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London, Ontario-based Tencent subsidiary Digital Extremes has announced that their almost decade-old F2P online action RPG Warframe now supports crossplay across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
Read MoreDigital Extremes announced at The Game Awards this week that Empyrean, the large 4-player co-op spaceship-battle expansion for Warframe, is available now for PC.
Read MoreWarframe, Digital Extremes’ free-to-play ninja MMO will be hitting Nintendo Switch November 20th. You can check out the trailer below.
Ninjas Play Free! Coming to Nintendo Switch on November 20. They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun - Masters of the Warframe armor. Those that sur...
Digital Extremes announced at The Game Awards this week that Empyrean, the large 4-player co-op spaceship-battle expansion for Warframe, is available now for PC.
Though no release date was given, Warframe will be coming to Switch as announced during this weekend's Tennocon event. You can check out the trailer below.
The hit cooperative, sci-fi action game, Warframe, is coming to Nintendo Switch! They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun - masters of the Warframe armor. Those that survived the Old War were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more. Learn more about Warframe: https://warframe.com/
London, Ontario-based Tencent subsidiary Digital Extremes has announced that their almost decade-old F2P online action RPG Warframe now supports crossplay across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
London, Ontario-based Digital Extremes (@DigitalExtremes) has made their free-to-play, third-person action shooter Warframe (@PlayWarframe) available now on the Epic Game Store with a bundle that adds items from the Unreal franchise.
As mentioned earlier in the week Cuphead was up for three nominations at The Game Awards, and took home three wins. They won:
It was even recongnized by Canada's Prime Minister:
Big night for the Canadians behind @StudioMDHR at @thegameawards last night – congratulations on taking home Best Debut Indie Game and Best Art Direction for Cuphead!
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 8, 2017
A big congratulations to all the nominations, and winners. While Warframe was nominated for Best Ongoing Game, last years Game of the Year Overwatch took home the prize for that.
Cuphead is celebrating its initial launch on PC and Xbox One 5 years ago today, September 29, with the announcement of a physical copy of the game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch.
Fall Guys have announced the game will be getting Cuphead specific skins.
Tis the season of delays, and Studio MDHR is up next - announcing today that the DLC follow up to Cuphead is delayed.
Oakville and Regina-based game developers Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) have released the originally Xbox console exclusive Cuphead for PlayStation 4 today, the last major gaming platform it was absent from (besides Ouya).
Indie darling Cuphead has shipped 5 million copies across PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and is on sale to celebrate!
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The new studio founded by ex-BioWare devs Humanoid Origin is looking to fill multiple roles.
Digital Extremes, the London based developer of Warframe, will be moving east next month, having announced they are opening up a second studio here in Toronto. The studio will be focused around the development side of their business.
"Toronto has become a hub of impressive game development over the past 7-8 years. Being only two hours down the road from our headquarters in London, expanding to Toronto is a logical choice to continue growth plans for Digital Extremes and keep up with the pace of our growing stable of games,” said Meredith Braun, Digital Extremes VP of publishing."
London, Ontario-based Tencent subsidiary Digital Extremes has announced that their almost decade-old F2P online action RPG Warframe now supports crossplay across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
Digital Extremes announced at The Game Awards this week that Empyrean, the large 4-player co-op spaceship-battle expansion for Warframe, is available now for PC.
London based developer Digital Extremes have released an update for their popular free-to-play sci-fi ninja shooter Warframe. Chains of Harrow will provide players a new quest similar to a horror film.
"In response to a disturbing transmission from Palladino, the Red Veil Clan's spiritual medium, Tenno are compelled to investigate a dark, mysteriously abandoned Steel Meridian spacecraft found adrift. Inside the vessel, lights flicker and emergency lights strobe, revealing bodies of dead crew members. All is quiet except for whispers heard echoing throughout the lifeless craft. What does it all mean? Players must uncover the terrifying reality of what happened onboard, how the Red Veil might play a part in it, and more."
Check out below for the trailer, as well as the full Press Release. Warframe can be downloaded on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Harness the power of the Void to bolster allies' defenses and amplify their lethality with the newest Warframe, Harrow. Coming soon! https://www.warframe.com/chains-of-harrow
“NEW WARFRAME UPDATE EMERGES FROM THE DARKNESS WITH PRIEST-LIKE “HARROW”
A Brooding New Warframe with Quest, New Weapons, and Enemies
Set In New Gorgeous Graphic Overhaul “Earth Remastered”
LONDON, ON – June 28, 2017 – Materializing from the smoky darkness, Digital Extremes’ newest Warframe® update “Chains of Harrow” arrives on PC today introducing “Harrow,” a menacing new Warframe who wields priest-style powers and offers a terrifying new, lore-based quest.
