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Free-to-Play Shooter Warframe Coming to PS4

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Lavalamp1138

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From IGN:
Today, IGN can confirm that Warframe, the “space ninja” co-op game, is coming to PlayStation 4. It will launch alongside Sony’s new hardware, and will follow a similar free-to-play, microtransaction model as the game does on PC. (We gave the game a 7.0 on PC, in case you’re curious.)

Digital Extremes, the 20-year old development studio behind the Unreal series, Dark Sector and The Darkness II, is leading the charge for both the PC and PS4 iterations of the game, and we recently spoke with Steve Sinclair, the game’s creative director, for more on his vision, what it takes to bring his game to PlayStation 4, and what it’s been like working with Sony.

Sinclair notes that many gamers who play Warframe on PC often refer back to Phantasy Star Online as a similar experience, and even state that it’s like “Mass Effect meets Ninja Gaiden,” what with its emphasis on space and… well… ninjas. “It’s a big, messy space ninja game,” Sinclair said, laughing, one rife with customization and crafting options, and one that doesn’t stress competition as much as it stresses cooperation.

Warframe has deep roots. It’s a passion project, and it took some time to get it off the ground. “We’ve been trying to make this game for a while with a very old concept,” Sinclair explained. He wanted to do “Something with a smaller team, something we were very passionate about,” and that game ended up becoming Warframe on PC, which launched earlier this year.

With Sony’s well-publicized indie slant over the last couple of years, it makes sense that the company would reach out to Digital Extremes to investigate bringing Warframe to its new console. “Sony caught wind of [Warframe], and said, ‘hey, what do you think of bringing it over to PlayStation 4?’, and we were very surprised to hear that,” Sinclair said. After all, independent developers don’t always have positive interactions with big publishers, even those that happen to also be a console manufacturer.

An arrangement with Sony was “attractive” for Digital Extremes, because the company, “retain control of the game, and we don’t have to necessarily get into bed with a publisher and sell away our ideas and kind of lose our creative vision for the game.” Unlike Microsoft with Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Sony doesn’t require a publisher to get onto their platform. It made PlayStation 4 an obvious destination for Warframe.

“Sony has been incredibly supportive and available,” Sinclair continued, “and [PlayStation 4], in my opinion, is incredible to develop for. It is awesome, and I don’t want to speak disparagingly about any existing or prior platforms, but we showed Warframe for the first time to our entire studio, and everyone had their jaws on the floor, how 1080p, silky smooth and beautiful it was. So, I’m really, really enjoying working on the machine.”

“Their attitude, their support and their willingness to work with us to get on the console is an incredible opportunity for a studio like ours,” he concluded.

Sinclair confirmed that DualShock 4’s special functionality – including its mysterious touch pad – will play a big role in Warframe. It will retain its fierce third-person action, its deep collecting system, and will even come packing new monthly content and a companion application for both iOS and Android. It also appears that Warframe will remain a PlayStation 4 exclusive in the console space. “Well, so far, it’s looking that way, yes,” Sinclair answered.

But how viable is free-to-play on consoles? That remains to be seen. Titles like Free Realms and DC Universe Online have found varied levels of success, and Dust 514 has most recently taken up the banner on console. But there’s no proven runaway success story as of yet. Sinclair hopes Warframe changes that. After all, the free-to-play model has “certainly given a studio our size a new lease on life,” he said.
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3rdamention

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"Unlike Microsoft with Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Sony doesn’t require a publisher to get onto their platform."


That Secret Sauce Mang....
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
I've been playing this on PC for a while.

I like it, though it's a bit repetitive.

Updated very frequently though with new stuff.
 
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Corsick

Member
I think Planetside 2 would be a good bet to be on the PS4. It seems like they are embracing the quality F2P games that make sense on consoles.
 
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Man-is-Obsolete

Member
Where there's smoke there's fire, right?

All these F2P games on the PS4 has to mean free online play for everyone. it doesn't make sense otherwise.
 
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Swifty

Member
I have a lot of friends addicted to Warframe so I suspect a lot of PS4 fans will get plenty of mileage out of this game.
 
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Mrbob

Member
Warframe is pretty fun.

I'll probably start a new character on PS4. Would be cool if I could link my account together on PC and PS4.
 
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Ace Trainer

Banned
I've been trying to get into this game here and there. Because it's free to play you can either buy your way towards new warframes (classes), weapons, support A.I. (mags), etc or you can grind like no tomorrow to unlock stuff. I think if I had a regular possy to play with I'd enjoy this game much more.
 
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CaptainTiptop

Member
I was watching videos of this game literally just yesterday thinking 'man, I hope this is another f2p game that comes to PS4'.

Haven't played it on PC but it does look kinda cool.
 
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Elixist

Member
Good looking game, it plays well too just got repetitive quick. I'd be down for a versus mode tho hope they add that sometime.
 
Everdred

Everdred

Member
Amir0x said:
Never played it. Never even heard of it, frankly. worth trying out on PC?
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I found it to be incredibly average. If you are in a tight spot financially, it'll give you a TPS fix but there are much better games to be played.
 
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Angelus Errare

Banned
I liked it for what it's worth on PC, like others have said it gets repetitive VERY quickly. It's very fun while you're still in that "new game feeling!" stage.
 
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Killthee

helped a brotha out on multiple separate occasions!
Dug said:
So that's two F2P games coming to PS4:

Blacklight
Warframe

Any others?
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Warthunder & Doki Doki Universe are the other 2 confirmed games. Planetside 2, DC Universe Online, Dust 514 are rumored and I wouldn't be surprised if SOE ports over EQ Next.
 
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The_Monk

Member
Curious to see, I know a couple of friends who have been talking a lot about this so let's see how it will be on the PS4.

Thanks for posting sir!
 
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Elixist

Member
Killthee said:
Warthunder & Doki Doki Universe are the other 2 confirmed games. Planetside 2, DC Universe Online, Dust 514 are rumored and I wouldn't be surprised if SOE ports over EQ Next.
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I look forward to that, it would be interesting if they could make a keyboard mouse mandatory disclaimer for some games. Then you could bring in the LoL's and Company of heroes without compromising the controls would be cool imo.
 
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