The next Warframe expansion, the Heart of Deimos has finally been revealed and with it comes many questions that fans may have, one of them being why focus on the third faction known as the Infested?

In a closed-door stream session, Digital Extreme’s Live Operation and Community Director Rebecca Ford, explained the reasoning as to why Heart of Deimos will focus on the Infested faction.

“We’ve never taken the plunge on giving the Infested a proper, contextualizing, deep, expansive world, so it was only logical for us to take what we know about the infested and make it as interesting and as beautiful, but also gross as possible. They’re our third faction, and they haven’t received the attention the other two had, and it was very much time for the infested to get a deep dive.”

She continued later explaining a bit more on this along with how Heart of Deimos will fit in the grander picture of Warframe.

“We knew we wanted to give the infested an open world, we’ve treated the Grineer with the benefit of having their own open-world and then we did the Corpus, and then when it came time to take a look at the infested we wanted to provide them with essentially a living, breathing open world. And to learn from the first two, it came down to density, space, activity, and fast travel basically. So in this round, we have a much more vertical open world, it’s more canyon base and there are going to be procedural tunnels underneath of it, which utilizes Warframe’s classic procedural dungeon system that also have a fast travel mechanic.” Rebecca continues, ” Unlike the two other open-world we are actually starting off this one off with the open world itself being the debut and then you learn more of the town and it’s people after. So we sort of flipped the recipe over to introduce players to the gameplay space first and then leave the character and mystery so that the story progression is a bit more earned in terms of who you meet and what they meet to not only the open world but more importantly Warframe at large. There’s going to be a connectivity to the story to the stakes of the world in this open-world that we’re doing versus the other ones. “

As mentioned by Rebecca, the usually Warframe content releases involved releasing lore-based missions leading up to the open-world releases of the past two. This is, however, changing with the release of Heart of Deimos as the open-world will be the first set of content dropping with additional lore pieces coming in later. It certainly is an exciting change-up from Digital Extremes, and will no doubt determine how future expansions get released. Warframe Heart of Deimos is releasing on August 25 for all platforms the title is available on.

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Check out gameplay footage of Heart of Deimos to see what’s coming later this month, and we’ve posted the abiltities of the upcoming Warframe as well.

While console gamers do get the Warfare updates the PC version of the hit free-to-play shooter, it’s usually a few weeks late. Well, that’s about to change with the upcoming expansion, Heart of Deimos, which is the first major Warframe update seeing a simultaneous release on all platforms.

This is a pretty big deal, as we mentioned already that console players typically have to wait two to three weeks before the release of an update due to the certification process. This means that console players are always lagging behind, though with Warframe it’s a bit more manageable as releases typically aren’t far off. While Heart of Deimos may suggest that future updates will follow the same release, that may not be entirely so as Digital Extremes made a brief comment about this.

In a closed pre-Tennocon 2020 stream that we took part in, we asked Digital Extreme’s Live Operation and Community Director Rebecca Ford concerning the matter of future game updates and their releases, here’s what she had to say.

MP1st: With Heart of Deimos releasing on all platforms at the same time, is this something we can expect to see more of, at the very least with bigger content updates?

Rebecca Ford: To be completely honest, I hope so and this will be an experiment that if it goes well would likely directly address that question moving forward. It’s difficult to make those decisions without a really strong test of the experiment, so ultimately however this goes will determine the answer to your question.

Speaking of Heart of Deimos, it’s set to come out later this year, and we have all the details straight from Tennocon right here.

Let’s hope that Digital Extremes gets good feedback from the community that the studio will consider releasing every update simultaneously on every platform moving forward.

Ready up Tennos, Digital Extremes has announced the Warframe Heart of Deimos release date! Prepare to venture off in Warframe’s next big open world, the Heart of Deimos, Mars’ second moon launching on August 25 for all platforms.

Showcased during Tennocon 2020 Live, Warframe Heart of Deimos will be heavily centered on the infested, the biomechanical pathogen engineered by the ancient civilization known as Orokin. Heart of Deimos is crafted to give players a deeper dive into the lore of the Infested faction. Down below you’ll find some new details about Heart of Deimos, along with a new trailer and gameplay debut that premiered during the annual Tennocon event.

