigured victims of the so-called Technocyte virus.
One of the main draws of Warframe focuses on the player's gameplay against the environment (PvE), where players team up to complete the missions, as well as "quests" that have a narrative history or continue to follow with their goals. Competitive multiplayer mode is also present, but the most popular mode of Warframe continues to be its cooperative modes.
While the Nintendo Switch port of Warframe has just been announced, the basic game has been around for quite some time. It was originally released on PC in 2013, with a PlayStation 4 release arriving in November 2013, just in time for the launch of the console. The game was launched on Xbox One in September 2014.
Despite its age, Warframe remains a popular title today, thanks in part to the many extensions and updates that the game has received in the last five years. Despite a free download on all its platforms, it still generates regular revenue through in-game purchases and micro-transactions. Recently, the PC game company Valve revealed the top 100 games of 2017, measured and ranked by gross business figure. On Steam (Valve Digital Showcase), Warframe ended up being the third biggest game of last year, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
To this day, details regarding Warframe's release on on Switch are rare. However, it has been announced that the developer Panic Button will occupy the port. Texas is best known for carrying a handful of AAA titles on the Nintendo Switch, including Rocket League, 2016 Doom, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
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