Warframe’s ‘The War Within’ PC Update Hits Highest Numbers Ever
Digital Extremes Reinvigorates Player Base During Busiest Time of Year, Hits Steam Top Three With Most Concurrent Players in its History
Independent developer and publisher, Digital Extremes, announced today that its biggest Warframe update for PC of 2016 – The War Within – which released Friday, November 11, surged into the top three games on Steam during the weekend, reaching a new all-time high in Steam concurrent users with 68,530 players and more than 1.2 million hours played in one day.
The free-to-play action hit, which has attracted more than 26 million registered users worldwide since its launch date in March 2013, already has surpassed its record number of monthly active users this November with more than 1 million unique players across PC, Xbox One, and PS4™.
The War Within update contains the highly-anticipated cinematic quest continuing the saga started in last December’s The Second Dream – the game’s most played update to date – and drives players to embark on a chilling journey featuring multiple new missions, planets and stunning story-driven cinematics.
The free download of The War Within is available now on PC and will be released on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in the coming weeks. Please visit the official Warframe website at www.warframe.com to join the community and download the game. 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 development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. The Canadian-based developer has a rich history in developing some of the industry’s top first-person shooter and action games. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games’ multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal, Unreal Tournament – and all its iterations – and continuing with such hits as Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3 and the multi-player campaign of BioShock 2. More recently, Digital Extremes earned critical acclaim for the development of first-person shooter, The Darkness® II, based on the comic book series of the same name and the use of its proprietary technology, the Evolution Engine™. The studio is currently developing and publishing the Free-To-Play action game, Warframe® available now on PC, PS4™ and Xbox One. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit the company website at www.digitalextremes.com. To sign up for Warframe, visit www.warframe.com.
