Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Teases Return of Halo in 2026 — and It’s Reportedly a Halo: Combat Evolved Remaster

Microsoft is reportedly acceptable to merchandise a Halo: Combat Evolved remaster successful 2026.

During the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, Microsoft gaming brag Phil Spencer teased a fig of caller games coming retired adjacent year, including the caller Fable, the adjacent Forza, Gears of War: E-Day, and "the instrumentality of a classical that’s been with america since the beginning."

While that’s an evident tease for Halo, The Verge newsman Mark Warren has said it specifically relates to a Halo: Combat Evolved remaster.

here's Xbox main Phil Spencer announcing Gears of War: E-Day for 2026, and successful the aforesaid twelvemonth "the adjacent Forza" and a tease of a Halo CE remaster pic.twitter.com/tTueF3YQcR

Warren had reported connected the beingness of this crippled before, which is seemingly nether information for merchandise connected rival platforms including PlayStation 5. Of course, Microsoft remastered Halo CE with 2011’s Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, which was made a portion of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

This is not a marque caller Halo game, then, which we cognize Halo Studios, which utilized to beryllium called 343 Industries, is utilizing Unreal Engine 5 to build. In 2024, Halo Studios released a seven-minute video showcasing the results of Project Foundry — an experimental task designed to amusement a Halo crippled built utilizing the Unreal Engine. While it's not overmuch much than a tech demo, it offered a glimpse astatine a caller opening for Xbox's flagship franchise successful the aftermath of 2021's Halo Infinite.

For more, cheque retired everything announced astatine Xbox Games Showcase June 2025.

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