The Xbox Games Showcase would not be complete without an appearance from Halo: Campaign Evolved, and that’s exactly what fans got during this year’s show.
The new trailer gave a first glimpse of Operation: Meteorite, a brand-new prologue featuring Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson. It also confirmed that the Unreal 5 remake will release this summer on July 28, while Premium and Collector’s Edition owners will get early access beginning from July 23.
Set a year before the events of the main campaign, Operation: Meteorite will see players embark on a clandestine UNSC operation infiltrating a Covenant research ship consisting of three missions.
It doesn’t just promise more content but new locations, new enemy variants such as the Brute Berserker glimpsed in the trailer, as well as more weapons from across the series.
The story is also being penned by award-winning sci-fi author Troy Denning, who has authored the two Halo novel series,: Ferrets, and A Master Chief Story.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a full remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign mode, this time releasing on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5–the first time a Halo game has ever appeared on a PlayStation system.