With most online multiplayer games, there will come at least one moment where the community has to ask: ‘Is this a bug or a feature?’ Usually, it’s regarding something problematic or limiting. But very rarely it’s because the bug is so great players want to see it stick around. The latter has just happened to Warframe 1999 following the launch of its new expansion, and developer Digital Extremes is more than happy to turn its coolest bug into a permanent fixture.
In Warframe 1999, which takes the free PC game back to the turn of the millennium, you can explore the world of Höllvania on a brand new vehicle called the Atomicycle. Essentially a fast superbike, it should only have been usable in Höllvania and 1999’s newly-added missions only. However, a bug was letting players spawn the Atomicycle into older Warframe missions too.
While these missions weren’t exactly designed for this rapid motorbike and all of the various stunts you can perform on it, Digital Extremes is going to let this bug slide. “As lots of you have reported, the Atomicycle can be spawned and used in ALL missions, not just 1999 and Open Zones like we originally intended,” the studio’s community director Megan Everett writes in a forum post. “After some internal discussion, we’ve decided to not change this. It’s rad and cool and we enjoy seeing you whip out the bike throughout the Origin System!”
While the Atomicycle will now be widely usable across almost all of Warframe, there is one exception. Digital Extremes will be removing the vehicle from Archwing quests only. These aerial missions that see you fly through the air using Archwings are hardly a suitable place for a land-going bike, so they will be patched out of those activities.
Digital Extremes also says that it will be “fixing the spotload that occurs when you summon the Atomicyle in normal missions” and will keep its eye out for any other gameplay bugs that may occur from the vehicle’s spread into older content.
Released just a few days ago following The Game Awards, Warframe 1999 has certainly been well-received and player counts (on Steam, at least) have picked up since its launch. A reminder too that Warframe is totally free-to-play, if you want to give 1999 a go.
If it’s not exactly what you’re after, there are plenty more brilliant co-op games and multiplayer games out there that you and your friends can jump into right now.
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