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Back in the summer of 2024, it was reported by The Verge’s Tom Warren that Halo Studios was working on “some kind of remaster” for Halo: Combat Evolved that may also be coming to PlayStation at launch.
We haven’t really heard much since then, although Xbox boss Phil Spencer appeared to tease a Halo project for 2026 as part of the Xbox Games Showcase a few weeks ago, so the common belief is that it’s the Halo 1 remaster.
This week, YouTuber and devoted Halo fan Rebs Gaming has shared a new rumour about this project based on “two sources with connections to Halo developers”. Rebs is constantly referring to it as a “remake” rather than a “remaster”, and the suggestion is that development started in 2023 and it’ll likely release in 2026 as expected.
There’s also a mention that it may only be a campaign release – meaning multiplayer could get skipped.
“Both [sources] say the Combat Evolved remake is planned for 2026, and have not heard anything about multiplayer which means it might be campaign-only. One thing I can confirm is that there weren’t any Halo projects besides Infinite and Project Tatanka that were being developed before 2023. This information comes from a former Halo Infinite campaign developer, and one of my sources for the Combat Evolved remake information says development started in 2023.”
It’s always worth taking information like this with a pinch of salt, especially considering in-development projects can change all the time, but it definitely feels like something big is happening with the Halo franchise in 2026.
We’ll hopefully find out a lot more very soon, as Halo Studios has teased at least one major reveal to take place as part of the Halo World Championships in October, so stay tuned for more details on that.
The rest of the video is worth checking out if you’re interested, in which Rebs also talks about a cancelled Halo Infinite battle royale mode potentially being revived as a new multiplayer project, as well as a suggestion that Halo 7 could be in pre-production. We’ll throw it down below.
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Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.