{"id":135783,"date":"2026-01-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196596"},"modified":"2026-01-24T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:00:00","slug":"warframe-switch-2-version-scheduled-to-launch-in-q1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/24\/warframe-switch-2-version-scheduled-to-launch-in-q1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Warframe Switch 2 Version Scheduled To Launch In Q1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0fd5b2f9029cf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0fd5b2f9029cf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"0fd5b2f9029cf\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Warframe Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0fd5b2f9029cf\/warframe-switch-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0fd5b2f9029cf\/warframe-switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Warframe Switch 2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Digital Extremes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In case you missed the news, the free-to-play title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/warframe\">Warframe<\/a> is on its way to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Extremes held its <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nyrOvsRxTmM?t=1405\">first Devstream of the year<\/a> this week, and the team has now narrowed down the launch window of this version to &#8220;later&#8221; in the first quarter of 2026. As for the exact release date on Nintendo&#8217;s new hybrid platform, expect an announcement for this during the next stream in February.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Wield new ways to experience Warframe\u2019s iconic fast-paced gameplay natively on the Nintendo Switch 2 later in Q1 2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Once again, this native version of Warframe for Switch 2 will run at 60fps, with 1080p resolution across both docked and handheld modes. It&#8217;s also got improved load times and Switch 2 Mouse Mode is supported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Expect smoother visuals, more responsive combat, and significantly improved overall gameplay fidelity. Stay tuned for more details.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find out more about this free-to-play title in our original Switch review. And when the Switch 2 version&#8217;s release date is announced, we&#8217;ll provide an update.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:83309,193312,188743,187706 @ 1769294794 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be revisiting this title or finally giving it a go when it lands on the Switch 2? <em>Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Digital Extremes In case you missed the news, the free-to-play title Warframe is on its way to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. Digital Extremes held its first Devstream of the year this week, and the team has now narrowed down the launch window of this version to &#8220;later&#8221; in the first quarter of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}