Digital Extremes Is Celebrating Warframe and Soulframe

The tenth TennoCon event, held by Digital Extremes, was not only about Warframe, but also about Soulframe. The event in London, Canada, attracted almost 4,000 attendees.

Last weekend saw the 10th annual TennoCon, Warframe's convention, welcoming almost 4,000 attendees. The two-day event began with the first ever TennoConcert on day one, where Digital Extremes' house band performed Warframe favourites to a live arena audience in their hometown of London, Ontario. Day two took place on Saturday and featured live developer panels and gameplay reveals for Warframe and Soulframe.

"Ten years of TennoCon is such a mind-boggling thing to say out loud," said Rebecca Ford, Creative Director of Warframe. "When we first started this celebration event back in 2016, we had no idea it would grow to what it is today. Our community is everything to us; we wouldn’t be here without them. To be able to continue TennoCon and bring together more players in person from around the world and treat them to the latest announcements, hijinks, and simply celebrate the world of Warframe is a privilege we don’t take for granted. The 10th TennoCon has been a deeply special, unforgettable journey. We want to thank our community to Tau and back for joining us on this monumental milestone. See you all next year!"

Digital Extremes presented the road ahead for Warframe, which has over 85 million players. They unveiled The Old Peace, the next major quest and narrative chapter, which will be released for free on all platforms later this year. This will be packaged with a new side story, The Devil's Triad, featuring a devil-themed Warframe and new Protoframes. Finally, they provided a sneak peek at the 2026 Narrative Chapter, Tau, which was also teased in the finale of TennoCon. Other announcements included an insight into Caliban Prime Access, which is coming soon, and an untitled autumn update that will introduce a new player Mod tutorial quest called The Teacher. There will also be a closed beta for Warframe on Android in autumn. Digital Extremes also announced that Warframe is entering the tabletop RPG scene with Warframe x Starfinder: Operation Orias, in partnership with Paizo. They also offered another peek at the Valkyr Heirloom Collection, which is launching on 21 July.

However, it wasn't just about Warframe, but also about Soulframe, which is under development. The development team behind the upcoming free-to-play fantasy action RPG revealed that all players who signed up on the official website before 11:59 p.m. ET on 20 July would gain access to Soulframe Preludes. Further announcements included a detailed preview of the Bromius Omen Beast boss fight, a new enemy called Wazzard of the Wastes, and the Neath'un underbelly. The team also discussed plans for enhanced character customisation and their vision for combat progression in future Preludes updates.

"Over a year now of players going hands-on with Soulframe in our Preludes pre-alpha builds, we’ve learned so many lessons and built a lot of new features for us as a studio," said Geoff Crookes, Creative Director of Soulframe. "After last TennoCon, we put a huge amount of effort into improving combat fluidity and continued that passionate work into exploring brand new features like player social hubs, asynchronous player messaging with World Trees, among so many other additions. Today, we shared what the latest additions to our next Preludes build would be and beyond. We promise to all existing and future players to keep trying new things outside our comfort zone and work with you to create something we’ve all been looking for."

Digital Extremes: "Inspired by historical medieval martial arts manuals, the Soulframe team shared a stylistic and customizable approach to skill progression and combat techniques to suit individual playstyle preferences. Viable offensive and defensive build options can be mixed and matched from close-range melee focused on creating space with dodges, ranged damage that can close the gap with timed parries, to more supportive roles, and other combinations. This progression approach allows individuals to tailor their Envoy’s strengths to their preferred playstyle and becomes additive to situational party composition makeups when playing with others cooperatively across a variety of encounters."

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