Neowin News Feed for: Halo

Halo: Combat Evolved remake announced for PC, Xbox, and PS5 with new missions

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:00:02 +0000

Microsoft and Halo Studios have announced a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. The Unreal Engine 5 experience touts a brand-new platform, new missions, overhauled graphics, sprint, and much more. Read more...

Halo: ODSTs are coming to Helldivers 2, official crossover confirmed for Xbox launch

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:45:26 +0000

Helldivers 2 players will soon be able to jump into the chaos dressed and equipped as the Halo: ODST soldiers from the Xbox franchise. Read more...

Sony's Helldivers and Microsoft's Spartans could soon be fighting together

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:28:01 +0000

Sony and Microsoft may be about to have Helldivers and Spartans fighting together soon if the latest Xbox port teaser is anything to go by. Read more...

Halo Studios is teasing a big reveal for the series this October

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:00:01 +0000

Ahead of the 25th birthday of the Halo franchise, developer Halo Studios seems to be gearing up to reveal its next major project this year. Read more...

Halo 5: Guardians rumored to be coming to PC after 10 years as an Xbox exclusive

Omer Dursun — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:24:01 +0000

A potential Halo 5: Guardians PC port has been spotted on Lenovo's Legion Go S website, sparking excitement for a possible announcement soon. Read more...

The original Halo: Combat Evolved now has a virtual reality mod with motion controls

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 22:30:01 +0000

Bungie's original Halo: Combat Evolved can now be played using PC VR headsets thanks to a total conversion mod. However, there is a compatibility caveat. Read more...

Forza Horizon 5 gets a lot of new Porsche cars, Halo-themed props, and more

Taras Buria — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:16:02 +0000

The next Forza Horizon 5 will bring new Porsche cars, fresh Halo-themed props for Event Lab, and more. Read more...

Mantic Games explains how Halo: Flashpoint brings the franchise to tabletop

Omer Dursun — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:00:01 +0000

Mantic Games offers a first look at its upcoming tabletop adaptation of the iconic sci-fi franchise titled Halo: Flashpoint. The miniatures game aims to authentically recreate the intense battles. Read more...

Halo co-studio Certain Affinity acquired by Keywords Studios

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:26:01 +0000

The Halo co-studio that was working on Project Tatanka, Certain Affinity, has been acquired by Keywords Studios. Read more...

Halo Infinite launches its new Haloween Operation content update

John Callaham — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:00:01 +0000

Halo Studios has launched the latest Operation content update, Haloween, for its Halo Infinite first-person shooter. Read more...

343 Industries is now Halo Studios; it's working on multiple Halo games with Unreal Engine 5

John Callaham — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its in-house Halo game developer 343 Industries has a new name, Halo Studios. it is working on new Halo games with Unreal Engine 5 as its basis. Read more...

Halo Infinite will gain a third person mode in November, but with some caveats

John Callaham — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:34:02 +0000

343 Industries will add a way to play part of Halo: Infinite in a third-person viewpoint sometime in November. Read more...

Microsoft planning major celebration for Xbox and Halo's 25th anniversary

Omer Dursun — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 08:16:02 +0000

Xbox is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2026. Microsoft is planning a special celebration to mark this milestone and the 25th anniversary of Halo and Xbox. Read more...

Halo Infinite Champions Operation update released with some retro Halo: Reach action

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:52:01 +0000

343 Industries has released the latest free Operations update for Halo: Infinite, with recreations of several Firefight maps from Halo: Reach. Read more...

Halo Infinite's next Operation update brings back a gameplay mode from Halo 3

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:48:01 +0000

343 Industries has revealed some info about the next Operation content update for Halo: Infinity. Operation: Fleetcom will include a return of the VIP gameplay mode that debuted in Halo 3. Read more...

Paramount+ cancels the Halo TV series after two seasons; show may continue elsewhere

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:48:01 +0000

Paramount+ has canceled the Halo live-action TV series. The show, based on the sci-fi first-person shooter game franchise owned by Microsoft, first launched in 2022 and got its second season in 2024. Read more...

The latest Halo Infinite Operation update adds the BTB: Sentry Defense mode and more

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:30:01 +0000

343 Industries has released the latest Operation content update for Halo: Infinite. The new Anvil Operation includes the BTB: Sentry Defense mode and adds a new map as well among other additions. Read more...

Microsoft is reportedly making a new Halo: Combat Evolved remaster; could launch for PS5

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:28:01 +0000

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved that could be released for Sony's PlayStation 5 console as part of its new multi-platform game release strategy. Read more...

Halo: Infinite launches The Yappening II Operation event including the Gruntpocalypse

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:30:01 +0000

343 Industries has released the latest free mini-content Operation update for Halo: Infinite. It's called The Yappening II. It will add a new map, cosmetics and a new game mode variant, Gruntpocalypse Read more...

Halo development studio Certain Affinity conducts its first layoffs in its 17 year history

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:16:01 +0000

Certain Affinity, who has assisted in developing games in the Halo and Call of Duty series, cut 25 jobs from its US locations today. It's the first layoffs in the developer's 17-year history. Read more...

The final Halo-based Red vs Blue movie will be available to buy digitally May 7

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:30:01 +0000

Red vs. Blue: Restoration, a movie that's being called the final chapter of the Halo-based Red Vs Blue machinima franchise from Rooster Teeth, will be launched May 7 as a digital-only film. Read more...

