Warframe crossplay on Nintendo Switch? Developer says it’s ‘exploring all the options’

Warframe crossplay on Nintendo Switch? Developer says it's ‘exploring all the options’

By Nick Pino

Nintendo Switch has been having a great few months – especially for its free-to-play players. Nintendo announced during E3 2018 that Epic Games would be bringing Fortnite to the console and Digital Extremes announced recently that it would do the same for its hit third-person shooter, Warframe.

The difference between the games – well, outside of the obvious differences in plot and gameplay – is that the former is available for crossplay while the latter isn’t … at least not yet.

“Since announcing Warframe coming to the Switch, we’ve received an incredible amount of positive reception from both our community and Nintendo players,” says Digital Extremes Studio Manager Sheldon Carter in an email to TechRadar. “We’re exploring all options for people to play on and with the Nintendo Switch.”

While a PR representative at Digital Extremes couldn’t tell us when, exactly, that crossplay functionality might happen, they did ensure us that it was currently under investigation and said it’s something the company would like to do.

If it happens, Warframe would join the likes of Micraft which recently announced crossplay for its Xbox One and Nintendo Switch players.

Decisions, decisions

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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