Jan 31, 2019

For Honor's third year of content, the Year of the Harbinger, is now underway

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Ubisoft's third year of content for multiplayer melee fighter For Honor is now underway on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, bringing with it a new hero, a new map, and more.

According to Ubisoft's recent deep dive video, the Year of the Harbinger (as this third year is known) will be "doing things a little differently", featuring a somewhat darker tone than usual. Year 3 will, once again, consist of four "seasons" spread throughout 2019, with the first and current season, Vortiger, set to run until the end of April. Season 2 stretches from May to July, Season 3 runs from August to October, and the final season begins in December. A special Hallowe'en event is planned for October.

Those logging into For Honor today, however, can enjoy the first round of promised additions to the game, including hero reworks for the Shoguki, Warlord, and Peacekeeper, a new map - known as Harbor, and featuring a port town on the shores of Lake Eitrivatnen - plus the Black Prior, a new "heavy" hero, armed with a giant kite shield and longsword.

Jan 31, 2019

For Honor adds Harbor map and the Black Prior hero

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Last year saw For Honor reborn to stand with Ubisoft stablemate Rainbow Six Siege, and today marks the third-person team brawler’s first major update of 2019. A war-torn harbor map is available for all to play around, but the most interesting half of this update is the Black Prior hero, available in both boy and girl forms. A dark knight that straddles the gap between Visigoth and Modern Goth, liking black leather, looking moody, they fight in ways that their more chivalrous friends probably tut disapprovingly of. Take a peek at both the map and character below.

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Jan 25, 2019

For Honor - New Content of the Week (January 25)

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Warriors, you've been making it clear: you wanted more ways to creatively and brutally end the lives of your opponents. We understand where you're coming from, and each hero now has a new execution available for 7000 Steel.

If we had to highlight one execution, it seems only right that it would be Shugoki's "Kinjite." A deceptively simple one-handed throat crush. Never forget that Shugoki's heftiness is 100% muscle.

https://youtu.be/xtrYGq1nIBw

From today until January 28th at 3PM EST, compete with the other Factions to win the most Ranked matches and take the best rewards!

1st Place: 4 XP Boosts
2nd Place: 3 XP Boosts
3rd Place: 2 XP Boosts

A Weekly Quest for Arcade Mode players:

"We are the Guardian of the Sacred Claviger, beseeching humility and harmony. Rogue members have rejected their duties.

A Guardian's life is forfeit when the oath is broken. Deliver these lost souls to the Heavens."

https://youtu.be/DxaeIyW8RTk
You may also be interested in checking out the Patch Notes for Title Update 2.04, which will contain the new Black Prior hero, the Shugoki rework, and changes to Warlord and Peacekeeper. We can't wait for January 31st!

Jan 11, 2019

For Honor - New Content of the Week (January 11)

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Hello Warriors! Our collaboration with Abstergo has now come to a close, and we return to our regularly scheduled For Honor Weekly Content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C973pMiJSXU

We have a particularly intimidating new selection of ornaments available for all heroes. Skeletal creatures and horrifying beasts abound. Take a look at the above video if you're interested in what ornament is available for your main!

This weekend: Ensure your faction completes the most ranked matches in order to receive the more XP Boosts than your enemies!

1st Place: 4 XP Boosts
2nd Place: 3 XP Boosts
3rd Place: 2 XP Boosts

Arcade Mode players will have the chance to earn rare exclusive rewards in this week's Winter Solstice Arcade quest:

"A winter wind blows kind and strong.
Homeward bound, our journey's long.

Through ice and snow, we face a storm,
Myths of Old Man Winter's swarm."

Above is an early glance at the upcoming content and announcements for this month. The Vortiger reveal is coming on the 24th!

Dec 21, 2018

For Honor - New Content of the Week (December 21)

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Greetings, Warriors! As the Year of the Harbinger grows ever closer, we have begun a three week "For The Creed" crossover with our friends at Abstergo. From December 20th to January 10th, the Animus Entertainment Experience (powered by Abstergo's cloud-based Helix software) is coming to the world of For Honor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ES40y0zeX0

Our generous partners at Abstergo have allowed us the privilege of bringing you limited-time content for all Heroes.

Relive the age-old conflict between the Assassins and the Templars with the "Champion of the People" and "Ruler of the Masses" Elite Outfits.
Channel the legends of Ancient Greece with the "Odyssey of the Misthios" Mask Outfit.
Seal the fate of your enemies with the "Requiescat in Pace" Execution.
Defy gravity itself with the "Leap of Faith" Free-Roam Emote.

This content can be looted (with the exception of the Emote, Execution, and Mask Outfit), but can also be purchased in Bundles. Please keep in mind that all content will be unobtainable after the end of the event - but will be yours forever if you obtain it now.

To celebrate this collaboration with Abstergo, we've introduced a special variation of Dominion, dubbed "Assassini e Templari." There is no fall damage, and all drop attacks during the event will be air assassinations.

When your team captures the zone closest to your enemies' spawn, a commander will emerge to counter your advance. These commanders are Ezio for the Assassins and Cesare for the Templars. They have huge health pools and sweeping AoE attacks, so defeating them will be no easy task - but their death will bring your team 300 points closer towards victory.

The Event Order for Assassini e Templari will provide the following rewards:
1st Place: 1000 Steel
2nd Place: 500 Steel
3rd Place: 500 Steel

For our Arcade players, a Weekly Quest will be provided each week of this event! Please try out the Abstergo Training Simulation and let us know what you think. Abstergo tells us that your feedback will be crucial for their investigations!

Dec 20, 2018

For Honor gets dressed up as Assassin s Creed for the holidays

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For Honor may have bounced back from the brink, but that hasn’t saved it from being subsumed into the UbiGame collective, becoming an Assassin’s Creed game for the holidays. Ubisoft’s clever online take on the fighting game genre is largely transformed by the For The Creed event until January 10th, now featuring armies of Assassins and Templars fighting in the Animus. The event features a time-limited spin on Dominion mode, where players aim to hack through enough of the enemy grunts to draw out the rival commander, including AC characters like Ezio Auditore (yay!) and Cesare Borgia (boo, hiss!). Take a peek at the trailer below.

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Dec 20, 2018

For Honor Assassin's Creed crossover kicks off today

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The world of Assassin's Creed collides with For Honor from today.

The For the Creed in-game event runs from 20th December to 10th January on all platforms.

It includes a variation of the four versus four Dominion mode called Assassini e Templari in which you capture zones to spawn Ezio Auditore da Firenze and Cesare Borgia out to battle.