Halo: Campaign Evolved comes to PlayStation 5 on July 28, the first Halo game on Sony hardware
Halo Studios' remake of Combat Evolved ships the same day on Xbox, PC, Steam, and PS5, lands on Game Pass on day one, and adds a new three-mission arc set before the original.
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June 28, 2026Halo is coming to a PlayStation console for the first time. Halo Studios confirmed at the Xbox Games Showcase that Halo: Campaign Evolved, its remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, launches July 28, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and PS5 at the same time. It is on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one, and the Standard Edition runs $49.99.
For anyone who started gaming in the last few years, it is worth spelling out why this is a story at all. Halo was the reason a lot of people bought the first Xbox. For two console generations it was the thing PlayStation owners could not have. Microsoft spent years porting its games to other platforms, but the older Halo collections stayed on Xbox and PC. Putting Master Chief on a Sony machine, day one, alongside Xbox, is the clearest sign yet that the old exclusivity walls are gone.
What you are actually getting
Campaign Evolved is a ground-up remake of the 2001 campaign, all ten original missions, rebuilt rather than upscaled. It supports up to four-player online co-op, cross-play, and cross-progression across Xbox, PC, Steam, and PS5.
The new part is Operation: METEORITE, a three-mission arc included in every edition. It is set a year before the first game and follows Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson on a UNSC raid aboard a Covenant research vessel, with new enemy types like the Brute Berserker and a stretch of space combat. Halo Studios brought in sci-fi novelist Troy Denning, who has written for the Halo universe before, to script it. Calling out the writer and the studio matters here, because "remake" too often means a quick coat of paint, and a brand-new mission arc with an actual author attached is a different level of effort.
The editions
Three to choose from, and the price gaps are steep at the top.
| Edition | Price | What is in it |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $49.99 / £49.99 / €59.99 | Full game: the 10-mission campaign plus Operation: METEORITE |
| Premium | $69.99 / £69.99 / €79.99 | Everything above, up to five days of early access from July 23, the Alpha Halo Armory Pack, and a digital story and art collection |
| Collector's | $199.99 | Everything in Premium, plus a 12-inch Master Chief statue, an LED Cortana chip, a Steelbook, concept art prints, a physical manual, and a disc for Xbox Series X and PS5 (the Steam version is a code only) |
Pre-orders are open now, and any edition includes the Foundry Armory Pack with a couple of throwback 2001 weapon and armor skins. One thing to flag for collectors: the Steam version of the $199.99 box ships with a download code instead of a disc, so if a physical PC copy is the point for you, it is not that.
On Game Pass, and the rest of July
Because it is on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one, subscribers do not pay the $49.99 to play it, which is the whole pitch of the service and a real chunk of value for a brand-name remake. It anchors a busy July for the service. Palworld hits its 1.0 release on July 10 as a day-one Game Pass title, The Planet Crafter arrives July 21, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 moves up to the Premium tier on July 2.
Campaign Evolved goes live globally on July 28 at 8am PDT, with early access for Premium and Collector's buyers starting July 23. Whether the remake holds up is a July 28 question. For now, the news is simply that the most Xbox thing there is will be playable on a PlayStation, and that would have sounded absurd not long ago.