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As live service games shut down, Ubisoft has quietly been running one of the best for years

February 13, 2023VG247

Despite Ubisoft’s many missteps, some of its online games have been hitting home runs consistently, and For Honor may well be the most overlooked. Flashback to six years ago and For Honor, the fresh new IP from Ubisoft, has just debuted to mostly good – but not glowing – reviews. Its proposal, competitive medieval melees, is attractive enough, mainly due to its unique combat system, but the server infrastructure is wonky at best and the mainstream appeal isn’t there. Many gamers who haven’t even touched it deem it as Dead On Arrival. Why are all the games dying? Let us…

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Warhaven is a For Honor-style, 32-player melee action game where you can turn into a god

September 28, 2022VG247

Warhaven is the latest game from Nexon’s own development studio, and it’s one that blends together a few underused concepts. Korean giant Nexon appears to be on a spree of big game reveals. This week’s latest is Warhaven, a 16v16 multiplayer brawler with a some familiar, and not-so-familiar, twists to its gameplay. As Korean games tend to, Warhaven is graphically impressive, particularly compared to some of the games it’s inspired by. Warhaven looks to be mainly taking after For Honor, albeit with a larger number of players, more objectives, and some fantastical elements alongside the standard melee combat. For Honor…

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For Honor’s first new hero this year is a Samurai who fights with a Shikomizue

July 16, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 16 July 2021 13:21 GMT For Honor is getting a new hero in Season 2.The next update in For Honor will introduce a new hero to the game, as promised. On Thursday, Ubisoft revealed their identity for the first time, and sharing more details about them.Watch on YouTubeThe Kyoshin arrive in For Honor on July 22 with title update 2.0, which is essentially a mid-season update for Year 5 Season 2. The Kyoshin – joining the Samurai faction – are mystical warriors who fight with a concealed Shikomizue blade and its scabbard. There’s a bit of supernatural…

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Watch Ubisoft Forward E3 2021 showcase here

June 12, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 12 June 2021 11:44 GMT Ubisoft returns today with a fresh look at its slate of games.Ubisoft kicks off E3 2021 proper with a new episode of the Ubisoft Forward showcase. Ubisoft’s format is unchanged, so you should already be familiar with it if you tuned in last year.Today’s Ubisoft Forward kicks off at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK. If you have an hour to kill, the pre-show starts one hour earlier, at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 7pm UK. As always, Twitch and YouTube are your destinations – we’ve embedded both below.Watch on YouTubeThe show itself…

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For Honor is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with 60fps support

October 9, 2020VG247

By Sherif Saed, Friday, 9 October 2020 11:46 GMT Like Rainbow Six Siege before it, For Honor will not leave its community on current-gen consoles behind.Ubisoft has finally revealed what’s going to happen with For Honor when PS5 and Xbox Series X/S launch in November. The visual quality available today on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X will come to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S at their respective launches. This includes 4K resolution (1080p on Series S), improved level of detail, texture filtering, shadow resolution and improved water reflections.All of that will be available at 30fps, but the good news…

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