The action game Warframe (PC, PS4, Xbox One) celebrates its birthday next week. Along with it, a major content update for PC is coming.
Warframe is an underdog story. The studio Digital Extremes was backed against the wall, and the coffers were empty. There was no money left to promote the new game “Warframe”. Particularly in free-to-play games and MMOs, the initial hype upon launch is considered crucial for success.
Yet the nearly silent-launched free-to-play co-op spectacle Warframe became thanks to outstanding word-of-mouth a hit overnight.
The game has now been around for four years, and it has steadily improved – by the end of 2016, “The War Within” marked its previous peak. By now, Warframe is one of those “free-to-play” success stories that young developers look up to when trying to make it in the industry with their games.
Warframe will celebrate its fourth birthday next Tuesday, March 28, with the new content update “Octavia’s Anthem.” It will initially be released for PC. With a few weeks delay, it will then also release for PS4 and Xbox One. This is standard for Warframe.
What Octavia can do – Skills of the new Warframe
Octavia’s Anthem is update 20. This brings the long-awaited “Bard Frame”, named Octavia. With Octavia, players can compose their own songs.
Octavia has the abilities, quoting the official page:
- Strummer – deals rhythmic damage to nearby enemies and draws their fire. Damage caused by the “Strummer” increases its lethality.
- Resonator – starts a disco ball that encourages enemies to follow it. Combined with “Strummer”, it becomes a wandering ball of acoustic destruction.
- Metronome: gives an advantage to those who perform actions in time with Octavia’s music. Timely jumps grant the Vivace speed boost. Ducking in rhythm provides the Nocturne invisibility. Rhythmic firing grants the Opera multishot. Timely melee swings give the Forte damage bonus.
- Amplifier: feeds on the decibel strength of the sound in the environment and uses it to enhance the damage of Octavia and her allies. It also doubles the damage and range of nearby strummers.
What else is in the new update U 20 – Octavia’s Anthem
Also in update 20:
- the new quest “Octavia’s Anthem”
- two new weapons for the Octavia Warframe – the Pandero, a semi-automatic pistol, and the Tenora, an automatic rifle
- and a “Capture Feature” that allows players to make impressive screenshots.
To celebrate the birthday, there’s also a comic that you can check out here at Warframe, along with further information.
We will address the intricacies of Octavia, such as how you can make music with the Bardframe, here:
