Community Halo: Combat Evolved Remake coming for the 360

By grey walrus — February 4, 2011
Tags: halo-1 news xbox-360 xbox-360-exclusive

It's about time. Ever since seeing the ending to reach I've been waiting for a remake of the best Halo Campaign that ever was, and now we're finally getting it.

Joystiq has learned that the previously rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved will indeed launch this holiday season for Xbox 360 with a full visual overhaul. Sources explain that the re-release is not Bungie's 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution -- it's being remade with new art assets. WhileHalo's audio will likely remain unaltered, the controls will allow for more recent Halo configurations.

The Halo: Combat Evolved remake is allegedly being developed by New Jersey-based Saber Interactive, the company behind TimeShift and Namco's upcoming Inversion, but we've been unable to confirm the nature of the engine powering it. We understand that it's something other than the Reach engine.

The Halo: Combat Evolved update, one of two Halo games currently in development under the watchful eye of 343 Industries, is expected to support 1080p resolution and 3D televisions. Details on multiplayer are supposedly still being worked out, but we understand the remake will likely feature online co-op (the original game supported two-player split-screen co-op).

The game is expected to re-evolve on November 15, 2011, ten years after Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox. Our sources didn't know of any plans to similarly upgrade the recently disconnectedHalo 2, but it's hard to imagine Microsoft playing favorites with its biggest franchise.

Source: Joystiq.com

Are you guys as excited as I am? This is going to be epic. Halo one had my favorite campaign, and with improved graphics and hopefully updated multiplayer this could retake the place at best Halo game ever made.

Comments

never really got into halo but im glad fans are getting a remake

Feb 4, 2011 by blazemanx

I loved Halo even though I never owned it or an xbox. A friend brought it over one night and we finished the game that night. It was fucking intense. I hope the online Co Op allows for a Squad to go in together instead of just 2 players.

Feb 4, 2011 by aragrist

no way dude this is going to be a real big step for bungie or for what ever company is dedicating some work in this remake scratch what I just said about who ever is going to collaborate in making this remake it matters cause different companies could have diffrent outputs on the game and that is bad for the fact that they want to stay true to the stories original bases of the first Halo remake the first halo game I played gave me such a big impression on later halo titles and still hasnt disappointed me nice story let's remember that halo was the first platform that kicked off the xbox craze world wide for some but the majority would probably agree

Feb 6, 2011 by Kof2012

could be good, could be bad

Feb 6, 2011 by de bad shot

yeah they gotta keep it mostly the same but if they add so much gay shit omg im done

Feb 7, 2011 by SonicZero

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