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Halo is in a very strange spot at the moment. Halo Infinite was the last major release back in 2021, and since then, we haven’t seen much movement in the series. That’s about to change, though.
The previously announced remake of the original game, titled Halo: Campaign Evolved, is coming on July 28. While the fact that it’s a remake will turn off some folks, it does feature new content and co-op campaign play. Ideally, those new levels will be worthy of the Halo name, especially given how highly the original is still regarded.
Over on the Mantic Games website, there’s an announcement that should excite Halo fans. The good news is that it’s coming this year, a few months after the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Coming later this year, and meant to synergize with the release of the remake; we’re getting Halo: Campaign Evolved – The Board Game in the fourth quarter of 2026. It was “created in partnership” with Halo Studios and supports 1-2 players, ages 13+.
We don’t know much, but we do know that it’s “an action-packed board game built around Master Chief’s iconic adventure.” Expect more details from Mantic Games later this year, likely around the video game’s release.
Note that Mantic Games already has extensive experience with the Halo franchise. They developed Halo Flashpoint, a skirmish-based game with highly detailed minis. Their existing partnership with Halo Studios, and the 25+ year lore drawn from the original Halo should serve as a great foundation for them to build on.
Solo games are a fantastic investment when it comes to the tabletop industry, given how much competition there is now. If you want to hunker down solo, you can, and given how fast gaming moves as a whole these days, it’s easy for a game to get lost in the shuffle, or you may find it hard to recruit people to play a certain title.
With solo play enabled out of the box, you can just bust it out whenever you feel like it, without having to conscript others into playing to ensure that you can experience it at all. It’s a wonderful movement that’s been happening in the last 10 years or so, and I’m glad to see it continue here with the Halo: Campaign Evolved board game.
Solo-enabled play is also befitting of the Halo franchise, given that it’s always been an option. Hopefully, this pair of Combat Evolved games will deliver, and we’ll see a resurgence of Halo once again.
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Halo
- Video Game(s)
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Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo Wars, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo: Spartan Assault, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo: Spartan Strike, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Wars 2, Halo Recruit, Halo: Fireteam Raven, Halo Infinite
- Cast
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Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, Keith David, David Scully, Pablo Schreiber, Shabana Azmi, Olive Gray, Christina Bennington, Kate Kennedy, Natascha McElhone, Natasha Culzac, Yerin Ha
- Character(s)
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Master Chief, Cortana, Arbiter, Commander Jacob Keyes, 343 Guilty Spark, Miranda Keyes, Catherine Halsey
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