For new and current players
Digital Extremes’Warframeis closing in on its eighth year of operation and it is showing no signs of slowing down. The looter-shooter launched last month on the PlayStation 5, and an Xbox Series X version is in the works as well. However, before that happens,Warframeis making its way to the Epic Games Store, and it’s bringing some goodies along with it.
Starting today through Christmas Eve, new and current players who open or sign into an Epic Games Store account and download the game from the service will receive three guns skins modeled after popular weapons fromUnreal Tournament.
The skins are part of the Unreal Tournament Weapon Bundle that includes:
Players who download from the Epic Game Store will also unlock the Synkra Syandana.
If this mash-up ofUnreal TournamentandWarframesounds a bit out of left field, you should know there is some history between Digital Extremes and Epic. The two companies go way back to when Digital Extremes was still making pinball games and Epic was called Epic MegaGames. James Schmalz, founder and CEO of Digital Extremes, actuallydeveloped the initial prototypefor what would eventually becomeUnrealand the far more popularUnreal Tournament. The partnership between Schmalz’s Digital Extremes and Tim Sweeny’s Epic lasted all the way throughUnreal Tournament 2004. There is a great, extensiveinterview with Schmalzby Danny O’Dwyer of Noclip that covers the history of Digital Extremes and the early years of theUnrealfranchise.
In case you’re wondering if this is going to be aRocket League-type situation, know thatWarframeisnotleaving Steam just because it’s coming to Epic Games Store. Same goes for the WF.com launcher. As for console players, it does not look like theseUnreal Tournamentskins will be coming our way, but with the recent launch of theDeimos: Arcanaupdate, there is plenty of reason to dive back into the world of space ninjas.
