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Warframe Empyrean is launching and this is what you can expect when it does.
Posted on 12/11/2019 by Aaron Couture

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Warframe: Empyrean Here We Come!

It has been almost two years since Digital Extremes announced Railjack, now Empyrean. Just last week, during Dev Stream #133, the developers announced they were going to drop the precursor patch to Empyrean, on PC shortly after the Dev stream concluded. Join Aaron has be breaks down the Rising Tide patch in Warframe!
Posted on 11/29/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe Beginner’s Guide to Getting Ready for Empyrean

Empyrean is coming soon to Warframe, and now is the perfect time to prepare. Here's our beginners guide.
Posted on 11/13/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: The Old Blood Impressions

On Halloween, The Old Blood update hit Warframe. Since then, Aaron has been putting in a good amount of time checking out the new content. Join him as he breaks down his impression of Warframe's latest update.
Posted on 11/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Mainline is the Lifeline

Join Aaron as he talks about Warframes Mainline updates, the frequency the team updates the highly popular MMO, as well as The Old Blood update.
Posted on 11/01/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: How to be a Tenno

The day after TennoCon, the content creator ArgonSix was confronted by a less fortunate person in London, Canada. While he was walking back from getting breakfast, he met a person that lives on the street. (Ed. note: Header image courtesy of Redditor KevinGlint).
Posted on 07/10/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Duviri Paradox

It now seems like clockwork for Digital Extremes to come out with a new open world zone each year. This year is no exception, but with a catch. At the end of the 30-minute demo of Empyrean, we got glimpse of where the next open world will take us in Warframe. So far, we only have a short trailer and not much more information. There are a few tidbits from the panels at TennoCon that can shed some light on what to expect for the next open world.
Posted on 07/07/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Empyrean

Everything is about to change drastically in the next year of updates to Warframe. Grab your ticket to Mars on Elon Musk’s upcoming Space X launch, because Warframe is about to take you and your squad to the next open world. Oh, and you might need to operate the Railjack guns because space is not a relaxing drive.
Posted on 07/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: More TennoCon Surprises!

During TennCon 2019, the surprise announcements kept coming in waves during the final live stream of the night. Just announced, both Wukong Prime and Nightwave Series 2 went live tonight on all systems! Typically, there are weeks in between Prime Accesses and the Nightwave Intermission just ended last week.
Posted on 07/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Hildryn & Phase 1 Melee Changes

Because the combat system in Warframe is continuously evolving with parkour, flying, mod changes, new warframes with unique abilities, and plans, the changes to melee are going to be released in phases. Releasing in stages also ensures the changes do not break too much of the other aspects of the game all at once. Smaller bite-sized chunks of drastic changes give the developers a good foundation for feedback. So far the new melee changes feel like an upgrade to me, but I have noticed some weird results to the changes.
Posted on 03/15/2019 by Aaron Couture

Editorials

Warframe: Plains of Eidolon Review

Plains of Eidolon is a massive redirection in thinking for Digital Extremes that pushed the studio into a very scary direction for the game. I applaud them for constantly asking the question, “What can we do to make our game better than it has ever been?” Seriously, just keep asking that question and making it happen.
Posted on 10/27/2017 by Aaron Couture
TennoCon 2017 Recap

Warframe recently held its annual TennoCon in London, Canada. We sent our own Aaron Couture there to see what Digital Extremes had to unveil. To put it mildly, Aaron is a fan of Warframe. But he did not expect what he saw at this year's show...
Posted on 07/18/2017 by Aaron Couture

Previews

Warframe: Duviri Paradox

It now seems like clockwork for Digital Extremes to come out with a new open world zone each year. This year is no exception, but with a catch. At the end of the 30-minute demo of Empyrean, we got glimpse of where the next open world will take us in Warframe. So far, we only have a short trailer and not much more information. There are a few tidbits from the panels at TennoCon that can shed some light on what to expect for the next open world.
Posted on 07/07/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Empyrean

Everything is about to change drastically in the next year of updates to Warframe. Grab your ticket to Mars on Elon Musk’s upcoming Space X launch, because Warframe is about to take you and your squad to the next open world. Oh, and you might need to operate the Railjack guns because space is not a relaxing drive.
Posted on 07/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: More TennoCon Surprises!

