It’s been announced that future Halo games will be using Unreal Engine. Up until now, Halo games were on a custom engine. First it was the Blam engine from Halo Combat Evolved to Halo 5: Guardians and then it was rewritten to be the Slipstream Engine for Halo Infinite. Rumors of 343 Industries using Unreal have been around for a few months now, specifically that Halo Combat Evolved would be remade using the engine and will be released on Xbox Series X, PC, and PS5. So far we don’t know what the next Halo game will be or if it will be released on Playstation at all.
While a Halo Combat Evolved Remake inside of Unreal Engine could be a good start for the next batch of Halo projects, it would make more sense that Halo 3 would be the next game to get a remake. The original Halo as well as Halo 2 were both remade on Xbox One, with the latter coming with the Master Chief Collection. If they were going to continue the tradition, then Halo 3 would be the next in line for a remake.
Halo won’t be the only game using Unreal. Gears of War has been using Unreal since the beginning, though that makes sense, considering they were both initially products of Epic Games. Sea of Thieves has also been using the Unreal Engine since its release.
The new engine wasn’t the only thing announced recently, at the same Halo World Championships that the new engine was announced at, they announced that 343 Industries would be rebranded as Halo Studios.
While Halo Infinite’s launch was less than spectacular, it has evolved into a great multiplayer experience. Every few weeks game modes are added or replaced, playlists are mixed up, and new maps are put up. While initially 343 Industries was reluctant on releasing older maps, the community created older maps in Forge and the company has since embraced them. The future of Halo certainly does look bright.
Are you excited for the future of Halo?
