Halo Devs on Franchise Coming to PS5: 'We Definitely Feel the Weight of It' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 January 2026 / 2,674 Views
Halo Studios and Halo: Campaign Evolved creative director Max Szlagor and executive producer Damon Conn in an interview with GamesRadar discussed bringing the flagship Xbox IP to PlayStation consoles after 25 years of being an Xbox console exclusive.
"We hope to bring along the series veterans who have been with us for the past 25 years and have them play with an entirely new generation," said Conn. "There are people who have never been exposed to Halo. Maybe they've always been on Sony products, switched consoles at a certain point, or just missed it at the time. We want to bring players back together."
Szlagor added, "Halo is best played when we have a large, healthy community. We see this as a way to grow, expand, and reconnect the Halo community."
Conn stated, "We want to honor the Halo legacy on PlayStation, and we're paving the way to expand our Halo universe – that's how we see it. And it's not a small thing. We don't and we won't take it lightly. We definitely feel the weight of it."
Halo: Campaign Evolved will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass later this year.
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Halo ends at Reach. After that it's just not the same.
Naw, it ended at Halo 3, everything else were filler.
Yeah. Ended at Halo 3.
But the rest wasn't filler, it was just milking of a franchise.
Reach was a prequel.
ODST was a good unique expansion to Halo 3 with a different take.
Halo 4, 5 and Infinite was just a new studio constantly trying to find it's feet and expanding the lore, but always came up short.
Halo Wars 1, 2 and Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike were great side-projects.
The OG Trilogy? That was peak Xbox... And it will be a great day when Nintendo and Sony gamers can finally experience what PC and Xbox gamers have enjoyed.
Yeah, I was being a little facetious with that statement. I have enjoyed all of he Halos but as you say peak for me were the first 3. ODST and Reach were hard for me to complete and the rest were as well. I did enjoy Halo wars and I wish MS would venture into different genres for the franchise but than again do not want them to dilute it either. I am hoping the new dev crew are passionate and nock the remaster out of the park because Halo needs to return.
Upvoting because that's also a valid take.
Wrong
There's a lot at stake. The success of this game will probably decide if MS wants to continue the Halo brand and to use the money to develop a much better live service version of Halo than Halo infinite.
The Halo brand is fine lol
They may reboot it, they may make some drastic change, but the success of "this" game is not going to kill the brand all together. That's for sure.
Well your the only one I'm seeing that's saying it's "fine"
oh suprise :) Coming from you...
I said the brand IS FINE, and will not die if this game is not a huge success. There is a difference between Microsoft letting the brand/the doom scenario you are making up and having sub-par success with a game.
As I said, the brand is fine, and if you saw more people coming up with your nonsense about the brand being killed if the game does not succeed, please show it to me. You are the only one I see saying ridiculous stuff like that.
And if you really think that everybody but me believes that Microsoft will kill the brand after this game if not successful, then you are living in your own world for sure.
coming from me? What's that supposed to mean? It's not about WHO says it, it's about what they're saying is true or not. If Halo Infinite had performed well and was healthy I wouldn't be saying what I am. The playerbase for halo infinite is almost non existent. What's the person saying it got to do with it?
Coming from you who constantly bash anything Microsoft yes lol. Of you are going to pretend you are a victim here? and that we do not know who you are?
But not really the point anyway, there is a difference between Infinite not being as popular and Microsoft KILLING the brand if the next game if not a huge success. Non sense coming from you as always.
What I said about infinites poor player count is true and that is all that matters. Stop making it personal.
No, what you said is that Microsoft will kill the brand if the next game fails. Stop moving the goal post. My original post is only about that and ridiculous it is, like any other ridiculous doom stuff you are calling out on a daily basis, not about Infinite or whatever turns you on when you repeat how "poor the player count was" for Infinite like anyone argued that.... (maybe in your head...)
This discussion is crazy. No publisher just arbitrarily continues to produce games for franchises that don't perform or sell. It doesn't matter if it's a big name brand or not. Halo infinite's performance wasn't successful enough, so another performance like that, and MS will not continue forward with Halo.
sure. What's crazy if you believing that killing the brand (that is as big as Halo) is the only way to go, while many can reboot, pivot, etc. But sure bud, whatever makes you happy :D Good thing you are no running any brand management for a big company. I can see you killing multi million dollars brands here and there thinking that it is the only way to deal with it :)
As an artist, I care more about the story than commercial success. I tell a story. When that story is finished, it's finished. Continuing on for the sake of money only waters it down, cheapens it, and disgraces its legacy.
Star Wars should have ended with ROTJ. LOTR should have ended after TROTK. And Halo should have ended with the OG trilogy. The fight was finished. The story was told. The war was won. It's over.
As a gamer and Halo/Starwars fan. I want more of it; esp. in those universes that are vaste and where they are a LOT of more stories that can be visited. Simple as that.
(Not sure why "being" an artist is relevant here but anyway, pretty sure a lot of "artist" have different point of view, same as gamers...)
You're entitled to wanting more. That's fine. And you're also entitled to feel modern Halo is as good as the OG trilogy.
Personally, I'd rather have one perfect trilogy than one perfect trilogy and then ten good or average games thereafter. There are few things sadder than watching something that was once king slowly erode to the point of irreverence. Very few.
Well. I really like Infinite but I would not go as far as saying that they are as good as the orginal trilogy :)
Halo 3 is, and will probably always be my favorite Halo game.
That being said, I do not think the new games are bad, just not as good.
Halo is still great