During TennCon 2019, the surprise announcements kept coming in waves during the final live stream of the night. Just announced, both Wukong Prime and Nightwave Series 2 went live tonight on all systems! Typically, there are weeks in between Prime Accesses and the Nightwave Intermission just ended last week.
Posted on 07/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: How Fortunate for Fortuna

Fortuna, Warframe’s latest massive open world update, opens with an absolutely breathtaking cinematic musical introduction to the titular underground city. You know that fantastic opening song sung by the ice-harvesters in Frozen? “We All Lift Together” is about as good as any original song you’ll ever hear from a videogame (watch and listen below). What follows, is a story of a people unwilling to give up despite overwhelming odds... and your place as a Tenno to help them find a way to break free from the Corpus rule.
Posted on 11/12/2018 by William Murphy
Warframe - Fortuna is coming… Fortuna is coming… FORTUNA!

If you haven’t heard, Fortuna update is coming to Warframe in November. The next major update will bring the second open-world experience to Warframe and it is going to be HUGE.
Posted on 11/02/2018 by Aaron Couture
Fortuna Takes Tennos to Venus, and Railjack Revealed

Last year at TennoCon the community was shocked and excited to finally be able to venture into an open world to shoot, bullet jump, and fly like a ninja without being constrained to a hallway. In 2018, Digital Extremes went all in with creating better open-worlds. Even though the new open-world, The Orb Vallis might appear to be similar to Plain of Eidolon, it has a more refined experience.
Posted on 07/07/2018 by Aaron Couture
With Plains of Eidolon, Warframe is Becoming the MMO We Always Wanted

I was up way too late last night. I usually am but this time it was worth it – I finally got to play Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon expansion for myself and I am most certainly impressed. Cetus and the Plains of Eidolon are a giant leap forward for the game, even if it’s ultimately just the beginning of what promises to be a bold new era for the space ninjas.
Posted on 10/13/2017 by William Murphy
PAX West 2017 - Plains of Eidolon Preview

Warframe hosts millions of passionate fans. The best part about building up this community is that you now have a solid game with a great group of players who can communicate and provide feedback to make a much better product over time. Warframe is doing just that. They are planning their most ambitious expansion yet with Plains of Eidolon and players cannot wait to get a taste of the new content.
Posted on 09/13/2017 by Garrett Fuller
Everything You Need to Know About Plains of Eidolon and Landscapes

Right now in London, Canada, our own Aaron Couture is at TennoCon: the annual gathering of fandom and devs for the mega-hit F2P online shooter Warframe. During the convention, Digital Extremes unveiled a radical new direction for their game - Landscapes, in the Plains of Eidolon Expansion.
Posted on 07/08/2017 by Aaron Couture
The War Within Goes Deep into Grineer Territory

Yesterday, we got the chance to talk to the team at Warframe about their new update The War Within. This new quest is rich with story, a graphical and enhancement upgrade, and loads of options for weapons. Floating among the asteroids is a massive hidden fortress. This new zone will other players the chance to battle the Grineer deep within their base, a maze of twisting halls and hidden technology.
Posted on 11/10/2016 by Garrett Fuller
Archwing Takes the Space Ninjas into Space

Earlier this week, we were treated to a developer livestream with the devs at Digital Extremes to check out the Archwing update. Due later this month, Archwing will literally take the “space ninjas” into space with wings and weapons systems that attach to the Warframes themselves, making the players airborne weapons of death. Read on for our full preview.
Posted on 10/09/2014 by William Murphy

Interviews

Let’s Talk Codename: Railjack…

First of all, let’s talk about what we know about the new game mode coming to Warframe in the future, and then we can talk about what the possibilities are. If you have been living under a rock, under the sea, and far away from MMORPG.com, you might not know what Codename: Railjack is. I had the pleasure of attending TennoCon 2018, and of talking to Dave Kudirka the Senior Producer for Warframe
Posted on 07/13/2018 by Aaron Couture
TennoCon 2017 Interview - Sheldon Carter on Eidolon

