Gaming Consoles & PC Gambling, noir detectives, and urinating robots: Warframe’s long-awaited Tau update is unlike anything I could possibly have predicted News By Christian Guyton Published 12 July 2026 I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works . (Image credit: Digital Extremes) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Warframe’s upcoming Tau update was showcased today at TennoCon in London, Ontario The update will take the game in a bold new direction, introducing a noir detective story A smaller Fall update is scheduled before Tau lands later this year So, it’s finally happening: Warframe is going to the Tau system later this year, in a hotly anticipated major update that has been repeatedly teased for years. Having just watched the reveal live at TennoCon 2026, I have to say… any predictions I had about this update could not have been more wrong. Last year’s The Old Peace update gave us a glimpse of Tau’s distant past, showing glittering orbital academies and futuristic humans living in harmony with the robotic Sentient race. As it turns out, the ‘present-day’ Tau is absolutely nothing like that. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: The undercity of Fornax is a grim, addiction-wracked settting. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) Instead, today’s event introduced us to a grimy neo-noir dystopia, a Sentient city named Fornax inside a gigantic ring-shaped superstructure orbiting one of Tau’s dead worlds. The live demo at TennoCon is seen through the eyes of a new upcoming warframe, Brysko, who is so obviously a frameified version of Blade Runner protagonist Rick Deckard that it almost borders on parody, right down to his long jacket and beefy signature pistol. Oh, and did I mention that he’s voiced by Matt Mercer? Dark city The narrative of the new update leaps between plotlines at a breakneck pace (as has become common for Warframe ‘s frankly wild storytelling), first showing us flashbacks featuring the Lotus and the player characters finally figuring out how to get to Tau. Meanwhile, sometimes-hero-sometimes-villain Albrecht Entrati is already in Tau, sending Brysko on an investigation into Fornax’s seedy underworld in a story that clearly draws heavy inspiration from 40s noir detective films. You may like Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026 — from Final Fantasy 7 Revelation to Resident Evil Code Veronica remake and new Stellar Blade game Why space was the perfect setting for the long-awaited new horror game, Directive 8020 Control Resonant’s ray tracing is a feast for the eyes on an RTX 5090 Fornax is not a great place to live. It evokes Blade Runner ‘s rain-soaked Los Angeles or Cyberpunk 2077 ‘s Night City, blended with the crumbling architecture and utter hopelessness of Warhammer 40,000 ‘s multi-layered hive cities. “Addiction is the theme of this update,” said Warframe Creative Director Rebecca Ford at the press preview event I attended on Thursday night, and that’s immediately evident in the city’s inhabitants. Tau introduces a whole new cast of characters in Brysko’s detective storyline. (Image credit: Digital Extremes) Brysko himself chain-smokes cigars, the undercity slums are filled with drug-addled Sentients begging for scraps and pissing in the streets (yes, these robots can urinate… no, developer Digital Extremes did not explain how or why), and a large part of the live demo focuses on a casino seemingly run by presumed-dead Sentient character Adis, all grown up and now a cold, calculating mob boss named ‘the Hunra’. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf o
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