Apollyon serves as the primary antagonist who murders her rivals among the knights of the Blackstone Legion to seize control. She seeks to create an age of all-out war by manipulating conflicts between the Iron Legion, the Warborn, and the Chosen from the Myre.
Ubisoft Montreal began development of For Honor in 2012 with the goal of creating a strategy-action game inspired by shooters. The game debuted as top-selling during its first week in Japan and ranked seventh globally in console digital sales worldwide across all three platforms that month.
Players choose from five distinct factions including Knights represented by the Iron Legion, Vikings represented by the Warborn, Samurai representing the Dawn Empire, Wu Lin drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese culture, and Outlanders with no cultural links to other factions. There are currently 37 playable heroes divided into four classes: Vanguard Assassin Heavies and Hybrid.
The game features a dueling mode where players aim at their opponent with their weapon and choose to rest or move it in one of three directions: left right and top. This mechanic allows them to block incoming attacks and start attacks of their own from the chosen direction while on-screen hints reflect the attack position of opponents so players can choose the correct blocking position.
For Honor was top-selling in U.S. retail and digital sales tracked by The NPD Group during February 2017 and best-selling in UK during week ending February 18 excluding digital sales according to Chart-Track data. SuperData Research reported over 700,000 digital copies sold worldwide across all three platforms ranking seventh globally in console digital sales that month.