2016
First collaboration
An initial co-development engagement adding content pipeline capacity alongside the core team.
Co-development
WARFRAME
Warframe is a hugely popular third-person action shooter with over 80 million players worldwide. Set in the sprawling Origin System, players loot up, load out, and carve their own paths through an ever-evolving universe filled with missions, lore, and cooperative gameplay.
The Challenge
Warframe is a live game that has continually reinvented itself, introducing new modes, content, and experiences to keep players engaged. Working with Digital Extremes, Sumo was tasked with:
- Supporting ongoing development in a proprietary engine.
- Delivering fresh gameplay experiences while maintaining the integrity of Warframe’s established systems.
- Providing cross-discipline support across design, art, and engineering.
Project Details
Platforms: Nintendo Switch | Xbox One | Xbox Series X|S | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation 5 | PC
Genre: MMO | Third-Person Shooter
Partner: Digital Extremes
Our Involvement
Gameplay Design & Development
- Designed and built new objectives, missions, and encounters.
- Established new abilities, weapons, and gameplay approaches.
Art & Animation
- Concepted, modelled, and animated Warframes and weaponry.
- Created new environments and set-pieces to expand the Origin System.
Collaboration
- Achieved rapid team alignment during early phases through on-site visits.
- Worked closely with Digital Extremes to ensure seamless integration of new content.
Impact
OPTION A / SCROLL RAIL
A DECADE ON WARFRAME
Placeholder milestones for layout review.
2017
Tools and pipeline
Tooling work to shorten iteration times across the art and build pipeline.
Tooling2018
Console parity
Platform work bringing console builds in line with the PC release cadence.
Platform2019
Live operations
Ongoing support across seasonal updates, events and in-between content drops.
Live ops2021
Cross-platform play
Engineering support for cross-platform play and account linking.
Engineering2022
Content surge
Additional team capacity through a heavy content release window.
Co-development2023
Performance pass
An optimisation pass across streaming, load times and frame pacing on current-generation hardware.
Optimisation2025
The next chapter
Continued partnership on new content and platform expansion.
PartnershipOPTION B / MILESTONE SPINE
THE WORK, YEAR BY YEAR
Placeholder milestones for layout review.
2016
First collaboration
Co-development capacity alongside the core team.
2017
Tools and pipeline
Tooling to shorten art and build iteration.
2018
Console parity
Console builds brought in line with PC.
2019
Live operations
Support across seasonal updates and events.
2021
Cross-platform play
Cross-platform play and account linking.
2025
The next chapter
New content and platform expansion.
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