Warframe: 1999 launches tomorrow and it’s bringing plenty of 90s angst

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Launching on December 13, Warframe‘s ’90s-inspired next chapter, Warframe: 1999, is loaded with an expansive single-player questline, an entirely original soundtrack of ’90s-themed grunge, and a stacked voice cast including Ben Starr of Final Fantasy XVI, Neil Newbon, the sexy voice behind the bloodthirsty vampire Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3, and so many more.

It’s been a big year for Neil Newbon, from voicing Fibonacci the Fish in Warframe’s Whisper in the Walls expansion to winning Best Performance at the 2023 Game Awards for his work on the character Astarion. We caught up with Newbon and Warframe creative director Rebb Ford to find out how the last year has gone, what it’s been like to return to the Warframe universe in an all-new role, and a peek behind the curtain at the angst of the ’90s.

The fan reception to Baldur’s Gate 3 was massive in 2023, so it’s no surprise the main cast of characters resonated with a lot of folks. “It’s been a really wonderful experience. It’s also been great to meet so many people that connected with Baldur’s Gate, that had a lot of very interesting reactions in a very positive healthy way, to the storylines and characters and to hear their stories,” Newbon says. “I am very lucky to be in a situation where people take a lot of risk on me and invite me to play with them, which is great, because I think ultimately I’m not entitled to anything.”

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So it was a no-brainer for the Warframe team to bring back Newbon for a major role in 1999. Rebb Ford had a very specific goal in mind for the dynamic duo of Elsie Lovelock,