Xbox’s prized “Halo” franchise is coming to PlayStation 5 next year with a remake of the very first “Halo” game, 2001’s “Halo: Combat Evolved.”
Titled “Halo: Campaign Evolved,” the game is described as “a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign, rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5.”
Per Microsoft Gaming and Halo Studios, “Play the legendary story with upgraded visuals, refined controls, two-player split-screen (console only), up to four-player online co-op with cross-play and cross-progression, three new missions, and an expanded arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and new enemies.”
The news was announced Friday out of the Halo World Championship 2025.
“We wanted to start where it all began, with the original campaign that defined Halo,” executive producer Damon Conn said in an Xbox Wire post Friday. “Starting here means people that have never played the game before will be able to understand the story from the very beginning, and that can help us chart a course forward with new Halo stories. Focusing on the campaign experience means we can concentrate fully on really capturing the atmosphere, tone – the emotional impact of what made the first campaign so special and iconic.”
“Halo: Campaign Evolved” is coming in 2026 to Xbox Series X and S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5. The game will support Xbox Cloud Gaming and Xbox Play Anywhere and be available at launch with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
Watch the PlayStation 5 trailer for “Halo: Campaign Evolved” in the video below.
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