What’s subsequent for Halo? It seems to be like followers will get an extra tease this October on the Halo World Championship 2025.
In a blog post, Tahir “Tashi” Hasandjekic, Esports Lead for the Halo franchise, recommended followers attend the occasion October 24-26 in Seattle to search out out what Halo Studios has been engaged on.
Throughout the identical occasion final October, Halo developer 343 Industries introduced it had modified its title to Halo Studios and confirmed a number of tasks had been within the works. In the identical breath, Halo Studios mentioned all its future video games can be developed on Unreal Engine, forsaking the Slipspace Engine utilized by Halo Infinite.
The bulletins had been unveiled in a seven-minute video proven forward of the Halo World Championship’s grand finals. This showcased the outcomes of Challenge Foundry — an experimental undertaking designed to indicate a Halo sport constructed utilizing the Unreal Engine — and supplied a glimpse at a recent starting for Xbox’s flagship franchise within the wake of 2021’s Halo Infinite.
Within the weblog publish, Tashi referenced final yr’s bulletins and teased extra to return this October.
“Over the previous few weeks, there’s been a good quantity of hypothesis about when and the place extra particulars may emerge about any of the a number of tasks Halo Studios is actively engaged on,” Tashi mentioned. “We don’t often touch upon such issues, however this time we need to enter the chat and share a bit of extra perspective for Halo followers who is likely to be on the fence about whether or not to attend this yr’s occasion.
“Final yr at HaloWC, we premiered ‘A New Daybreak’ the place we talked in regards to the swap to Unreal Engine, gave you a behind the scenes take a look at Challenge Foundry, and debuted our evolution to Halo Studios as we enter a brand new chapter for Halo. For us, ‘A New Daybreak’ was just the start — at this yr’s HaloWC, we look ahead to persevering with the dialog.
“Hypothesis is at all times enjoyable, however if you would like the official scoop on what Halo Studios has been engaged on, you received’t need to miss this yr’s Halo World Championship. We actually hope you’ll be a part of us in Seattle this October!”
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So, what may Halo Studios have up its sleeve for the announcement? It appears unlikely we’ll get a full-blown gameplay reveal for the following huge Halo title, however we could get a extra detailed tech demo exhibiting Halo operating in Unreal Engine. Earlier this month, Microsoft was reported to be readying a Halo: Fight Advanced remaster for launch in 2026. Maybe we’ll get a take a look at that. The so-far unannounced remaster is seemingly into account for launch on rival platforms together with PlayStation 5.
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