Warframe's Next Expansion Is the Epic Payoff to 13 Years of Storytelling
The Tau solar system teased in The Old Peace update will soon be accessible during regular gameplay, with multiple new celestial bodies for players to...
Key points
- The Tau solar system teased in The Old Peace update will soon be accessible during regular gameplay, with multiple new celestial bodies for players to explore.
- Warframe Tau feels like the game's The Final Shape moment Warframe players have been hacking, slashing and bullet-jumping across the Origin System -- a starchart that mirrors our real-world solar system with some sci-fi alterations -- for over 13 years.
- While Warframe's narrative has flirted with the idea of sending players to Tau for years now, the reality of finally heading to a brand new star chart feels monumental.
- Warframe is already wild, but the Tau system presents an opportunity to explore ideas unbound by the established conventions of the Origin System.
What happened
The Tau solar system teased in The Old Peace update will soon be accessible during regular gameplay, with multiple new celestial bodies for players to explore. Warframe Tau feels like the game's The Final Shape moment Warframe players have been hacking, slashing and bullet-jumping across the Origin System -- a starchart that mirrors our real-world solar system with some sci-fi alterations -- for over 13 years. While Warframe's narrative has flirted with the idea of sending players to Tau for years now, the reality of finally heading to a brand new star chart feels monumental. Warframe is already wild, but the Tau system presents an opportunity to explore ideas unbound by the established conventions of the Origin System. Then, in the many updates that follow this release, "there will be a whole [new star] system to expand on and explore." The Origin System isn't being abandoned New players and nostalgic veterans don't have to worry about the original mission map becoming obsolete. "We are going to be providing some deep story beats for the Origin System as well." New stories from the existing star chart will still be added in the lead-up to Tau, too.