Warframe: Tau launches in December on PC, consoles and mobile
Key takeaways
- Warframe: Tau launches in December on PC, consoles and mobile, free to play
- Details revealed in Devstream 198; a second Devstream is scheduled for Nov 27
- Brisko is Warframe #67, voiced by Matthew Mercer, available via market or gameplay
- Koumei Enshoujo deluxe skin arrives in December; Nata Airroom skin due early 2027
Digital Extremes will release Warframe: Tau in December, bringing a new star system and free update to PC, console and mobile players worldwide. The studio unveiled the expansion’s first details during Devstream 198, and community director Megan Everett called the broadcast “the first of two” deep dives, with a second Devstream scheduled for November 27. Warframe: Tau is a free update across platforms and will introduce a new single-player cinematic story chapter set in the Tau system.
Tau opens on the ring-city Fornax and its satellite Perita, where players will find a reworked survival mission on Perita and a version of Fornax dominated by criminal organizations. The update adds a new social hub, Mousu 90-BF, located in Fornax; the hub is described as a place to meet new characters and rivals and to chase down secrets hidden in the world. Alongside those zones, Warframe: Tau introduces a new allied syndicate called The Cleaving Glaive, which players will encounter while exploring Perita’s chaos.
Warframe: Tau also expands the game’s modes and factions. The update will add a new game mode and new friendly and enemy forces tied to the Tau system, with content that modifies existing cooperative modes. Compared to the 2025 “Old Peace” update—which showed a historical version of Tau—this release presents Tau after a long conflict, revealing how the system looks in the present day. Digital Extremes says the Tau star system will be extended further through future updates.
The 67th Warframe, Brisko, debuts with Tau and will be available to all players at launch either through the in-game market or by earning the frame through gameplay. Matthew Mercer performs Brisko’s interior monologue; the character is inspired by detective noir and stars in the single-player cinematic story quest that accompanies the release. Brisko brings a matching set of cosmetic and equipment additions to the game: the update introduces a new cosmetic item type called Chimera skins, Brisko’s hound companion, the fist weapon Rain & Shine, and the exalted magnum Corecracker.
Cosmetics planned for December include the first deluxe skin for Koumei—the Koumei Enshoujo—arriving with Warframe: Tau. Digital Extremes also released concept art for a forthcoming Nata Airroom skin described as a free-spirited flame warrior; that Nata Airroom skin is slated for release in early 2027. Devstream 198 served as the initial reveal for these features, with the studio promising a second broadcast on November 27 to go into more detail.
Why it matters
Takeaway: Warframe: Tau ships free across PC, console and mobile in December, bundles a single-player cinematic quest starring the noir-inspired Warframe Brisko (voiced by Matthew Mercer), and plants new hubs, missions and syndicates in the Fornax–Perita ring system—Tau will grow further in later updates, per Digital Extremes.
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