Summary
Warframe: 1999launches December 13, Digital Extremes has announced. The release date for the latestWarframeexpansion was revealed alongside its new gameplay trailer, which premiered at The Game Awards 2024.
Warframecelebrated its 11th anniversary on June 02, 2025. The free-to-play ARPG is still going strong, regularly peaking at over 50,000 concurrent players on Steam alone. It’s also still finding new audiences, as most recently underlined by theWarframeiOS port, which debuted back in February 2024. The game’s1999expansion was first teased back in August 2023, with Digital Extremes later confirming that it’s planned to drop in December 2024.
TheWarframedeveloper has now taken to The Game Awards 2024to finally commit to a concrete release date for1999, with game director Rebecca Ford taking the stage to reveal that the expansion will drop on Friday, December 13. Digital Extremes also used the awards ceremony as an opportunity to premiere a new gameplay trailer forWarframe: 1999, which features nearly two minutes' worth of mostly action-packed footage.
1999 Billed As Warframe’s ‘Most Ambitious Addition’ To Date
The Canadian studio is touting1999as “the most ambitious addition” toWarframeit ever produced, which is quite a promise for alive-service game known for delivering some absolutely massive expansions. In this particular instance,Warframe: 1999is set to introduce yet another single-player quest, the 59th Warframe called Cyte-09, two new enemy factions, and four additional mission types, among other novelties. The expansion will also debut the game’s first-ever lineup of transforming cosmetic skins that come fully voiced.
True to its name,Warframe: 1999won’t be lacking in references to the final decade ofthe 20th century, as its storyline will have players travel to an alternate version of 1999 to defend the city of Höllvania against the Techrot infestation and Scaldra army. To that end, they will team up with six of The Hex’s Protoframe members in order to take down Dr. Entrati, the mysterious figure responsible for the sorry state of the expansion’s world.
Warframe Celebrating 1999’s Launch With Balatro Collaboration
Digital Extremes is celebrating the imminent release ofWarframe: 1999with aBalatrocollaboration. The newly confirmed crossover allowsBalatroplayers to customize their King, Queen, and Jack cards with some of the most recognizableWarframesuits: Volt, Mag, and Excalibur. This free content drop was introduced as part ofBalatro’s Friends of Jimbo 3 update, which rolled out to PC, consoles, and mobile devices a few hours ahead of the TGA 2024 ceremony on December 12.
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