For Honor,published by Ubisoft, combines historical classes with combat in its melee action PVE and PVP modes. Still, a generation onward, the game is harnessing regular content updates five years after its initial release, with its most recentpirate class addition to the Hero listlaunching back in December.
Now, asFor Honorbegins its sixth year of seasonal content, Ubisoft has announced that multiplayer will be receiving crossplay support for heroes, further blending unique character fighting styles with a wider player pool. As the game’s alreadytaking advantage of next-gen console hardware, it seems that Ubisoft has plans to keep weapons clashing for the foreseeable future.
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Ubisoft has announced via its official blog that crossplay will be coming toFor Honormultiplayer as part of a two-phase implementation. Releasing as part of Year 6, season 1, players on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox will be able to match with players on different platforms for PVE and PVP matchmaking beginning on March 17. Ubisoft states that this should improve matchmaking times for all players, improving their overall multiplayer experience.
As well as resetting skill ratings for all players to make matchmaking fairer until warrior rank can be determined again, crossplay will also be available in a range of PVE and PVP game modes including Campaign Mode, Arcade Mode, Rank Mode as part of its first phase. As of now, in-game communication will be limited, with PC users only able to use the text chat function, and console users having to make use of quick text options, however, Ubisoft is hopeful at reintroducing voice chat for crossplay at a later time.
Additionally, players will have to wait until the second phase ofFor Honor’s crossplay to group match with friends or players on differing platforms. While this doesn’t have a release date yet, the step forward in Ubisoft’s plan to eventually integrate a full cross platform experience intoFor Honor’s multiplayer is still a welcomed one. Despite speculation thatFor Honorwould receive crossplay at some pointfollowing the likes ofCall of DutyandOverwatchmultiplayer options, the game never actually intended to have crossplay during its development in 2017 according to Ubisoft’s blog post. As phase one is ready to be deployed in matchmaking now, the developer will launch it next week with players able to disable the feature through a new online menu.
With the beginnings of year 6 content right around the corner, titled “Golden Age,“For Honorcontinues to see support through its seasonal content and curious cross-over events. Beyond the likes ofAssassin’s CreedandPrince of Persia, most recently theDead by DaylightSurvivors of the fog collaborationintroduced a new Killer to the mix of heroes as part of a Halloween bonus. While it is unknown where Ubisoft will take its warriors next, the addition of crossplay is sure to keep ancient relics relevant as time goes on.
For Honoris available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
