For Honor Year 8, Forged in War, Begins on March 14

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For Honor embarks on Year 8 of new content and updates – titled Forged in War – starting on March 14, with the first of four new seasons that will each tell standalone stories focused on special weapons unique to one of For Honor’s factions. Year 8 will also bring two Converted Maps – non-Dominion maps that are being reworked to gradually deepen the game’s pool of Dominion maps – with the first, Cathedral, coming in Season 1 Title Update 2. Additionally, Year 8 will bring two new Heroes (in Title Update 2 for Season 2 and Season 4), new Hero Skins, new game modes, and more.

Season 1, titled The Sword of Ashfeld, will tell a story focused on the Knights and a legendary sword, Valor’s Edge. Passed down from an empire of Knights that stood mighty before the Cataclysm, it’s now carried into battle by its last wielder, the Unsung Knight – first glimpsed in For Honor’s 2016 CG story campaign trailer – who fights to protect the weak and appears as a new Skin for the Warden. Stories centered on the weapons of the Samurai, Vikings, and Outlanders will follow with each successive season in Year 8.

The Unsung Knight will be available on March 14 for 25,000 Steel, and arrives alongside the Last Hero Standing launch event, which introduces a new game mode and a survival-themed makeover for the Canyon map – both of which are inspired by the Unsung Knight’s moment in the trailer and the fight between the Raider, Kensei, and Warden – as well as the return of the original menus, War Map, and (remastered) music. The new mode – also called Last Hero Standing – is a 1v1v1 free-for-all in which the first player to win three rounds wins the match. The game mode will be accessible only through matchmaking in solo queue and will be available