Warframehas been on the market for quite a long while now, and it remains about as successful as it’s ever been, even years after its initial launch window. The developer,Digital Extremes, is intent on keeping the game up and running for times to come, but that’s not to say that it’s not exploring other game production avenues as well.
Namely,Digital Extremeshas just trademarked a curious new intellectual property, “Soulframe.” There’s a clear, and likely deliberate, resemblance between the titlesSoulframeandWarframe, which has led some to believe that the developer could be in the early stages of production of a fully fledged sequel to one of the longest-lasting live-service games on PC.
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Though it’s one of themost popular old games on Steam,Warframeis continuously getting major new content updates and expansion packs for players to enjoy. Digital Extremes is bound to try and keep the game up and running for as long as possible, but the existence of theSoulframetrademark could very well suggest that the studio may attempt to explore other options over the next couple of years, especially since most of DE’s other non-Warframeprojects, such asThe Amazing Eternals, ended up getting canceled due to low player interest.
Since there’s virtually nothing currently known aboutSoulframe, it’s worth pointing out that it could also be a project that’s entirely unrelated toWarframe, as the word directly references the biomechanical constructs that players use in combat. To that end, it seems like a safe assumption that, if this were to be a sequel, it would retain the word “Warframe” in some way. Digital Extremes' current version of the trademark simply states that it is, in fact, a video game with some type of online service elements.
WhetherSoulframerelates toWarframeor not will be the big question that Digital Extremes is bound to clarify sooner or later. It’s highly unlikely that DE is about to stop supporting its most important product anytime soon, with major content updates, such as thedelayedWarframeexpansion Duviri Paradox, yet to come out.
The fact thatWarframeis still popular and often featured on lists of thebest live-service games on the marketspeaks volumes about Digital Extremes' dedication to its flagship product. As the studio’s previous attempts at diversification have either outright failed or simply fizzled out - as in the case ofSword Coast Legends- it’s not strange to see DE attempting to establish a more varied portfolio of games.
Warframeis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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