TennoCon 2026: Everything Announced at the Warframe and Soulframe Fan Event - IGN

TennoCon 2026 has finally wrapped, and developer Digital Extremes has revealed new content for both Warframe and Soulframe – it's two massive online action RPGs. Throughout the TennoCon live show, we got to see the developers showcase long-anticipated updates that will not only take players to new locations but also introduce new antagonists for the larger stories ahead in both live-service games.

In addition to the long-form reveal of Warframe's Tau expansion, which introduces a new galaxy to explore that's filled with new threats, we saw Soulframe showcase a new fable questline focusing on the reveal of a new weapon and darkside powers to adopt, along with the anticipated arrival of new player mounts and a new fishing mini-game.

Continue below for everything revealed at TennoCon 2026!

Warframe - Tau revealed, Iceblade of Narin, and a new type of Warframe to control

The long-anticipated Tau expansion for Warframe was finally revealed at TennoCon 2026, and according to the developers, it's the biggest shift forward for the long-running action RPG that the devs have ever made. Launching later in 2026, the new expansion will give the Warframe community a new galaxy to explore, a new enemy faction to face, and a brand new type of Warframe that's self-aware and in the mode of a hard-boiled detective.

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Continuing the conflict among the Tenno, Albrecht Entradi, and the enigmatic Man in the Wall, players will finally venture to the long-teased Tau system, which houses the mysterious Sentinels and the megacities they've built within the galaxy. The signature location of Tau is the gloomy, alien, cyberpunk-style city known as the Forax, a new Hub zone that blends open exploration with procedurally generated zones. While not an open-world zone in the vein of the Planes of Eidolon or Fortuna, it does feel like a mix between large-scape areas of Warframe and the bite-sized action zones throughout the game.

"Tau is certainly the biggest shift for Warframe ever, we're adding a full second solar system to explore and have new stories coming," said Warframe creative director Rebecca Ford in an early interview with IGN. "When it came to building up Tau, what we basically asked ourselves was, 'How do we keep Warframe going forever?' And the answer to that was to add a second solar system to the game. 13 years later, you can build up all over again, give the players more, and start planet by planet, moon by moon. and object by object. And there's so much more to come."

Another of the signature reveals in the live demo was a new type of Warframe known as Brysko (voiced by Matt Mercer of Critical Role fame), a special Chimera Warframe created within the Tau system that has an individual consciousness. This action-heavy set-piece encounter showcased Brysko's character, who narrates many of the encounters and beats of exploration within the city of Fornax. Getting to see the city of Fornax really showcased how different of a locale it is compared to other settings in Warframe.

As an alien-spin on a dense cyberpunk megacity, we got to see Brysko explore the seedy-underbelly of the city, even taking part in underground slot machines to acquire new weapons. Along with a new playing card mini-game, players will even get a chance to fly through the city in a similar vein to Blade Runner, to see the large scope of the city-scape.

Brysko plays as a gunslinger in combat sequences, which play out similarly to a fast-paced character action game – and the slick new Warframe can even dish out damage dealing playing cards a-la X-Men's Gambit. The new update will also give players the chance to take part in a mission with Lotus, which showcased her immense power as she decimated an Orokin facility. Warframe has focused heavily on character-first storytelling in recent years, and one of the key focuses of the Tau update is Brysko's story and how the Sentient Warframe will play into the game's future.