Halo Infinite will get a big update on March 19 with a new networking model and more

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:34:01 +0000

343 Industries has announced a major new update for Halo Infinite that will launch on March 19. It will include a major update for its networking model along with more changes and improvements Read more...

Rooster Teeth, which got its start with its Halo-based Red vs Blue videos, is shutting down

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:32:01 +0000

Rooster Teeth, the internet-based movie and TV show creators that got started by making the Halo-based Red Vs Blue series, is closing its doors nearly 21 years after it got started. Read more...

Halo Infinite launches Cyber Showdown III Operation update with new maps and more

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:40:01 +0000

343 Industries has launched the next free Operaton content update for Halo Infinite. Cyber Showdown III will include a new multiplayer maps, six new Husky Raid maps, and new cyberpunk armor rewards. Read more...

More info is revealed on Halo Infinite's next free content update on January 30

John Callaham — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:34:01 +0000

343 Industries has revealed more info on what to expect from the first free "Operations" content update that will be released for its sci-fi shooter Halo Infinite starting on Jan. 30. Read more...

Halo Infinite won't have Seasons updates anymore in favor of smaller Operations

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:04:01 +0000

343 Industries has revealed there will no longer be any long Seasons updates for their sci-fi shooter Halo Infinte. Instead, there will be smaller Operations events that will last between 4 to 6 weeks Read more...

Halo TV Master Chief's actor says he didn't want to do those romance scenes

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:50:01 +0000

Actor Pablo Schreiber, who plays Master Chief in the Halo live-action TV series, says he felt those romance scenes for the character in Season 1 were a "huge mistake" and fought against them. Read more...

An unannounced Halo battle royale game is rumored to have been canceled

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:26:01 +0000

An unannounced project by 343 Industries and Certain Affinity to make a Halo battle royale game has reportedly been recently canceled, according to new rumors from noted Xbox game leakers. Read more...

The Halo TV show's season 2 final trailer seems to show Fall of Reach event from the games

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:10:01 +0000

The final trailer for season 2 of the Halo TV series shows a ton of action, and hints greatly that the season will depict one of the Halo game series' biggest events, the fall of Reach. Read more...

Halo will get its own Warhammer-like tabletop game in September 2024

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:40:02 +0000

Microsoft's 343 Industries has announced a partnership with Mantic Games that will result in a tabletop board game based on the Halo video game franchise scheduled to launch in September 2024. Read more...

Halo Infinite to add Firefight: King of the Hill PvE mode in new update this week.

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:38:01 +0000

343 Industries has revealed plans to add a new gameplay mode to Halo: Infinite. The Firefight: King of the Hill mode will let players fight waves of enemies on a hill that needs to be captured. Read more...

The Halo TV show drops its first trailer for season 2; confirms Feb. 8 debut on Paramount+

John Callaham — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 01:50:02 +0000

The first trailer for the second season of the Halo live action TV series has dropped. It also confirms that Second 2 will debut on the Paramount+ streaming service on Feb. 4, 2024. Read more...

A quick look back at when Microsoft wanted to make a Halo movie with Peter Jackson

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:00:01 +0000

Well before the making of a Halo live-action TV series, Microsoft tried to make a Halo big-budget feature film, and recruited talent like Peter Jackson, Alex Garland, and others. It later fell apart. Read more...

You can check out Season 1 of the Halo live action TV series for free on YouTube right now

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:08:01 +0000

Paramount+ has added the entire 9-episode first season of the Halo live-action TV series to its YouTube channel, letting people in the US watch the show for free for the first time. Read more...

Combined Arms, the first of Halo Infinite's new Operations content updates, launches today

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:04:01 +0000

343 Industries will launch the first of its new Operations content updates for Halo: Infinite later today. The launch, called Combined Arms, will include a Halo 3 multiplayer map playlist. Read more...

The upcoming Forge editor update in Halo Infinite will let you put in AI enemies in maps

John Callaham — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 14:52:02 +0000

343 Industries has revealed more info on the upcoming updates to Halo Infinite's Forge map editor, allowing users to put in AI enemies in multiplayer maps for the first time for a PvE experience. Read more...

More info on Halo Infinite's upcoming Extraction mode has been revealed

John Callaham — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:58:01 +0000

343 Industries has revealed some new info, and a new trailer, on Extraction, the new gameplay mode that will be added as part of the Season 5 update for the sci-fi shooter Halo Infinite. Read more...

Master Chief drops into Rainbow Six Siege as part of a Halo crossover, but he's pricey

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:32:01 +0000

Ubisoft has brought Master Chief from Halo over to its tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege in its latest cross-over update. The pricey Elite Bundle takes over the hammer-wielding Sledge. Read more...

You can build your own Xbox 360 replica console with Mega blocks soon for $150

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:34:02 +0000

The 3/4 scale version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console and controller includes a removable hard drive, working lights, and removable side panels. It's available for preorder for $149.99 at Target. Read more...

Halo 2 and Halo 3 'remastered' E3 demos return with Master Chief Collection

Omer Dursun — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 05:58:02 +0000

343 Industries and modders are recreating the Halo 2 and Halo 3 E3 demos for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Modders, Digsite, say the demo scenario can be played from start to finish. Read more...