Early details regarding the upcoming open beta for Ubisoft’s hack-and-slash game,For Honor, get a reveal via an exclusive offer through Twitch Prime’s benefit offers.
For Honor, Ubisoft’s competitive multiplayer action game, just wrapped up a resoundingly successful closed beta. The “War of Factions” event saw thousands of excited players battle for the glory of their chosen faction. For now, the Vikings took a narrow victory over the Knights, but the Samurai must simply be biding their time forFor Honor’s open beta, of which Ubisoft has yet to announce.
Lucky for all factions, Twitch has let slip details regardingFor Honor’s as-yet-unannounced open beta. In an email tied to thesubscription-based Twitch Prime service, Twitch has revealed thatFor Honor’s open beta will run from February 9 through February 12.
“February 9th-12th is the Open Beta, where you can pledge your sword to the Knights, Vikings, or Samurai, then fight for your faction alongside your favorite general.”
It’s interesting to look at Ubisoft’s schedule leading up to release now that the open beta’s date has been revealed. Theclosed beta ran from January 26-29, which was a three day beta to be followed by 10 days of continued development. That should give Ubisoft’s team plenty of time to hammer out any easily addressed bugs or balance issues. However, the open beta from February 9-12 ends just two days before launch. That’s rather little time to make any meaningful adjustments pre-launch.
It’s a growing trend for publishers to usebeta events solely as marketing opportunitiesthese days, and it often works. Something about quick and dirty introductions to multiplayer games – all for free – makes excitable gamers pull out their wallets as fast as possible. That’s not to say Ubisoft won’t make the most of the opportunity. An open beta will certainly stress testFor Honor’s networking code, but since the gamedoesn’t feature dedicated servers, hardware isn’t a worry.
For Honorlaunches on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One starting February 14. The open beta, for now unofficially, is planned to run from February 9 through the 12.
