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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99Subscribe now Essential Hardware Dune: Awakening PC Gaming Show Recommended reading Destiny 2 just got weird: Launch trailer leans hard into time travel and looks more like a Control crossover Bungie announces the next four Destiny 2 expansions, and yes, the second one is literally just Star Wars The Edge of Fate will be the biggest change to Destiny 2 since it launched—an injection of fresh ideas, but also of ARPG grind Borderlands 4: Everything we know about Gearbox's next co-op FPS EVE Frontier, CCP's survival MMO about rebuilding civilization among the ruins of a spacefaring empire, is getting a big update and moving into public alpha Third Person Shooter Don't swap out your pants just yet, Helldivers 2 might be getting another update next week to coincide with the battle for Super Earth Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders: All the key details on the most exciting extraction shooter of 2025 Third Person Shooter Brace yourselves, Warframe lore heads: We're finally going to Tau in 2026 Lincoln Carpenter 19 July 2025 An end of year update, The Old Peace, will serve as a prelude to Warframe: Tau. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) At its tenth TennoCon fan conference on Saturday, Digital Extremes revealed its plans for the next era of Warframe. Following a major update that'll close out 2025, Warframe will finally chart a course for a destination that's been teased for years: In 2026, the Tenno are headed to Tau. The Tau system is, to put it lightly, a pretty big deal for Warframe. It's where many of the core conflicts of Warframe's storytelling were first set in motion: A far-off star where, thousands of years before in-game events take place, the synthetic race of Sentients rejected their lot as terraforming serfs for the Orokin empire and returned to the Sol system in violent rebellion. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) In the Old War that followed, only the Warframe-equipped Tenno proved capable of resisting the Sentient onslaught, until they too turned on their Orokin overlords and delivered a bloody coup de grace that toppled the oppressive empire. After the game opens with their Tenno character waking from ensuing centuries of suspended animation, everything the player sees is fallout from the attempted colonization of Tau—and for years, the arc of Warframe's plot has hinted we'd eventually travel there ourselves. Related Articles Destiny 2 just got weird: Launch trailer leans hard into time travel and looks more like a Control crossover Bungie announces the next four Destiny 2 expansions, and yes, the second one is literally just Star Wars The Edge of Fate will be the biggest change to Destiny 2 since it launched—an injection of fresh ideas, but also of ARPG grind After countless teases, winks, and nudges, 2026 is when Warframe will make that long-awaited interstellar jump. Digital Extremes didn't offer many details about what to expect from next year's expansion, but a major story update landing at the end of 2025 will act as a prelude for Tau. Called The Old Peace, the update will see players reliving archived memories from a tenuous truce during the Old War, when the Orokin and Sentient forces attempted to negotiate a ceasefire. TennoCon 2025 | The Old Peace | Official Trailer - YouTube Given how the rest of Warframe history plays out, it seems like those negotiations didn't end well. But living through the peace talks—and, presumably, their collapse—on the moon of Perita will give us our first real glimpse of the Tau system. You might want to check in on any Warframe lore heads in your life. They're probably hyperventilating pretty hard. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. The Old Peace will also add a sidequest called The Devil's Triad, which will introduce Uriel—a new demon-themed Warframe—and a pair of extremely Catholic-coded space weirdos that I'm sure everyone will be very normal about. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) That's not all the Warframe we're getting before the year's out. Digital Extremes said there's also a currently-untitled update arriving in the fall, which will bring an ability refresh for the long-neglected Oberon Warframe. It'll also add a new tutorial quest for the Mod system—a crucial part of Warframe gameplay that can be pretty impenetrable for new players. The year ahead looks like it'll maintain Warframe's status of being the widest and weirdest sci-fi live service game on the market, and I could not be more thrilled. So if you'll excuse me, I've got a few months of grinding to do if I want to get all my Tau prep squared away. Lincoln Carpenter Social Links Navigation News Writer Lincoln has been writing about games for 11 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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