Jason Vandenberghe, creative director on Ubisoft's For Honor.
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Ubisoft’s For Honor lets you play as a samurai, a knight, or a viking

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Swordfighting is in. With The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, fantasy games are hot. And Ubisoft is ready to oblige gamers with For Honor, a brutal sword combat game where you can play as a samurai, a viking, or a medieval knight.

The game looks like a historical title, but it is pure fantasy because, as you know, samurai, vikings, and knights never teamed up or fought each other in battles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.