UbiBlog offers the previously released For Honor launch trailer along with start times for the sword combat game. It looks like the game is already live in most areas for those with digital copies, while the digital versions will activate in a few hours:

After a weekend of Open Beta action, we are only a few hours away from the release of For Honor. Here’s what you need to know about server times and when you can start playing:

Preload and Client Size

• Preload is now available on Xbox One and PC. Preload is also available for PlayStation 4 with the exception of Japan.
• Preload will be available in Japan on the 14th of February, 0:00 Japan local time.
• The client size is from 31.45 to 37.2 Gb, depending on your platform and your region.

If you purchased a digital version of the game, you should be able to download it from your digital store.

Retail (physical) versions for each platform will be available to play at the following times:

• Physical copies will be playable on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as soon as the servers open on Monday, February 13 at 8.01 pm UTC.
  • Montreal Time: 3:01PM EST, on Monday, February 13.
  • Paris Time : 9:01PM CET on Monday, February 13.
  • Pacific Time: 12.01PM PST on Monday, February 13.
• Uplay PC will be available worldwide on 14th of February, 12AM your local time

Oceania region: game servers will open at 7AM AEDT/ 9AM NZDT on Tuesday, February 14, we apologize for the short delay and any inconvenience caused.

Digital versions for each platform will be available to play at the following times:

In Europe, Africa and North, Central and South America:

• The game will be accessible for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners on the 13th of February at 9PM PST/14th of February at 12AM EST.
• PC players using Uplay will have access to the game on the 14th of February, 12AM your local time.
• Steam players will have access to the game on the 14th of February, 12AM EST / 6AM CET / 4PM AEDT / 6PM NZDT.

We thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you all on the battlefield!

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AMD Support now offers new version 17.2.1 Crimson ReLive Edition drivers for AMD graphics cards. These offer support for Sniper Elite 4 and For Honor along with multi-GPU DirectX profiles for both games. They also fix a bunch of known issues:

• For Honor™ may experience an application crash when switching to fullscreen or menus in gameplay on Multi GPU configurations
• On some Radeon GCN products DXVA H.264 encoded video may experience corruption when fast forwarding or seeking through content
• AMD FreeSync™ technology mode may fail to enable itself on some fullscreen applications.
• Counter-Strike™: Global Offensive has incorrect default slider values with Radeon Chill enabled. Users can modify these values to suit the experience they want.
• Graphics processor information may be missing from system information overlay on Radeon ReLive captured videos.
• DayZ may experience an application crash when Radeon ReLive Instant Replay/Recording is active or the feature may not work as expected.
• Memory clocks may become locked at low states on Radeon R9 380 series products.
• Radeon ReLive recording in fullscreen with Windows Media Player or Power DVD may experience flickering.
• AMD Radeon HD 7900 series products may experience shadow corruption when shadows are disabled in Civilization™ VI.
• GRID™ Autosport may experience an application hang when enabling the advanced lighting graphics option

• Genital Jousting Date Night Update.
• Jalopy Bulgaria Update Out Now! Tyres, New Cashier System, New Music and 33% off.
• Obduction on Steam. Save 25%.
• PULSAR: Lost Colony Beta 13. Thanks Ant.

• Clustertruck on Steam. Save 50%.
• Humble Freedom Bundle (pay what you want and help charity). 100% to charity. "Humble Bundle will proudly match your contributions up to $300,000. Support the ACLU, the IRC, and MSF and help us reach our goal!"
• League of Legends Champion and skin sale- 02.14 - 02.17.
• Viscera Cleanup Detail on IndieGameStand. Today's pay what you want indie game deal.

• Chess3D -- Steam Greenlight. "The game of kings for the PC - play against different computer opponents in various difficulty levels, watch and analyze famous chess games or play a game of chess over the Internet."
• Riptale -- Steam Greenlight. "Riptale is a 2D action game aiming to make sword combat be as bloody and impactful as possible. The player collects gems that allow them to execute different attacks in the order of their choosing. All this results in a symphony of combos that fill the screen with blood and guts. If Riptale was a board game it would shoot scissors at you."

• Valve explains why we'll never see the full history of Half-Life's development - Gamasutra.

• Announcing – Enter The Arena! « Battlerite. First official tournament of season 2.
• ECS Season 3 Dev League Announcement trailer.
• SMITE Happy Valisblot - February 13th – 16th.

• How To Survive 2 Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Horizon Zero Dawn: The Origin of Aloy the Hunter PS4 preview.
• SMITE Season 4 – Season Ticket – Spring Split Bundle Is Now Available For Xbox One.

