Subj : Warframes next big update was apparently designed for me personal To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Feb 04 2025 15:00:07 Warframes next big update was apparently designed for me personally, as it includes a David Bowie-themed frame, a tonne of great QOL improvements, and a horribly mutated boy band Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:45:56 +0000 Description: Warframe's first devstream of 2025 is taking us back to 1999, with a ton of new content coming soon. FULL STORY ====================================================================== The Warframe dev studio Digital Extremes is well-known for its lengthy, fun, and informative devstreams at this point - indeed, you could argue that theyre a big part of the games success, as its pleasing to see a group of devs who really care about their game gather to openly discuss its future, address thoughts and concerns from players, and tease cool new stuff. Well, weve just had the first devstream of 2025, and oh boy, it was a doozy. Im usually watching intently during these live-streamed events, but this one had me actually grinning at my screen; hell, Id go so far as to say that Warframe s game director Rebecca Ford somehow gazed directly into my brain to assemble the script for the teams 184th devstream, because this one felt rather specifically curated to me and the things I love most. First up? David Bowie, obviously. Yes, the next warframe to be added to the game - the 60th unique playable frame - is Temple (not Tempo as some people apparently misheard during the stream), an extremely funky glam-rock-styled character who was directly inspired by David Bowie and appropriately uses a guitar as their signature weapon. Oh, and theyre canonically non-binary too, which made me (a queer mess of a human being) rather happy. Digital Extremes is partnering up with Grammy-nominated American prog-metal band Periphery for some appropriate audio deliciousness for Temple, presumably trying to capture that elusive genre of songs to kill monsters with a guitar to. Dope. Did I mention the new frame is Bowie-inspired? Sorry, Ive got Rock 'n' Roll Suicide playing at maximum volume right now, I cant hear you. Shut up about David Bowie, what else? Alright, Ill chill. Ive switched over to Soul Love now. What else did we get in Devstream 184? A whole heap of stuff, actually: Hot on the heels of the games excellent 1999 update, the reveal of alchemical frame Lavos primed variant, TennoCon 2025 tickets going on sale, and a couple of returning events - Star Days and Belly of the Beast - were among my favorite moments. We also got to see more of Rhinos Heirloom skin, a peek at upcoming cosmetics including Gyres Deluxe skin, and an evil office chair. The upcoming techrot weapons look like someone dropped The Thing into a 90s audio hardware store, and I love it. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) More intriguing than all of this, though, were some (long-awaited) reworks to game mechanics: chiefly, the reduction of enemy waves per round in Defense missions from 5 to 3. As anyone who plays Warframe will tell you, this is huge: fewer waves means faster missions and more rewards for anyone grinding out long Defense objectives. Were also getting a rework to pseudo Exalted weapons, increased Riven and mod capacities, and better options for selling or dismantling unwanted duplicate mods. These are all good things. Perhaps more importantly to me personally is confirmation that were getting more conversations with the Hex, the six protoframe NPCs (non-player characters) who you can chat with (and smooch, if youve got the game for that). Not only that, but your chosen paramour will also keep you company in the Backroom hub area. Presumably all the R-rated scenes involving Quincy and Amir will not be among the desires Rebb scooped from inside my head. Bad boy band Lastly (well, Ive missed plenty of good stuff out here, but this is my article so I get to pick the music) is the hotly-anticipated debut of the Technocyte Coda - formerly a sexy dance-pop boy band known as On-Lyne, now horrendously mutated into a gang of five extremely tentacle-y dudes by the techrot virus infecting the city of Hllvania. Yes, Id still kiss them, but it looks like Im going to have to settle for stabbing them repeatedly. These foes sit within the Adversary system already seen in the game with Kuva Liches and Sisters of Parvos - unique, procedurally-generated rivals to the player who taunt you and steal your stuff until you hunt them down and give them the ol double-tap - and they bring with them a selection of grungy Coda weapons and cosmetic items. These guys look pretty cute, right? Well, sadly they're all dreadful mutant monstrosities now. Sorry about that. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) In even more good news for time-poor players like me, Digital Extremes has improved the system for obtaining these weapons: rather than farming for an Adversary who happens to have the weapon and element combination youre looking for, you simply get tokens that can be exchanged for a weapon of your choice from Eleanor in Hllvania, and a new Elemental Vice item will let you swap the element on any Adversary weapon, backwards-compatible with gear youve previously obtained from Liches and Sisters. Rebecca, youre spoiling us. I could probably keep going, talking about some of the great accessibility changes that are coming to the game or the new Nightwave season starting this week (Warframes entirely free season pass reward track), but Ill wrap it up here. You can read the full patch notes on the games website, or you can just go and spend the rest of your day playing Warframe, which is what Id rather be doing than working. You might also like... Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is an immersive sci-fi tale about the strengths of community Eternal Strands review: magic monster hunting I had my shoes stolen by virtual drunks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and it might already be my game of the year ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/warframes-next-big-update-was-apparently-desi gned-for-me-personally-as-it-includes-a-david-bowie-themed-frame-a-tonne-of-gr eat-qol-improvements-and-a-horribly-mutated-boy-band --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .