NFL groups have been developing with artistic methods to announce their season schedules in recent times, from utilizing memes to parodies to celebrities. For 2026, the Los Angeles Chargers have turned to Halo with a view to inform everybody who they’re going to be enjoying within the upcoming season.
The group posted a six-minute video, whose introduction notes that the Chargers obtained permission from Microsoft and that they did not use any precise gameplay footage. It is modeled after a multiplayer setup display screen, with every week’s opponent listed as if it was a multiplayer map. They seem to have even employed Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer (or a implausible soundalike) to do callouts for every week, corresponding to “Beast Mode” for the Seahawks matchup in Week 4, full with a fake Pike Place Market stage. Loads of NFL and pop-culture references are baked in as effectively, together with a refined nod to the scandal that Week 12 opponent New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel is at present mired in.
ought to we REALLY make our schedule launch video in halo?
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sure sure yesyes pic.twitter.com/eusK9QmNGd— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 14, 2026
Halo, in the meantime, shall be “on the sphere” this season, as Halo: Marketing campaign Developed, the Unreal Engine 5 remake of the unique Halo: Fight Developed’s marketing campaign, is due for launch someday this 12 months. We’ll doubtless get a launch date for it on the upcoming Xbox Showcase. Try our hands-on preview impressions within the meantime.
Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s government editor of previews and host of each IGN’s weekly Xbox present, Podcast Unlocked, in addition to our semi-retired interview present, IGN Unfiltered. He is a North Jersey man, so it is “Taylor ham,” not “pork roll.” Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.