News: Digital Extremes Opens Soulframe Preludes to All PC Players
Digital Extremes has opened the doors to its new free-to-play fantasy adventure, Soulframe Open Preludes, inviting players everywhere to join as Envoys in the sister project to the global hit Warframe. Available now for Windows PC players to download completely free from the official game website, Soulframe offers a chance to sign up, secure an Envoy name, and explore a handcrafted fantasy world filled with magick, memorable stories, and daring combat. Creative Director Geoff Crookes highlighted the essential role of the existing Preludes community in reaching this wider audience, noting the team's readiness to refine features such as mounts and combat toward an optimal form ahead of a broader public launch. The studio remains committed to flexibility and collaboration with the community as development progresses. Players take up the mantle of Envoy to cleanse the soul-torn land of Alca from corruption, reconnecting with nature by redeeming corrupted Omen Beasts, rescuing captured wildlife, and raising an Omen Wolf mount companion. Heavily influenced by themes of nature and restoration, the game promises a personal journey of discovery through an ancient, broken land where players inherit the courage, spirit, and grace of Ancestors to mend earthly flesh and restore it from Ode’n reign.
Master the core Virtues to become an expert in combat, stealth, and magic techniques while collecting and customizing a wide variety of weapons and armor. Forge Pacts with forgotten Ancestors to wield ancient abilities, mixing and matching deliberate playstyles with friends in parties of up to four across a bustling overworld and dangerous dungeons. According to the Steam store page, from the creators of Warframe emerges this Fantasy Action RPG where players forge their legend with blade, bow, and magick as they lead the charge against a world-devouring corruption. Rise as an Envoy in a living world besieged by conquerors, living alongside your Ancestors and manifesting primal aspects of the natural world. Combine the strength of your Pacts, Weapons and Virtues solo or with friends to take back Midrath and free the Omen Beasts from the Ode. The Spellsong that sounded over Alca on Ode'n Descent caused all to forget their rites and divine Omen Beasts, now corrupted by Ode’n Ichor. Only the Envoy, with ancient Fey blood not easily swayed by Ode’n Magicks, can heal the worldflesh of Alca, for none are beyond saving.
The bonds forged with Omen Beasts manifest as Pacts granting Arcanic abilities, embodying Virtues of Courage for heroic charges, Grace for stealth or marksman precision, or Spirit attuned to magick. Explore the isle of Midrath, taking on Fables to aid Omen Beasts, seeking World Trees, liberating fortresses in Sieges, discovering hidden Enclaves, and completing Votives, while venturing into shifting dungeons like the Dermak Undercity. Customize your Envoy by combining Pacts, Virtues, Weapons, Runes, and Armor, swapping loadouts outside combat via the Nightfold and Bestitching gear with Moonsteel Thread to express your personal style. To join Soulframe Open Preludes, visit the official website and create an account; supporting as a Founder instantly unlocks special in-game Pacts and equipment. Wishlist the game on Steam today for development updates as it progresses toward a wider PC launch, currently listed as coming soon from developer and publisher Digital Extremes. Soulframe, built on the studio's proprietary Evolution Engine, continues the legacy of free-to-play success seen in Warframe, which supports over 90 million registered players across platforms.