• Sling TV Expands DVR Beta to Android, Other Devices.
• T-Mobile Stops Throttling HD Video by Default.

• Qualcomm’s new 802.11ax Wi-Fi chips will reduce congestion on next-gen networks.
• AT&T lights up gigabit fiber in five new metro areas.

• Dissecting AMD Zen Architecture - Interview with David Kanter - PC Perspective.
• Magic Leap said to be 'doing 1,000 things badly' after raising $1.4 billion.
• Apple Shares Hit an All-Time Closing High.
• Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/1080 - Phoronix.
• One Reason Staffers Quit Google's Car Project? The Company Paid Them So Much. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Republican senators concerned about Yahoo’s “candor” concerning data breaches.
• Anonymous infiltrated the KKK by friending Blue Lives Matter supporters on Facebook.
• A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone. Thanks Boing Boing.
• University attacked by its own vending machines, smart light bulbs & 5,000 IoT devices. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Google Has Received Takedown Notices For a Million Websites. Thanks Hypothermia.
• Google to cough up $20m after Chrome rips off four malware patents.

• Behind-the-scenes video game documentary kicks off with a deep dive into storytelling…
• LGR - "Doom" on a Calculator! (Ti-83 Plus Gaming). Thanks Ant…
• Senran Kagura Estival Versus is coming to Windows via Steam next month…
• League of Legends New free champion rotation- Azir, Ekko, Nautilus and more…
• Assassin's Creed Comes to Digital HD March 10, Full Home Release March 21…

Link of the Day: Physics 4 Bryan 0. Thanks Boing Boing.

R.I.P.: J.S.G. Boggs (1955-2017) - an artist who drew his own money.

The Neocore Store now offers Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor Martyr Editions, which provide access to the alpha version of their new Warhammer 40K action/RPG. They offer four tiers of access ranging from a $40 version with just the game all the way to a $999.99 Grandmaster Pack which they say is for "enthusiasts," though others might choose a different word. This FAQ has all the details, here's a launch trailer, and here's an overview:

The time has finally come. The very first Action-RPG in the Warhammer 40,000 universe has reached the alpha state and we're ready to welcome the first Inquisitors in the Caligari sector. From this day all the way to the release date we'll be working side by side with our players to realize our vision for Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr. It's going to be an exciting journey.

Our Founders' Campaign, called The Founding is specially designed for players who would like follow and influence the development of Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr from the earliest playable build. Early adopters can choose from various packages each with exclusive digital and physical content, available only on the Neocore Store.

Please note that this is a very early version of Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr, lacking some of the features and gameplay elements which will make the final game a truly unique experience. For more information about The Founding, please read our FAQ or contact us directly with your questions.

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Football Manager 2017 retains its toehold on the number one position on GFK Chart-Track's top 30 chart of the bestselling PC games in the U.K for the week ending February 11th. Dishonored 2 jumps six spots on that chart to land at number three. Grand Theft Auto V returns to number one on the all platforms chart, as Nioh debuts at number two and last week's number one, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, drops to number three. Here's their overview:

On the All Formats Top 40 Units Chart Rockstar/Take 2 return to No1 with ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ for a third time this year and a total of 12 times since original launch back in week 38, 2013 (PS3/360), then a PC launch (week 16, 2015) and finally a PS4/Xbox One launch (week 47, 2014).

‘GTA V’ is now one of only 5 titles to claim a minimum of 12 No1’s on the All Formats Top 40 Units. The others in this list are ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ (18 No1’s, Eidos/Square Enix), ‘Wii Fit’ (16 No1’s, Nintendo), ‘Zumba Fitness’ (13 No1’s, 505 Games) and ‘FIFA 14’ (12 No1’s, EA). Debuting at No2 on the All Formats Top 40 Units is Sony/Koei Tecmo’s ‘Nioh’, developed by Team Ninja, most notable for the ‘Ninja Gaiden’ and ‘Dead or Alive’ games. In terms of the All Formats Top 40 Revenue Chart, ‘Nioh’ debuts at No1, thanks to an overall ASP of £44.45. Coming back to the All Formats Top 40 Units, Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil VII: Biohazard’ drops to No3 after 2 weeks at No1, followed at No4 by EA’s ‘FIFA 17’ and at No5 by Activision’s ‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’.
Last week’s big new release, Square Enix’s ‘Hitman: The Complete First Season’ drops 4 places to No8 and Nintendo’s new last week ‘Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World’ also drops 4 places to No24.

