For Honor Adds Cross-Play Matchmaking Support Kicking Off Year 6 This Week, Promises Cross-Platform Lobbies

While a few years back it might seem farlandish to believe the current cross-platform state the industry is in currently, many before would not listen to the chances of multiple platforms considering in bridging multiplayer lobbies into one respective pool. However, franchises like Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Minecraft pioneered this new norm for the industry.

In the past, Ubisoft did speak briefly on what its plans were for its titles. At the time, the firm emphasized on games such as Rainbow Six Siege alongside For Honor to feature this support. While the statement was made nearly two years ago, Ubisoft did deliver partially on its promised with a previous update for Rainbow Six Siege back in summer 2021.

Now this week, Year 6 kicks off over at For Honor and cross-play matchmaking is officially added ot the game. You can watch the Year 6 launch trailer in the video below:

“Crossplay has been an ambition of our team for a very long time. There have been many technical challenges to bring Crossplay to For Honor because the core technical game components were not originally designed to support it,” the team writes. “Thanks to the hard work of the team, we are now proud to bring Crossplay to our Warriors. We believe Crossplay will benefit For Honor and its long-term vision.”

However, cross-play will be broken into two phases: the first is matchmaking which released this week enabling Xbox, PlayStation, and PC players to play in the same lobbies. However, inviting friends and forming groups from other platforms will be added at a later, unspecified time the team added.

In terms of other improvements to other Ubisoft-published titles, Ivory Tower recently shared The Crew 2 will be adding next-generation enhancements to Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation 5 later this summer. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you excited for cross-play finally available on For Honor?

For Honor is out now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

Source: Ubisoft