Warframe developer Digital Extremes “is so excited” to construct a Switch 2 model of the free-to-play recreation, however that is not possible with out dev kits. Up to now, the studio hasn’t obtained any, noting a “backlog” for the units.
Chatting with Eurogamer, Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair talked in regards to the workforce’s need to create a Switch 2 version of Warframe. “Our tech workforce is so excited to benefit from the [Switch 2’s] high-speed cores and the opposite actually cool options of it, [but] there’s simply such a backlog for dev kits,” Sinclair mentioned.
Sinclair added that “we undoubtedly have plans” for Warframe on Switch 2, and it will be a customized construct of the web action-RPG. The sport is playable on Nintendo’s new hybrid console because of backward compatibility. Whereas it initially launched in 2013, Warframe got here to Switch in late 2018.
This follows a report from final week stating that the shortage of Switch 2 dev kits is limiting third-party recreation bulletins for the system. Supposedly even larger firms like Capcom and Sega are nonetheless ready for extra entry to the units, too.
Even after a decade, Warframe continues to be one of many 25 greatest free video games to play. Moreover, it was one of many high 10 gaming franchises final yr, in line with GameSpot guardian firm Fandom. Digital Extremes can be engaged on Soulframe, a free-to-play, open-world multiplayer RPG with a fantasy setting.