Warframe Studio Reveals Soulframe, Studio Ghibli-Influenced MMO

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Digital Extremes is known for being the studio in charge of Warframe, the free-to-play third-person shooter title set in space with cross-play on all modern consoles and PC, which has been supported for almost 10 years now. This Canadian developer continues to work on novelties for Warframebut today he announced that he is also working on an entirely new game.

Today, July 16, TennoCon 2022 took place, an event focused on everything related to the franchise Warframe. Naturally, there were plenty of announcements about the title, but Digital Extremes saved the biggest reveal for last.

The studio announced the new game soul framea title that was seen coming after this brand was registered months ago.

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What is soul framethe new game from the creators of Warframe?

However, we still didn’t know anything about this project and today it was finally revealed that it will be a fantasy-themed free-to-play MMORPG that will be available on PlyStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC.

According to the first details, soul frame It will be fantasy and science fiction, true to the style of Digital Extremes. This is not a sequel to Warframebut of a “sister game”, since it will take place in the universe of the first.

This project is in charge of Steve Sinclair, creative director of Warframewho left his old position in the development of Warframe to Rebecca Ford, former veteran in charge of communication with the community and the studio since the beginning of the project.

It’s an exciting time for #Warframe as Rebecca Ford transitions to Creative Director while Steve Sinclair and others focus their efforts on a brand new game, #Soulframe.

We’d like to share a letter from each about the future of #Warframe and more. pic.twitter.com/75Jdou4TdG

—Digital Extremes (@DigitalExtremes) July 16, 2022

Soulframe has influences from the fantastic worlds of Studio Ghibli

This title will be focused on close-range or melee battles, as Sinclair mentioned in an interview with Washington Post. Also, he revealed that, unlike Warframewhich has fast gameplay, soul frame will be “slower and heavier”, apart from offering the exploration that Warframe does not include. There will also be a focus on cooperative player versus environment (PvE) combat, as well as procedurally generated scenarios.

Another interesting detail regarding the fantasy theme is that it will explore themes from Hidetaka Miyazaki’s films and animated films from Studio Ghibli, such as princess mononoke.

“With the creation of world and thematic of elements of soul frame we really seek to bring back our childhood favorites like never ending story and those fantastic crafted worlds,” said creative director Geoff Crookes. “Our team has a deep appreciation for [Hidetaka] Miyazaki and princess mononokewhere there are recurring concepts of nature and humanity colliding, and we’re going to be exploring a lot of those themes through our own lens as we play around with ideas of restoration and exploration.”

soul frame he is in an early stage of development, which is why there are very few details about him. We couldn’t see gameplay, but a trailer with an extensive cinematographic scene showed what the title is about in terms of setting and characters. You can see it below.

The official page of the game is trying to stay stable after its launch a few hours ago. By registering on the site, you will be able to secure your Envoy Title for use in the game once it is available, as well as being able to receive an Alca’s Eye.

What did you think of the reveal trailer for soul frame? Tell us in the comments.

soul frame is in development for undefined platforms, there is no release date or window yet.

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