Warframe 1999 release time: Here’s when you can play huge update

TechGamingVideo gamesWarframe 1999 channels X-Men and sci-fi into a unique third-person adventure that’s free-to-play, meaning you can get started today — here’s when it launches

Warframe 1999 is finally here, Tenno(Image: Digital Extremes)The Game Awards saw reveals for some huge games, including a new Elden Ring title, The Witcher 4, Steel Hunters and much more.

Warframe fans will have mostly been interested in the game’s upcoming 1999 expansion which turns the clock back to the end of the last millennium, complete with classic tech and boybands.

The event revealed the hotly-anticipated update will arrive today, December 13, meaning players can get stuck in with the new cast of characters. Here’s all you need to know about when it’ll be available.

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Warframe 1999 launch timeWarframe updates tend to happen at 10AM PST, so we’re expecting the update at 6PM GMT. We’ve reached out to Digital Extremes to confirm.

As a reminder, the update is free for all players. Xbox players, you received an accidental patch rollout earlier today, so you can expect to need to update again before you can play.

Content cannot be displayed without consentWhat is Warframe 1999?Get ready to ride the Atomicycle(Image: Digital Extremes)Warframe 1999 is one of the long-running loot-slasher’s most-anticipated updates, switching the time period and setting to an alternate past.

Six Protoframe members team up to defend the city of Höllvania against the Scaldra army and a Techrot infestation, with a late-nineties cyberpunk styling and a driveable motorcycle.

With the likes of Ben Starr (Final Fantasy 16), Amelia Tyler (Baldur’s Gate 3), Neil Newbon (Baldur’s Gate 3) and Nick Apostolides (Resident Evil 4 Remake) on the voice cast, you’ll be able to chat to your comrades through a new romance and relationship system. Protoframe versions can be used through Gemini Skins, too, letting players swap in Protoframe versions of Excalibur, Mag, Volt, Nyx, Trinity, and Cyte-09.

It wouldn’t be a new Warframe update without a fresh ‘Frame to play as, and this time we get the Cyte-09 which can scan and see enemies through walls, as well as cloak itself. There’s even an in-game run-and-gun side-scroller you can play in the arcade.

Speaking of playing new things, Faceoff is a new PvPvE game type, the first of its kind in Warframe. It’s one of four new mission types being added with the 1999 update.

I’ve been out of Warframe for some time but the X-Men vibes and voice cast alone have me itching to jump back in.

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