Halo Studios Will Share Update on Halo Games in Development in October

Halo Studios has recommended it’ll share particulars concerning the Halo tasks in improvement at this 12 months’s Halo World Championship in October. At final 12 months’s occasion, the studio introduced it was working on a number of Halo video games, constructed in Unreal Engine 5. At the time, the developer, previously 343 Industries, additionally stated it was rebranding to Halo Studios and debuted Unreal Engine 5 footage of environments and characters from the sequence.

An Update on Halo Games is Coming

In a weblog submit revealed Monday forward of HWC 2025, Halo Studios addressed rumours and hypothesis concerning the Halo tasks presently in improvement. The studio stated it could “continue the conversation” on the tasks, first introduced eventually 12 months’s HWC, at this 12 months’s occasion.

“Last year at HaloWC, we premiered “A New Dawn” the place we talked concerning the change to Unreal Engine, gave you a behind the scenes have a look at Project Foundry, and debuted our evolution to Halo Studios as we enter a brand new chapter for Halo,” the corporate stated in the submit.

“For us, “A New Dawn” was only the start – at this 12 months’s HaloWC, we stay up for persevering with the dialog.

“Speculation is always fun, but if you want the official scoop on what Halo Studios has been working on, you won’t want to miss this year’s Halo World Championship. We really hope you’ll join us in Seattle this October!”

The Halo World Championship is ready to happen October 24-26 in Seattle. The esports occasion will see the highest 16 groups compete to grow to be world champions and take house their share of the $1 million prize pool.

Halo Studios shared screenshots of Halo characters and environments constructed in UE 5 final 12 months
Photo Credit: Microsoft/ Halo Studios

Mutliple Halo Games in Development

At final 12 months’s HWC, Halo Studios introduced it was working on a number of Halo video games in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. The developer additionally debuted new Halo footage rendered in Unreal Engine 5, displaying off three completely different environments and sequence protagonist Master Chief. The studio stated on the time that the footage was not from a Halo sport in improvement, however a part of a “Foundry” undertaking that might function a basis for future Halo video games. Halo Studios didn’t share a launch timeline for the video games.

At Xbox Games Showcase final month, Xbox chief Phil Spencer introduced the “return of a classic” subsequent 12 months, suggesting a remaster or a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved was in the works. Spencer did not point out the sport by identify however stated it could arrive subsequent 12 months when Xbox celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary.

“As we think about bringing a new generation of players to these iconic franchises, I’m excited to share that players will get to celebrate 25 years of Xbox with a new Fable, the next Forza, Gears of War: E-Day, and the return of a classic that’s been with us since the beginning,” the Xbox boss stated at Xbox Games Showcase.

In addition to a remaster/remake of the primary sport probably in improvement, Halo Studios can be probably working on the subsequent mainline Halo sport. The final entry in the sequence was Halo Infinite, which launched on PC and Xbox Series S/X in 2021.