2019-05-01+PC+Gamer

I

likea good 69 jokeas
muchasthenext
person,butfornearly
fourmonths
Warframe’s
communityhasbeenkeepingtheir
owndumb 69 jokegoingandnow
it’stakenona magicallifeofitsown
thatevenWarframe’s developers
havehadtoacknowledge.Welcome
toFortuna69,thehottestand
weirdestnightclubinWarframe.

WhenWarframe’sFortunaexpansion
launchedonNovember8,2018,
playersfloodedintothetitular
underground city to meet new
characters and take on a new quest
before heading out into the frozen
Venus wasteland. Though Warframe
shares a lot of DNA with traditional

MMOslikeWorldofWarcraft,

everythingis ona muchsmallerscale.

Whenthousandsofplayersflockto

socialhubslikeFortuna,they’refirst

requiredtochoosea numbered

instanceofit tohelpspreadeveryone

out.DuringFortuna’s launchit was

common to see instances of the city

reach as high as 180.

But long after the buzz around

Fortuna died and players migrated to

other areas, one instance of Fortuna

STEVENMESSNER

THISMONTH

Hada niceday.

ALSOPLAYED

Anthem

stayed open: Fortuna 69. Players

refused to log out of it, and as long as

one player stuck around to keep the

lights on, others could select Fortuna

69 from the list of instances and join

the liveliest, funniest place to chill out

in all of Warframe.

Logging in, I find a small

smattering of players running about

their business taking on quests or

buying items from the NPC vendors.

But near the main quest giver is a

small stage packed with players

sporting neon pink outfits and

ExploringtheWARFRAMEjokethatplayerswon’tletdie

“Welcome to Fortuna 69, the hottest

and weirdest night club in Warframe”

THE BIGGEST THREAT TO

FORTUNA 69’S FATE IS

UPDATES AND HOTFIXES

CONTINUED ADVENTURES IN GAMING

EXTRA LIFE

It’s almost easy to forget Fortuna is

forced-labour camp. Almost.