[2021] Console Update: Orphix Venom (Status: LAUNCHES TODAY)

Hello again! Checking in as we move along with getting Orphix Venom out the door… TODAY!

Yes, Orphix Venom: Update 29.6.5 is launching today at ~ 3:00 PM ET on PlayStation and Xbox. The Operation will begin shortly after that at around 3:20 PM ET! This will give you time to download the update and for us to make sure there are no major issues with it before we turn the Operation on. 

We are also targeting today for Nintendo Switch, the reason for the delay is time zone differences between us and Nintendo making the approval process take a bit longer. So we require a bit more time to prepare for launch and get everything in place for the Operation! We’ll keep you posted when we know the launch time of the update and Operation: Orphix Venom itself! If for any unforeseen reason there’s a further delay, we’ll let you know ASAP.

Also! Sometimes it's not enough to just thank you for your patience, so we have extended the originally planned two weeks of double Affinity on consoles to THREE! Once the Operation is live we will be flipping the switch and earning you all double the Affinity until February 11th!

Looking forward to seeing you all out there Necrawebbing and Meathooking Sentients during the Operation! Keep an eye out for Red Text to make an appearance as usual in game to countdown to the update launch.

7 minutes ago, (XBOX)Dr Spaghetti 28 said:

Really excited to hear its coming, thank you! This is why I liked the "in cert" status though, wouldn't have even known it was coming if I didn't happen to glance at twitter at the right time to catch a retweet. Hadn't even checked Warframe in a few days because I figured the lack of an "in cert" update meant it was still a while away. Regardless, thanks for your work and the update!

Definitely some growing pains around the new way we are treating Status Threads for sure - But we update this information in the in-game news as well! Will be a bit of an adjustment for us as well as we find the best ways to proceed moving forward :) Thanks for helping us along the way!

12 minutes ago, vanaukas said:

Would't be better making a new thread and closing this? Because some of your responses are buried by complains and "I WANT IT NOW" kind of comments. Just a suggestion tho, as you can see people still argues about it despite your comment.

I add all of my responses in the thread as edits to the OP of this thread for precisely this reason :) 

2 hours ago, (PSN)Quiet_Hakkai said:

I hope De release the unreal tournament skin with the update :(

Just now, (XBOX)BLACKDEATH2881 said:

Yes so hyped about the Ogris skin being an old Unreal Tournament fan free or not I would gladly pay for these skins! 

Not coming in this update, but as we said in the original Unreal Tournament promo for PC we will eventually be bringing these skins to consoles! 

26 minutes ago, [DE]Danielle said:

Hello again! Checking in as we move along with getting Orphix Venom out the door… TODAY!

Yes, Orphix Venom: Update 29.6.5 is launching today at ~ 3:00 PM ET on PlayStation and Xbox. The Operation will begin shortly after that at around 3:20 PM ET! This will give you time to download the update and for us to make sure there are no major issues with it before we turn the Operation on. 

We are also targeting today for Nintendo Switch, the reason for the delay is time zone differences between us and Nintendo making the approval process take a bit longer. So we require a bit more time to prepare for launch and get everything in place for the Operation! We’ll keep you posted when we know the launch time of the update and Operation: Orphix Venom itself! If for any unforeseen reason there’s a further delay, we’ll let you know ASAP.

Also! Sometimes it's not enough to just thank you for your patience, so we have extended the originally planned two weeks of double Affinity on consoles to THREE! Once the Operation is live we will be flipping the switch and earning you all double the Affinity until February 11th!

Looking forward to seeing you all out there Necrawebbing and Meathooking Sentients during the Operation! Keep an eye out for Red Text to make an appearance as usual in game to countdown to the update launch.

Hot off of the console presses! 

Nintendo Switch is launching alongside PlayStation and Xbox at 3 PM ET!! Thanks to the swift work of our Switch team. The Operation and Double Affinity will also begin at 3:20 PM ET.

2 minutes ago, rcfox said:

Will there be leaderboard APIs available for the console events? (ie: Similar to http://content.warframe.com/dynamic/orphixVenomJS.php?)

Yes! Links will be posted when the Operation is live!

7 minutes ago, (PSN)Hikuro-93 said:

Ah, the famed "mid-point update" has arrived. On launch day. At least it didn't delay the release just to justify said warning.

Can't we just use the "In cert" status? Return to simpler times? Not try to fix what was not broken? Or at the very least plan it and execute it in a less rushed way? Who was bored on New Year's eve and decided "let's just change everything as soon as midnight comes! New devstreams, new all-in-one console update threads, new ways of managing said threads, new everything!"?

Anyways. Orphix Venom, here we go! Given the vacation time, this was actually faster than I anticipated. Kudos.

Not ideal, growing pains indeed. We still are shifting and adjusting with this new change ourselves. With 5 platforms things come at us hard and fast at all angles, making cert news difficult to manage. Trying to keep in mind that "new" does not mean "perfect", it'll take some time for us to find the perfect rhythm with these things. A midpoint check in at launch day is not a midpoint check in at all ahaha, that I will not deny. Work continues at making this work better for all!