Warframe, the free-to-play looter-shooter by Digital Extremes, is now out on Nintendo Switch. Announced during the recent Tennogen event, the port to Switch is handled by Panic Button, the team behind the excellent ports of Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein II: The New Order.
The game requires constant internet connection and the port is capped at 30fps, but this is still a substantial free-to-play game with five years of content. The launch Switch version includes up to the Mask of the Revenant update, and will be achieve content parity with the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions sometime in 2019. The game’s latest update, Fortuna, will be coming soon alongside the Garuda Warframe.
Haven’t played Warframe? New players will receive these in-game items after finishing the Vor’s Prize quest before December 4th. The items are as follows, according to the Warframe site:
50,000 Credits
The legal tender of the Origin System. Credits are used to buy new Weapons and Warframes, but they’re also used to upgrade Mods — the primary source of gear power in Warframe.3-Day Affinity Booster
With this Booster, all of your gear will rank up faster. As you play, your Weapons and Warframes will gain Affinity and rank up. Ranking up increases the Mod Capacity of an item, so you can equip those upgraded Mods.Orokin Reactor
Immediately doubles the Mod Capacity of any Warframe. Install this Reactor on your Warframe’s Upgrade screen.Orokin Reactor
Immediately doubles the Mod Capacity of any Weapon. Install this Catalyst on your Weapon’s Upgrade screen.Forma
When a Warframe or Weapon reaches max rank, you can choose to install a Forma on the Upgrade screen. Forma resets the rank of an item back to 0, but it Polarizes a Mod Slot to save on Mod Capacity. Forma is mostly used later in the game, but when you’re ready, it’s there for you.
Warframe has yet to support cross-play, but account migration from PC is available for a limited time. Right now, the game size is up to 12.2GB.
The file size is 12.2 GB. Five years of content coming your way!
— WARFRAME (@PlayWarframe) November 20, 2018
If you have yet to give Warframe a shot and have a Switch, it’s worth checking out.
Via Gamasutra