Wayfinder development is led by creative director Joe ‘Mad’ Madureira (Battle Chasers, Darksiders, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story).

The world of Evenor is being consumed by the foul force of the Gloom. As Wayfinders, lights amidst the darkness in a world consumed by Gloom, players must control the chaos and reconnect a fractured world as they choose a unique path through an online world of endless action and adventure. To cease the Gloom’s devastating decay of Evenor, players will choose from a variety of Wayfinders (characters) to control, each with their own unique story, play styles, and abilities, harnessing their power together to defend Evenor from forces that seek to destroy it.

Uniting with fellow Wayfinders, players will use their Gloom Dagger to adventure into Lost Zones - dungeon-like areas touched and consumed by the Gloom – resulting in shifting change and chaos. Wayfinders can control the chaos with their Gloom Dagger, an ancient artifact of obscure origin, strategically implementing mutators that can dictate enemies encountered, items and resources dropped, and more. Wayfinders attempting to control this chaos will find the Gloom pushing back - implementing its own augmentations and modifiers to enemy damage, environmental hazards, and more where no two play sessions are the same.

Developer Airship Syndicate and Warframe creator Digital Extremes confirmed that they have parted ways, resulting in the Wayfinder IP (currently in Steam Early Access as well as PS4/PS5) reverting back to Airship Syndicate.

Digital Extremes also confirmed that it has shut down its publishing arm, laying off an undisclosed number of people.

"We can confirm we have made the difficult decision to cease operations of our external projects division. We have had to say goodbye to a number of hardworking and highly valuable team members as a result and we're working with Airship to transition full control of Wayfinder to them in the coming months," commented Digital Extremes.

New Wayfinder content will be released in Seasons with each Season running for three months and containing tons of updates for both new and existing players. The marquee addition with each Season will be a new Wayfinder, along with their signature weapons and unique narrative and story elements. Each Season may also include new weapons, accessories, zones, hunts, mutators, and more, expanding the world of Wayfinder over time and allowing players to revisit existing areas of the game in meaningful and interesting new ways while enriching the game’s narrative with each update.

Utilizing Digital Extremes’ expertise in approach to free-and-fair monetization, everything in Wayfinder can be earned through gameplay and also unlocked with premium currency. Wayfinder Battle Passes never expire, allowing players to work towards unlocking items at their own pace without fear of losing out. While only one Battle Pass can be active at a time, players are encouraged to play their way and can swap which pass they’re progressing against at any time. An additional premium pass tier will be available for players to instantly unlock the new Wayfinder of each Season.

Key Features:

• CONTROL THE CHAOS: Customize every play experience by stepping through a doorway of endless action with the help of a mysterious device known as a Gloom Dagger. Each adventure has unique modifiers and challenges you conjure and control, customizing what you hunt, and gather.
• BECOME A WAYFINDER: Born of the Gloom, Wayfinders wield arcane magic, mystical tech, or cunning weapons, to restore the balance of a broken world. Customize the way you fight by choosing your weapons and gear and augmenting your powers with the Echoes of your fallen foes.
• EXPLORE AND COLLECT: Embark on hunts and expeditions to discover new locations, battle new enemies and even awaken powerful Wayfinders.  Collect and craft weapons and gear as you complete your Atlas and increase Mastery.  Participate in live events with ongoing character-driven content updates.
• STRONGER TOGETHER: Wayfinders are stronger together. From adventuring with friends to developing your Apartment and its powerful buffs to a neighborhood, all of your social interactions, character and housing progression are tied together by the most important thread... each other.

Wayfinder is coming to PS4, PS5 and PC (Steam) in 2024.