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Warframe's creators are bringing their mysterious fantasy RPG to more players. Digital Extremes announced a major expansion of Soulframe's Preludes build, adding 2,000 new players weekly ahead of its 2025 launch. Each invite email includes four additional friend codes, letting testers bring their friends along for the journey.
The game marks a dramatic departure from Warframe's lightning-fast action. Players explore a hazy golden open world filled with procedural dungeons, where every combat encounter demands careful consideration. Game Director Steve Sinclair makes the contrast clear: "Where Warframe is fast and frenetic, Soulframe is going to be slow and pensive."
Players take on the role of a fallen amnesiac soldier, making pacts with ancestral spirits to unlock abilities and customize their build. These pacts function as the game's loadout system, determining both character stats and combat options. Everything happens through the Nightfold, an extra-dimensional hub similar to Bloodborne's Hunter's Dream, which expands as players convince more spirits to take up residence.
The game features several innovative systems designed to keep players engaged. Deaths transform players into birds, letting them fly back to their corpse for resurrection, and dimensional travel sees characters tumbling backward through portals, an artistic flourish that makes even failure look graceful.
Digital Extremes has also lifted all streaming restrictions on the Preludes area, letting content creators showcase every aspect of the game.
This expansion of early access marks a crucial moment for Digital Extremes. While Warframe succeeded through speed and spectacle, Soulframe's measured pace and fantasy setting represents the company’s biggest gamble yet. The free-to-play title launches in 2025, though questions about monetization remain unanswered.
