Halo: Campaign Evolved launches this month and is the first to use the Unreal Engine and to be released on PC, Xbox, and now PlayStation.
Early access to Halo: Campaign Evolved starts on July 23rd, five days ahead of the global launch for everyone else on July 28th. To get early access, you must pre-order the Premium Edition at $69 or purchase the Premium Upgrade for $20 if you already pre-ordered the standard game. Halo: Campaign Evolved will be on Game Pass Ultimate as a Day One release.
#HaloCE is OFFICIALLY GOLD and Early Access begins on July 23.
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— Halo (@Halo) July 13, 2026
Early Access comes with a bunch of extra digital goodies, including an art book, weapon and armour skins, and even a digital game manual.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a complete ground-up remake, not a remaster. The campaign structure is 13 missions total: 10 rebuilt originals covering Master Chief’s crash-landing on the Halo ring and his discovery of the Flood alongside Cortana.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is the first first-party game to launch since Forza Horizon 6 in May. Campaign Evolved is ignoring the original PvP component and offering only the ability to play the campaign in co-op, which is an interesting direction for Halo Studios to take with a game built on the Unreal Engine.
The Unreal Engine powers Fortnite, Pubg and Call of Duty, so it’s very strange to see Halo be released without a PvP component, which has been a huge part of Halo Infinite’s success over the last several years.