Xbox: We're Building Plans for 25th Anniversary of Halo and Xbox - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 December 2024 / 8,249 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.
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Would be funny if after announcing it, they have an and one more thing the PS5/Switch 2 Master Chief Edition
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
As a Xbox user, I would love that. Especially if it means more improvements. I don't want MCC updates to ever end.
Halo:CE doesn't need a remake. Halo 3 does.
so much opportunity here Microsoft!
Release on all platforms inevitable
Halo 5 Remastered, plz.
More plans to destroy halo
Cross platform halo multiplayer (Xbox and PS)
Going multiplat is inevitable. I can see Halo on PlayStation and Nintendo starting in 2026.
Give Halo to one of the COD teams lol
Infinite's gameplay was amazing but everything else was pathetic
2026 then. Maybe a new game?
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.
The industry is such a mess that studios need to go back and see what worked.
Starcraft.. thats a game I need to see again
I hope the plans are the announcement of 343 going away and ID software taking over.
Halo Combat Evolved already has a remaster, so not that thrilled if the 25th anniversary is marked by re-releasing it again.
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
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
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.
Other than the multiplayer, I thought the single-player campaign of Halo Infinite was great! I hope they'll turn it around.
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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