Halo: Campaign Evolved announced for release in 2026

By Liam Dawe - 25 Oct 2025 at 12:41 pm UTC

Microsoft / Xbox Games Studios revealed Halo: Campaign Evolved, which will be releasing sometime in 2026 and it will have a Steam release too. As long as there's no major annoyances from Microsoft here, it should hopefully run well enough on Linux based systems using Valve's Proton.

Coming from Halo Studios, the original is being remade in Unreal Engine 5. It will be coming with "stunning new 4K visuals, updated animations, remastered music, and re-recorded voice lines". Plus we're getting treated to weapons and vehicles from later games in the series, and three new bonus prequel campaign missions. We also get up to 4 player online co-op with cross-play, but split-screen is once again console-only.

See the main trailer below:

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And additionally 13 minutes more gameplay:

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So how many times has this Halo been released now? We had the original on Xbox, then Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo PC, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and now Halo: Campaign Evolved. Did I miss any?

Read more in their blog post.

Halo: Campaign Evolved

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Tags: Proton, FPS, Microsoft, Steam, Unreal Engine, Upcoming, Xbox Game Studios | Apps: Halo: Campaign Evolved

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2 comments

Doktor-Mandrake 4 hours ago

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I'm skeptical, in my opinion 343 have never really done a good Halo game, they came close with infinite but had too much missing and too many issues

Splitscreen is going to be console-only.. again.

Also I don't think there's been mention of the iconic multiplayer? I don't want to sound so negative, just really love Halo and always get disappointed by 343

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GustyGhost 2 hours ago

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Never thought I would see the day when Halo would drop console exclusivity, or the day Halo 3 would finally be released on PC or when the original trilogy would be accessible on Linux in a somewhat official capacity.

The hostages are being released.

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