Warframe creators announce Soulframe, a new fantasy action MMORPG

Saturday, TennoCon Warframe developer Digital Extremes showed plenty of new content coming to its sci-fi ninja-flipping MMO, then revealed another surprise: a “free-to-play action hybrid-MMORPG” called Soulframe.

Soulframe Digital Extremes has been developing the site with some WarframeThe developers are now working on the game. Soulframe looks quite similar to its sci-fi sibling, but the game’s combat will focus on heavy melee attacks instead of running and gunning, which means players will be in the thick of the action. Soulframe creative director Geoff Crookes described the themes of the game as “nature and humanity colliding” and “ideas of restoration and exploration.” You can watch a slightly NSFW teaser trailer for SoulframeYouTube

Digital Extremes continues to be operational and maintained Warframe, with live operations and community director Rebecca Ford stepping in for Steve Sinclair as that game’s creative director. Sinclair will join the Digital Extremes team for support and development. Soulframe.

Digital Extremes has also partnered with Airship Syndicate in the development of a fantasy MMO. Although there is a lot of fantasy elements in the game, it also uses technology to power its magic and swords. We didn’t see too much of this new game, whereas Soulframe It seems like this is a more complete version of the story.

Warframe has been active for nearly a decade, so Digital Extremes’ leadership has a proven track record in getting a live-service game to grow and develop. The release date has not been set. SoulframeIt was not publicly announced.

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Airship Syndicate was in development Soulframe. Airship Syndicate is currently developing a fantasy MMO for Digital Extremes.