With today’s update, the ever-evolving free-to-play action hit, sporting 30 million registered users and counting, also reveals the start of a planned graphical overhaul of the Solar System beginning with Earth. Dubbed “Earth Remastered,” the newly enhanced Earth — powered by Digital Extremes’ proprietary Evolution Engine — turns the formerly good-looking planet into a stunningly lush, beautifully lit, organically structured environment. According to PC Gamer: “The difference is stunning, with some scenes almost looking like an entirely different game.”
Download the new Chains of Harrow video, Earth Remastered video, Dual Wielding Video, plus screenshots, and key art here: digitalextremesltd.box.com/s/1x7odrb8sk9e4gc9kccfj2wato5wwpfi
Watch Harrow’s profile video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HXpeUh2QY&t=4s
With Chains of Harrow, Warframe players (AKA Tenno) will descend into a haunting new quest resembling a horror film. In response to a disturbing transmission from Palladino, the Red Veil Clan’s spiritual medium, Tenno are compelled to investigate a dark, mysteriously abandoned Steel Meridian spacecraft found adrift. Inside the vessel, lights flicker and emergency lights strobe, revealing bodies of dead crew members. All is quiet except for whispers heard echoing throughout the lifeless craft. What does it all mean? Players must uncover the terrifying reality of what happened onboard, how the Red Veil might play a part in it, and more.
Chains of Harrow is loaded with additional content — from new enemies and weapons to new cosmetics, Captura tiles, an Octavia Instrument Pack, and more:
Play as Harrow: Harness the power of the Void to bolster allies’ defenses and amplify their lethality with Lotus’ newest Warrior, Harrow, using four deadly abilities:
Condemn – Cast a wave of energy that chains them where they stand. Each enemy held reinforces Harrow’s shields.
Penance – Sacrifice shields to boost reload, and fire rate while converting damage inflicted on enemies into health for Harrow and nearby allies.
Thurible – Channel Harrow’s energy into the Thurible to generate a buff. The more energy channeled, the longer the buff will last. Once finished, kill enemies to bestow nearby allies with bursts of energy. Headshots produce extra energy.
Covenant – Protect nearby allies with an energy force that absorbs all damage and converts it to a Critical Chance bonus for all those under the Covenant. Headshots are amplified even further.
Take the Quest: A disturbing transmission from Red Veil’s spiritual medium leads to an abandoned Steel Meridian vessel adrift on the outskirts of Earth. Inside, strange whispers echo throughout the lifeless vessel. What force unleashed this evil and how can it be stopped? (The Chains of Harrow Quest will appear in the Codex for those who have completed The War Within and unlocked Mot in the Void.)
Earth Remastered: Experience Earth like never before with the beautifully remastered Earth environments. Clash with Grineer amidst luscious vegetation and envelope your Warframe in the naturalistic lighting and a remastered soundscape. Visit any of the Earth Terrain Missions to experience this stunning overhaul.
New Grineer Enemy: Nox is a new enemy that is part of the Elite Chem Strike Unit. Nox wields a toxin-filled heavy gun that shoots blobs of toxic goo that attach themselves to targets before exploding. Take out these gruesome enemies by shooting their glass helmets and exposing their deteriorating skin. Beware of their final moments, as they explode into a lethal cloud.
New Weapons:
Knell (pistol): Ring the death knell. Every headshot from this scoped pistol increases Critical Chance for a short period.
Scourge (spear): Blast targets with corrosive plasma projectiles, or toss the scepter to inflict nearby enemies with an energy field that amplifies their brain waves to attract bullets.
New Syandana: A “priestly” addition, the Nave Syandana completes Harrow’s iconic look.
And More: Check out the new Captura Tiles (Forest tiles), Octavia’s Anthem-related Instrument Pack (Corpus & Grineer Packs), Glaive and Melee Rework (all melee throwing weapons can be used concurrently with secondary weapons), Alt-Helm, new Riven Mods for Melee Weapons, and more.
Chains of Harrow comes just before the development team hosts Warframe fans from around the world at the second annual TennoCon on Saturday, July 8 in London, Ontario, Canada. Tickets are nearly sold out but still available at Warframe.com/tennocon and for those unable to attend, viewers can tune into twitch.tv/warframe to watch the biggest reveal of the year coming to Warframe during TennoLive starting at 3 pm PST/ 6 pm EST on Saturday, July 8.
Chains of Harrow releases today on PC and will come to console shortly after. Please visit the official Warframe website at www.warframe.com to join the community on PC, Xbox One or PS4 and download the game for free. To keep up with the latest updates from the development team, be sure to follow Warframe on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREMES
Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games’ multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal, Unreal Tournament – and all its iterations – Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multi-player campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, Warframe®, boasting a global community of more than 30 million registered players on PC, PS4™ and Xbox One. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit www.digitalextremes.com. To sign up for Warframe, visit www.warframe.com.”
We're back playing more Sword Coast Legends, while also talking Ubisoft.
We're back with another Sword Coast Legends from Digital Extremes and n-Space. You can check out the first video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ql4J6tWYZA&t This time we're talking about Ubisoft, and their upcoming big games for next year. Website: http://www.torontogamedevs.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/torontogamedevs Patreon: https://patreon.com/torontogamedevs Store: https://designbyhumans.com/shop/TorontoGameDevs
Sword Coast Legends is a Dungeon's and Dragon's game in the style of Diablo. Developed by n-Space, and Digital Extremes, we give the game's tutorial a spin.
We took a week off since there weren't any more new job postings, so the last time we posted was on June 28th. We're back now since there are some new positions, check them out below and keep an eye on the Studios page for a good source of active developers. As always, the studio name and job position are links to their sites.
DrinkBox Studios - 2D Animator
"The applicant will work in Toon Boom and Flash to help rig characters and create animations for future DrinkBox Studios projects. Required animations may include enemies, bosses, player character(s), animated background elements, and animated cutscenes / animatics."
Ubisoft Toronto - Level Designers, Animators, Programmers, and more.
Ubisoft is the biggest studio in Toronto, so they are always kind of hiring. There are a lot of different positions, and it's worth always checking their site every now and then.
Digital Extremes - Testers, Artists, Programmers, and more.
"Why choose Digital Extremes? Ingenuity, diligence, highly skilled, specifically trained. With stealth precision, this team of ninjas have infiltrated the F2P market. Can we control the natural elements, shape shift or walk on water? Hell no. But we can develop kick-ass videogames. We are masters of our own weaponry. What is your superhuman skill? Do you have what it takes to join this elite team? Bring it. Recruiting now."
Big Blue Bubble Inc - Director of Marketing, Level Designer, Sound Designer, and more.
"We are the largest and most successful independent mobile games company in the nation, we rank among the fastest 50 growing technology companies, and we have more accolades than wall space to display them. Big Blue Bubble delivers sheer mobile entertainment immersion through engaging, social, free to play games. We bring the most talented, creative, and zany people together with a singular vision of creating the best player experience possible."
Last week I posted about some local job postings in and around Toronto. I said I would do it every Sunday, and here we are! If you're looking for GameDev jobs, make sure to check these out.
Torn Banner Studios - Senior Multiplayer Level Designer, Environment Artist, and Animator
You can click the link above to see the positions, but here's a little info on Torn Banner Studios. You'll also be able to check them out at Stage Select next weekend.
"At Torn Banner we understand that long, hard hours are not conducive to being a happy, healthy person. Combine this idea with a flat studio structure and profit sharing and you've got ideals that promote a positive, low stress environment to help us create awesome games. As a small team of developers, each individual has a huge impact on the final product that we put out, so we put emphasis on being open with each other, giving/receiving critical feedback, and not letting an false sense of authority cloud our vision. The more eyes and input that we have from different disciplines and personality types, the better our releases will be. Profit sharing, 4 weeks Paid vacation, A no crunching policy, Relocation assistance, Flexible schedule, Monthly learning credit, Weekly happy hour, Healthcare & benefits"
"Sago Sago is looking for a full-time software engineer to join our team. The software engineer will be responsible for writing and maintaining the common code that handles analytics, cross-promotion and other non-game elements. The engineer will also support the game development team by managing developer tools, the code repository and build automation system."
Digital Extremes - UI Programmer, Web Developer, Programmers, + More (in London Ontario):
There are a lot of opportunities at Digital Extremes, make sure to check out the site:
"Why choose Digital Extremes? Ingenuity, diligence, highly skilled, specifically trained. With stealth precision, this team of ninjas have infiltrated the F2P market. Can we control the natural elements, shape shift or walk on water? Hell no. But we can develop kick-ass videogames. We are masters of our own weaponry. What is your superhuman skill? Do you have what it takes to join this elite team? Bring it. Recruiting now."
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Developer Digital Extremes took to the PlayStation Blog today to announce the latest Warframe update is now out on PlayStation 4. Titled 'Sanctuary', the update brings a new Warframe, game mode, quests, and game tweaks. It also includes a new area Sanctuary:
"Overseen by Cephalon Simaris, the Sanctuary is place where Tenno can work together for a common goal. Track down rare targets in missions and add them to the Sanctuary’s database using the Synthesis Scanner, unlocking new lore. Earn standing with Simaris and practice future Mastery tests or pit battle strategies against enemies in the Codex."
You can check out the full post on the PlayStation Blog.
London, Ontario-based Tencent subsidiary Digital Extremes has announced that their almost decade-old F2P online action RPG Warframe now supports crossplay across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.