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Revealed during the For Honor Warrior's Den livestream, the For The Creed crossover event will run from today, December 20, through January 10, 2019.This limited-time event will feature characters such as Ezio Auditore and Cesare Borgia as Commanders, the soldiers will be dressed as either Templars (Knights), Assassins (Samurai), or Pirates (Vikings), music from the franchise will appear throughout the game, themed menus and maps will replace standard ones, and much more.The three maps, Citadel Gate, River Fort, and Beach Head, will be taken over by Assassin's Creed and will feature easter eggs from the series, like the traditional out of bounds markers, glitches from the Animus, and even the glass pyramid that was featured in Assassin's Creed: Origins.In addition to being able to unlock gear and costumes from Assassin's Creed, there will be three Weekly Arcade Adventures that will have special challenges based on certain games, with the first being tied to Assassin's Creed Odyssey.A new variation on the Dominion game mode will also be available, and will see Assassins face off against the Templars with Ezio Auditore commanding the Assassins and Cesare Borgia commanding the Templars.These Commanders will have massive health pools and great strength, but defeating them will earn your team 300 points, with the match being won when the first team earns 1,000 points.Players will be able to earn weapons, including Connor's Hatchet from Assassin's Creed III, the Leap of Faith emote, the Requiescat in Pace execution with the iconic Hidden Blade, and much more.Players are encouraged to investigate and find more hidden secrets and easter eggs, including that Warren Vidic, director of the Animus Project at Abstergo Industries, will be the match narrator during this event.For Honor will also be offering its Year 3 Pass in 2019 that will include four all new heroes and more and it released its Marching Fire Expansion this past October, which added the new Chinese faction, Wu Lin, into the game.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who will finally be jumping into For Honor to try this out. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.