The Master Chief and Cortana will be returning very soon in the Halo remake Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game is set for release on July 23rd for Xbox Series X/S, PC and, for the first time ever on another console, PlayStation 5.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is developed by Halo Studios using the Unreal Engine 5, upgrading its visuals and gameplay even more than the 10th anniversary edition Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary did in 2011. New gameplay features include elements introduced in later Halo games, such as the ability to jump onto and take over enemy vehicles, using the Energy Sword and facing off against Brutes on Halo’s surface.
Halo Studios released a new story trailer for Campaign Evolved, showcasing familiar locations and levels alongside its updated visuals, gameplay and new scenes with the characters. They also released another trailer for a set of three new levels taking place a year before the events of Halo as Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson embark on a mission to attack a Covenant fleet in Operation: Meteorite. Halo: Campaign Evolved will feature Steven Downes and Jen Taylor reprising their iconic roles as Master Chief and Cortana.
Originally released in 2001 as the launch game for Microsfot’s Xbox, Halo: Combat Evolved saw humanity at war with the Covenant, a religiously zealot alien alliance determined to wipe humanity out of the galaxy. After nearly three decades of war, humanity was losing with their only hope being the genetically altered super soldiers known as Spartans. When humanity discover and land on a planetary device called Halo, it is up to the presumed last surviving Spartan Master Chief, also known as John-117, to uncover Halo’s mysteries and find a way to stop the Covenant once and for all.
Since its release, Halo has become one of the most successful and popular video game franchises created. It revolutionized the way multiplayer games were developed and spans several games, books, comics, straight-to-DVD movies tied into the games and a short lived live-action series. The last game in the franchise’s narrative, Halo Infinite, came out in 2021 and while news has been few and far between Halo 7 is thought to be currently in development from the studio.
Halo: Campaign Evolved will be released July 23rd for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
