As someone old enough to remember playing the original Halo on launch day, the idea that it would one day make its way over to the PlayStation was about as unlikely as the fella who presented The Apprentice (I forget his name) becoming President of the United States.
In 2025, however, the gaming landscape is very different and console exclusivity is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, as the behemoth's of the industry race to see how much money can be made from one another's intellectual property.
And so we come to Halo: Campaign Evolved, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, which defined the earliest generation of the Xbox console. Coming complete with more gameplay modifiers than you'll know what to do with, and the visual upgrade you'd expect from the new engine (even if I do find it bizarrely soulless), it should be a great way to experience an updated version of the classic.
That game will also be releasing on the PS5, marking the first time a Halo game has ever made its way over to a Sony console, and it seems there might be some nice added bonuses to the gameplay when it does.
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DualSense Comes With Some Major Benefits
In an interview with Quest Daily, Halo Studios executive producer Damon Conn shared some interesting tidbits about the game, including its appearance on the other side of the Iron Curtain, and what tangible benefits that may bring.
"We’re coming out to PlayStation for the first time. It’s a fantastic opportunity to introduce a whole new set of fans to Master Chief’s story and allow them to have the same kind of experience and joy that gamers have had on Xbox for the past 25 years,” he said.
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Conn then went on to talk about a meeting the studio had with Sony executives around the DualSense controller and some of the technology contained within, and how it is informing their development of the remake moving forward.
"They came over and gave us a lot of food for thought when it came to the things their controllers do, and we’re still working through those specifics."
Whatever that does mean for the game itself, it's nice that those who have only ever played PlayStation get to jump on one of the most storied franchises in the history of video games, even if it has been through a rough patch in recent years.
Topics: Halo, PlayStation, Xbox