Yesterday, during the Xbox Games Showcase 2026, Halo Studios (formerly known as 343 Industries) unveiled the release date and opened pre-orders for Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game will be released on July 28 for PC, PlayStation 5 (in a franchise first), and Xbox Series S and X, although early access will begin five days earlier, on July 23, for those who buy the Premium Edition (which costs $79.99, $20 more than the Standard Edition).
The team has also now shared detailed PC specifications. The game is powered by Unreal Engine 5, following the studio's decision to abandon the Slipspace engine that powered Halo Infinite. The Xbox store page also mentions ray tracing; Infinite added ray traced sun shadows in a post-launch update, but they only worked in the multiplayer mode, so this will be the first Halo game to offer ray tracing in the campaign.
| Specs | Low (Minimum) | Medium | High (Recommended) | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settings | 1080p @ 60fps | 1440p @ 60fps | 4K @ 60fps | 4K @ 60fps |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel Core i7-10700K | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X / Intel Core i5-12600K | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 / Intel Core i7-12700K | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X / Intel Core i9-13900K |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Intel Arc A580 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 9070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 |
| RAM | 16GB | 16GB | 32GB | 32GB |
| VRAM | 8GB | 8GB | 12GB | 16GB |
| OS | Windows 10 22H2 64-bit / Windows 11 (ReBAR recommended) | Windows 10 22H2 64-bit / Windows 11 (ReBAR recommended) | Windows 10 22H2 64-bit / Windows 11 (ReBAR recommended) | Windows 10 22H2 64-bit / Windows 11 (ReBAR recommended) |
| Storage | SSD with 100GB of available space | SSD with 100GB of available space | SSD with 100GB of available space | SSD with 100GB available space |
Halo: Campaign Evolved remakes Combat Evolved and adds three new missions featuring the Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson, although the competitive multiplayer has been cut. However, the campaign is fully available in four-player co-op and crossplay.
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