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Xbox: We're Building Plans for 25th Anniversary of Halo and Xbox

Xbox: We're Building Plans for 25th Anniversary of Halo and Xbox - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 December 2024 / 8,236 Views

The head of Xbox Gaming Consumer Products John Friend speaking with License Global teased Xbox is putting plans in place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Xbox and Halo.

"We have these massive, fantastic franchises ranging from World of Warcraft – celebrating its 20th anniversary this year — to Halo, Call of Duty, to StarCraft and much more," said Friend.

"We’re building plans for the 25th anniversary of Halo and Xbox—we have such a rich heritage and history, and these communities have been active for so long, you have to celebrate that."

There have been rumors a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved is currently in development for the 25th anniversary of the series.

The original Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved will be turning 25 years old on November 15, 2026.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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32 Comments
Leynos (on 20 September 2024)

"We have concepts of a plan!"

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KLAMarine Leynos (on 21 September 2024)

Gotta start somewhere.

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rapsuperstar31 (on 20 September 2024)

Would be funny if after announcing it, they have an and one more thing the PS5/Switch 2 Master Chief Edition

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2zosteven rapsuperstar31 (on 20 September 2024)

if they did that the end of the xbox wouldnt be far behind. i play most games on switch, a few on xbox and a couple on ps5

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Mr Puggsly rapsuperstar31 (on 21 September 2024)

As a Xbox user, I would love that. Especially if it means more improvements. I don't want MCC updates to ever end.

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VAMatt (on 21 September 2024)

Halo:CE doesn't need a remake. Halo 3 does.

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2zosteven (on 20 September 2024)

so much opportunity here Microsoft!

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 21 September 2024)

Release on all platforms inevitable

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Mr Puggsly (on 21 September 2024)

Halo 5 Remastered, plz.

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Koragg (on 21 September 2024)

More plans to destroy halo

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Random_Matt (on 21 September 2024)

Cross platform halo multiplayer (Xbox and PS)

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Wman1996 (on 21 September 2024)

Going multiplat is inevitable. I can see Halo on PlayStation and Nintendo starting in 2026.

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HopeMillsHorror (on 23 September 2024)

Give Halo to one of the COD teams lol

Infinite's gameplay was amazing but everything else was pathetic

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leftalone (on 21 September 2024)

2026 then. Maybe a new game?

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Pemalite (on 21 September 2024)

Are we about to enter the age of remastering the remasters? Resident Evil 4, Street fighter, The Last of US, GTA5 have done it a few times already.
Halo: Combat evolved got remastered on the Xbox 360 and again with the Master Chief Collection.

Hoping it's more like an Xbox classic console with Halo 1+2, Fable: The lost Chapters, Morrowind, Forza, Doom 3 and more.

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Chazore Pemalite (on 21 September 2024)

I'd love to finally be able to play Fable 2 on PC, as well as a proper port of Gears 1-3/Judgement as well.

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Pemalite Chazore (on 21 September 2024)

Yeah, it's a big omission not having Fable 2 on PC considering it was the best entry in the series.

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Chazore Pemalite (on 22 September 2024)

Aye, Fable 2 will always remain one of my faves of that generation.

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Mr Puggsly Pemalite (on 23 September 2024)

The industry is such a mess that studios need to go back and see what worked.

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Azzanation (on 20 September 2024)

Starcraft.. thats a game I need to see again

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method114 (on 20 September 2024)

I hope the plans are the announcement of 343 going away and ID software taking over.

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G2ThaUNiT method114 (on 20 September 2024)

After they completely changed up leadership last year, unlikely.

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SecondWar (on 20 September 2024)

Halo Combat Evolved already has a remaster, so not that thrilled if the 25th anniversary is marked by re-releasing it again.

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G2ThaUNiT SecondWar (on 20 September 2024)

Depends on what they do with it. The remaster will be 15 years old by this point and it really wasn’t a good remaster to begin with.

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Pemalite G2ThaUNiT (on 21 September 2024)

It was remastered in the Master Chief Collection which dropped in 2014.
It was also remastered/overhauled before that with the Anniversary edition in 2011.

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G2ThaUNiT Pemalite (on 21 September 2024)

The version in MCC was Anniversary Edition. I know it was built on top of that, such as the Series X/S native update, but it’s still the 2011 version.

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Pemalite G2ThaUNiT (on 22 September 2024)

MCC, even though it used the Anniversary Edition is still remastered on Xbox One/One X as it uses a few tricks to clean up the image, namely improved resolution.
And was remastered/enhanced again for the Series consoles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkBFFzae90U

https://www.windowscentral.com/halo-master-chief-collection-xbox-series-x-series-s-upgrades-now-live

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HopeMillsHorror Pemalite (on 23 September 2024)

Tricks to clean up the image and improve resolution... isn't a remaster

Running a 360 game on the OneX and SeriesX gives you native 4k... but no one is calling it a remaster

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tslog (on 20 September 2024)

My favourite series in all of gaming history - is now dead to me, because Xbox killed it.
And I now supposed to be exited after Xbox has been doing their best to kill off their most important game. PLEASE.

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Mr.GameCrazy tslog (on 22 September 2024)

Other than the multiplayer, I thought the single-player campaign of Halo Infinite was great! I hope they'll turn it around.

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Pemalite Mr.GameCrazy (on 23 September 2024)

Halo Infinite's campaign lacked content. It was full of uninspired "quests" and the game can be completed rather quickly.
Microsoft tried to use Ubisoft's formula.

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