The game Warframe is constantly growing and the developers pride themselves on thinking of new ways to prevent stagnation in their game. Plains of Eidolon (PoE) is the next evolution in how we will play the game. I sat down with Sheldon Carter to get an idea of what PoE was going to bring to Warframe in the future.
Posted on 07/31/2017 by Aaron Couture

Developer Journals

Welcome to the Den of Kubrow Bonus Weeks

There are few things more satisfying than watching the small, innocent puppy you raised from birth grow into the strong and confident Grineer killing machine it was born to be.
Posted on 05/14/2015 by Guest Writer
New Beginnings

From new weapons and Warframes to new game modes and tilesets, Warframe has seen quite a few dramatic changes and additions in the past year. That’s why we’re particularly excited about our upcoming Update 14 this week. Not only does it include a few meaty changes for our veteran players to chew on, but the overhauled new player experience and quest system means it’s never been a better time to get into the game!
Posted on 07/17/2014 by Guest Writer

Awards

MMORPG.com’s Best of 2018 Awards

The new year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing. Time for us to look back at the year that was while bracing for the year ahead and recount the best (and worst) games we played during the last twelve months. The entire writing staff of MMORPG.com was polled for this year’s awards, and each game that won had a majority vote in its favor.
Posted on 01/04/2019 by Suzie Ford

Columns

Warframe: Empyrean Here We Come!

It has been almost two years since Digital Extremes announced Railjack, now Empyrean. Just last week, during Dev Stream #133, the developers announced they were going to drop the precursor patch to Empyrean, on PC shortly after the Dev stream concluded. Join Aaron has be breaks down the Rising Tide patch in Warframe!
Posted on 11/29/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: The Old Blood Impressions

On Halloween, The Old Blood update hit Warframe. Since then, Aaron has been putting in a good amount of time checking out the new content. Join him as he breaks down his impression of Warframe's latest update.
Posted on 11/06/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Mainline is the Lifeline

Join Aaron as he talks about Warframes Mainline updates, the frequency the team updates the highly popular MMO, as well as The Old Blood update.
Posted on 11/01/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: How to be a Tenno

The day after TennoCon, the content creator ArgonSix was confronted by a less fortunate person in London, Canada. While he was walking back from getting breakfast, he met a person that lives on the street. (Ed. note: Header image courtesy of Redditor KevinGlint).
Posted on 07/10/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: Hildryn & Phase 1 Melee Changes

Because the combat system in Warframe is continuously evolving with parkour, flying, mod changes, new warframes with unique abilities, and plans, the changes to melee are going to be released in phases. Releasing in stages also ensures the changes do not break too much of the other aspects of the game all at once. Smaller bite-sized chunks of drastic changes give the developers a good foundation for feedback. So far the new melee changes feel like an upgrade to me, but I have noticed some weird results to the changes.
Posted on 03/15/2019 by Aaron Couture
Warframe: To Grind or Not to Grind?

It is weird no matter how much you love a game; there are times you need to take a break from it. I have spent a half of a decade with an on and off relationship with Warframe. I truly love the game and want to play it for many more years to come, but there are times I can’t bring myself to play it. I know I am not the only one that feels the same about Warframe.
Posted on 10/03/2018 by Aaron Couture
Bill is Wrong

Frankly, I felt bad for all the other press members at TennoCon because they will never get the chance to feel as connected to a game as I am. It makes me sad real game journalist like Bill, are too busy to be able to sit down every night and enjoy the game they love like I do. What they do every night is to ensure you, the reader, have the most unbiased snapshot of a game.
Posted on 07/27/2018 by Aaron Couture
The Best MMOs of 2018 So Far

It’s not been a good year for brand spanking new games in the MMORPG realm. Heck, when was the last time it was? But that doesn’t mean the games we already have haven’t been making a strong showing. In fact, some of the most popular games in the world right now are those that have been out for years already. Here is our list of the Best MMOs of 2018 So Far (in no particular order).
Posted on 07/17/2018 by William Murphy
The Sacrifice and the Future

It’s been over a week since the highly anticipated quest, Sacrifice came out for Warframe. Since the release of Warframe in China in 2015, fans have been waiting for the mysterious Umbra story to come to the west. For almost three years fans of Warframe have been waiting impatiently to get their hands on Excalibur Umbra and least year at TennoCon Digital Extremes announce Umbra would be coming with a price. What are you willing to sacrifice?
Posted on 06/22/2018 by Aaron Couture
Saving Time with Free Helper Apps

Welcome back to another column of Kinda, Sorta, Maybe a Space NInja! This week we'll be going over a few apps that you can download that can make the time you spend in game more efficient. Because sometimes it's a choice of time versus money and that is a different choice depending on each person.
Posted on 03/13/2018 by David Holmes
Kinda, Sorta, Maybe A Space Ninja - New World Hype!