From the press release:

Weaving the grotesque and the beautiful, old and the new, the Heart of Deimos will propel Warframe into a completely new era — one that now starts with a Cinematic New Player Introduction and has three open worlds to explore. A living moon, the new open world Heart of Deimos unwraps the Infested factions’ murky, complex origins, unveiling the lost Entrati family and the marvels of technology and horror it left behind. With the Cinematic New Player Introduction, new and veteran players alike will feel like they are playing a significant part in a larger universe with greater consequences. And with the newly revealed Helminth Chrysalis System, Tenno can transform their space ninja by transferring Abilities between Warframes, kicking off one of the game’s deepest customization systems yet.

Devastating pilotable mechs (“necramechs”) will thrill players aching for heavy power combat. Exploration into the densely packed, vertical “fleshscape” of Deimos will aim to surprise with Infested “K-Drives”, combining hoverboard mobility with shooting firepower, for a whole new combat dynamic.
Heart of Deimos features a wealth of even more eye-opening features and surprises starting with 2020’s second Warframe, the imaginative community-designed, gender-neutral Xaku. Unveiled in Heart of Deimos, Xaku wields the power of the Void, assembled into a trio of different Warframe visuals and functions. Following in the footsteps of Protea, Xaku is the 44th Warframe.

The Heart of Deimos release date will be August 25, and for the first time ever in Warframe’s history, it will be launching simultaneously on all platforms. Yep, you read right, for the first time in 7 years, all players will be able to enjoy the newest content on the very same day. Typically, the PC would see earlier releases with the console’s updates arriving two to three weeks later. No details on whether this would become a new norm for the team, though we certainly hope so.

The Heart of Deimos will be releasing for Warframe on August 25 for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. We’ll be sure to have the latest Warframe patch notes once they go live later this month. For now, be sure to keep a tab on our Tennocon 2020 coverage throughout the day! You can do so by visiting our official hub page: Tennocon 2020

The first major Tennocon 2020 panel has just concluded and with it comes the release of some brand-new Warframe concept art. Here’s a small taste of what fans can expect to see later this year.

Down below you’ll find several Warframe concept art images that were showcased during the Tennocon 2020 event. Do note that some of these are still a work in progress, however, we now have the final designs for the new Warframes that are launching later this year. These include some for the Xaku, Alchemist Warframe, Protea (now available,) and Wraithe.

The art panel will be one of many panels today during Tennocon 2020 stream. We expect to see plenty of more, including our first look into the next expansion, Heart of Deimos. So be sure to check back as we continue to cover the event, or catch up on our official Tennocon 2020 hub page: Tennocon 2020

At long last, the annual Tennocon event has finally begun! If you want to join in on the fun, check out our Tennocon 2020 livestream below! Join Digital Extremes as they host a live show in celebration to all things Warframe related, giving us a look at the past, present, and future of Warframe, including a sneak peek at the upcoming expansion, Heart of Deimos. Don’t forget, you’ll get a special reward just for watching too!

Down below you’ll find the official stream for Tennocon 2020 along with a full schedule. The event is currently set to run for a little over six hours, with the main event being the digital edition of Tennoconlive. It is here where Digital Extremes plans on making all their major announcements, though we definitely suggest paying attention to some of the earlier showings as they’ll have some surprises.

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Tennocon 2020 Livestream Schedule

• 12:30 PM ET Welcome to TennoCon 2020
• 1:00 PM ET The Art of Warframe (pre-recorded)
• 2:00 PM ET Sounds of the System (pre-recorded)
• 3:00 PM ET TennoCon Community Art Show
• 4:00 PM ET TennoTrivia
• 5:00 PM ET TennoLive Digital Edition
• Directly following TennoLive Summer Game Fest interview with Rebecca and Steve

If you can’t watch the stream, be sure to check back here on MP1st as we will be covering the even and publishing all major announcements. You can keep tabs on all the news coming out of Tennocon on our official hub page: Tennocon 2020