• Throne of Lies ♔ The Online Game of Lies & Deceit for PC by Imperium42 Game Studio — Kickstarter. "Throne of Lies -- a game which you may betray/tease your friends, make death-time fun, hand-drawn Deathnotes to troll the living, and even convert the good to bad with 35+ classes and 4 factions. The game is a 3D, online-multiplayer social deduction game with matchmaking, inspired by tabletop, medieval politics and the Werewolf/Mafia (1986) genre in a medieval setting. Your objective is simple: Discover who you can trust, dispose of the rest. Welcome to the ultimate game of survival."

• NBA starts a new pro league based on video-game basketball.

• Matt Chat 367- Dr. Cat on DragonSpires and the first MMOs.

• Splatoon 2 Free Global Testfire in March.
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Developers to Host GDC Panel.
• Watch 25+ Minutes of Nier: Automata on PlayStation Underground.

• Verizon announces new unlimited data plan. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

• Qualcomm Announces 802.11ax Access Point and Client Solutions.
• Amazon Studios Greenlights Two New Original Kids Series Pete the Cat and Costume Quest.
• The Mail vs Wikipedia- They're more alike than they'd ever admit.

• Sniper Elite 4 PC Technical Review - PC Invasion.
• Intel confirms 8th-generation CPUs will stick to 14nm node. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Intel Announces the Xeon E7-8894 v4 CPU- 24 Cores at 2.4 GHz for $8898.
• Amazing! Listen To Elevators Talking. Thanks Ant.
• Paint Shop Pro History: How One Guy Took On Adobe. Thanks nin.

• Self-Destructing Gadgets Made Not So Mission Impossible. Thanks Hypothermia.
• American Spies: how we got to mass surveillance without even trying.

• Sewer broadband fraudsters handed lengthy prison terms.
• New FCC Boss Says One Thing, Does Another.
• NARB Recommends Comcast Discontinue ‘Fastest Internet,’ ‘Fastest … In-Home Wi-Fi’ Claims. Thanks Hypothermia.

• Maize on Just Adventure.
• Sniper Elite 4 on Eurogamer, GameSpot, PCGamesN, PC Invasion, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

• ASUS ROG Claymore RGB Mechanical Keyboard on Play3r.
• Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 CPU Cooler on eTeknix.
• Corsair H45 CPU Cooler on Hardware Secrets.
• Corsair K95 RGB Platinum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on eTeknix.
• Crucial MX300 2TB SSD on Overclocked Inside. German.
• GAMDIAS Zeus P1 Case on APH Networks.
• Genius SP-925BT Bluetooth Speaker on Modders-Inc.
• HP DeskJet 3630 Wireless All-in-One Printer on PC Review.
• Ozone Strike Battle Spectra Keyboard on ocaholic.
• QNAP TS-1635 NAS on TechSpot.
• Raijintek Thetis Window ATX Case on Play3r.
• Razer Blade Stealth Laptop on TechSpot.
• Thinksound On2 Supra-Aural Studio Monitor Headphones on Nikk Tech.

Thanks Ant.

• The Dying Man Who Found Hope in 'Breath of the Wild'. Thanks Royce Hamano…
• SDLPoP is an open source port of Prince of Persia for Windows and OS X. Thanks reddit…
• Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie Delayed…
• Resident Evil's Leon and Chris reunite for CGI movie prequel to Resi 7…

I am working this morning from a temporary office I've set up in the guest bedroom here at the BlueTower in a move that is part of a much more drastic big picture. I've surrendered my space to workmen who are dealing with some of its issues as we prepare to sell the place! We are departing our home, and probably our home state, as MrsBlue has accepted a job in Pennsylvania, though it's not impossible we'll still end up living in New York, since it's pretty close to the border. The most interesting aspect of this is that where we are ending up is quite rural. It looks like I'll be able to get decent internet connectivity, which is the main concern this raises, but we're talking about country living here. Cows, bears, hunters... the whole shebang. This should be quite a new experience for this city boy, as I don't think my time in the suburbs or my youthful days at summer camp are enough to prepare me for my new life as a country gentleman. Hopefully you'll view it as good news that I don't expect this to impact the site that badly, and I do expect things to operate as before after the move. I'm expecting the interim to be manageable as well. Getting my office cleared out was one of the logistical hurdles I was facing, so to some degree the disruption from all this has happened already. I'm sure there will be some unexpected twists along the way, but I'll keep you informed as I figure out what's going on.

R.I.P.: Seven-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau dies at 76, two days after announcing retirement.

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