Greeting Space NinjaZ! Welcome back to MMORPG.com's bi-weekly column on Warframe. We've got some juicy information coming to you courtesy of a Digital Extremes Devstream held on February 23rd. This Devstream marked the five-year anniversary of the stream and DE decided it was time to talk about what to look forward to this year. There's quite a few big things coming Tenno, let's get down to business.
Posted on 02/26/2018 by David Holmes
Kinda, Sorta a Space Ninja - Shrine of the Eidolon & Heart of the Ordis are Live

Welcome back Space Ninjaz to another thrilling installment of Kinda, Sorta a Space Ninja. We're going to focus on the recent update that just hit Warframe. Shrine of the Eidolon beings not only new content to the game but also some changes and rebalancing to several Frames, weapons and powers. Oh, and there may be a time limited event going on for some spiffy Valentine's Day stuff in Heart of the Ordis. Let's dive in shall we?
Posted on 02/16/2018 by David Holmes
Kinda Sorta Maybe A Space Ninja – An Introduction

The year just started so what better way to do new things for the year than to begin a bi-weekly column on Warframe. Everyone knows about Warframe right? No? Well than, let's start off with an introduction not only to Warframe. I'm Brandedwolf and this is your introduction to being a Space Ninja. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe.
Posted on 01/16/2018 by David Holmes
Does Warframe Need a Gear Score?

Warframe is mainly a player verse environment (PvE) game that only helps your team in a mission if someone has paid for anything with real money. Naturally, everything can be obtained through time and luck. There is one thing about Warframe that has confused me for almost five years playing the game, what level am I? That question constantly pops up when I am running a mission, selecting mods, and trying to figure out what I can and should do next in the game.
Posted on 01/03/2018 by Aaron Couture
The 10 Best MMOs of 2017

We recently awarded our MMO of the year to Final Fantasy XIV, and for good reason. It’s been another banner year for Final Fantasy fans and their MMORPG, but it’s not the only MMO that had a solid 2017. Sure enough, there weren’t many great new games to play in 2017. But we’re taking a look at the games we played, in beta and fully launched, and picking our favorites.
Posted on 12/27/2017 by William Murphy
On Two Different Kinds of Content Grind

Victor compares two games with differing attractiveness when it comes to content grinds: FFXIV and Warframe.
Posted on 01/20/2016 by Victor Barreiro Jr.
Massively Multiplayer Mailbag #1 - You Ask, We Answer

Welcome to the first Massively Multiplayer Mailbag! The way it works is simple: You ask questions about the MMO industry, whether it be about the industry, a certain type of game, or a particular game itself, and I'll give the best answer I can based on the current available facts and observable trends, both past and future. It's like those sports columns where someone asks the columnist if he thinks Player A will hit 40 home runs or Team B will win the Super Bowl.
Posted on 03/10/2014 by Jason Winter

Guides

Warframe Beginner’s Guide to Getting Ready for Empyrean

Empyrean is coming soon to Warframe, and now is the perfect time to prepare. Here's our beginners guide.
Posted on 11/13/2019 by Aaron Couture
Barrier to Entry – Newbie’s Starter Guide to Warframe

Welcome back Space Ninjaz! Brandedwolf here bringing you another edition of Kinda, Sorta, Maybe A Space Ninja. Last time we gave a brief introduction to what Warframe is and all the various things it has available for players. This time we'll dive into the barrier to entry that Warframe has for new and returning players. With a game featuring so many different frames, weapons, pets and so many mods, it can be overwhelming.
Posted on 01/30/2018 by David Holmes