Warframe 1999 is true across the nook, bringing followers of the dwell service shooter again to a wild however engaging setting that mixes darkish tech fantasy with turn-of-the-millennium vibes. It seems to be marvelous, and now developer Digital Extremes is being extremely beneficiant by gifting away Darkish Sector, its debut sport that was a predecessor to what you see in Warframe in the present day, completely free to these on Steam.
Whereas Warframe veterans will little question pay attention to its existence, I wager that almost all of players on the market could have by no means heard of Darkish Sector. In 2009, it arrived on PC a number of months after initially releasing on consoles. It launched as a gritty, single-player, third-person shooter that put you within the footwear of Hayden Tenno, a CIA agent infiltrating a fictional Soviet nation close to the top of the Chilly Conflict. Alongside third-person gunplay, gameplay revolves across the character’s throwable, boomerang-like Glaive. In addition to being a deadly weapon for slicing up enemies from a distance, it is usually a key device for fixing puzzles. Making an attempt to intention for a extra hardcore and immersive strategy, there’s additionally no HUD in Darkish Sector.
Whereas completely not an all-time traditional by any stretch of the creativeness, it’s nonetheless an extremely necessary sport as it’s the predecessor to the whole lot hit multiplayer sport Warframe has turn out to be.
Not solely are the Tennos of Warframe named after Darkish Sector’s protagonist, however the sport was initially meant to be a extra formidable, on-line expertise however needed to be scaled again because of a turbulent and lengthy growth cycle. These preliminary plans, and far of the lore behind Darkish Sector’s universe, have been repurposed within the early 2010s to type Warframe. The upcoming 1999 growth can also be closely impressed by Darkish Sector, and is anticipated to tie in closely with Digital Excessive’s debut title – some followers are even predicting a cameo from Hayden Tenno himself.
In preparation, the studio is making Darkish Sector completely free to assert and carry on Steam. “Choose up and play this piece of Digital Extremes historical past and struggle again towards the Technocyte Virus as Hayden Tenno!” it says in an announcement put up. Nevertheless, you’ll have to be speedy if you wish to add the sport to your library for the low, low worth of nothing.
Darkish Sector is free to maintain on Steam proper now, however this beneficiant supply ends on Saturday, November 30 at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 5pm GMT/ 6pm CET. You possibly can seize it proper right here.
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