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FOR HONOR Free Weekend Now Live

Large Update to Release on August 6 Including New Warmonger Hero and Renewal of Combat System with a Core Combat Update

SAN FRANCISCO — Ubisoft announced that For Honor has kicked off a free weekend through July 26, available now for PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices, and Windows PC. Free Weekend players will have full access to the Standard Edition of For Honor, which includes the story mode, all multiplayer game modes, 26 heroes, and 30 maps.

FOR HONOR Free Weekend Now Live

For Honor is free to download and play* until July 27 at 1 PM PDT on Uplay, Steam, Epic Store and July 26 at 11:59 PM PDT on PS4 and Xbox One. Players who want to keep battling after the weekend ends can carry on their progression and heroes to the full version of For Honor, which will be available to purchase for up to 80% off on Steam (until July 27), Uplay (until July 30), Xbox One (until August 3), the Epic Store (until August 6) and PS4 (until August 19).

Additionally, For Honor just kicked off A Tyrant’s Test, an evolution of the fan favorite Test Your Metal PvAi game mode that will unleash some of For Honor’s darkest heroes.

This event will lead into the release of a large Title Update on August 6, which will add the new Warmonger Hero. Players will be able to unlock the new Hero either by purchasing it on first party store as part of a package including new Hero, 1 exclusive Ornament, 1 Elite Outfit, seven days of Champion Status or only the Hero with 15,000 steel on August 20.

To help players take on Heathmoor’s most challenging threats yet, For Honor will also be updating its combat experience with the core combat update, implementing a series of sweeping changes to the gameplay experience geared towards a more offensive play style. For more information on this new dynamic system, please visit: forhonorgame.com/fight-system-debrief

For more information on the free weekend, please visit freeweekend.ubisoft.com/for-honor.

For more information about For Honor, please visit forhonorgame.com and follow on on Facebook and Twitter.

*To play the game, players will need PS Plus for PS4 or Xbox Live Gold for Xbox One.

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