Master Chief is re-enlisting for a new tour of duty, this time in a whole new setting. Microsoft released the trailer for Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of series originator Halo: Combat Evolved — and for the first time ever, for the PlayStation. For decades, the Halo franchise has been a Xbox/PC ‘sclusie. It was one of the last holdouts of the console war, when PlayStation and Xbox fought over who had the sickest graphics and rumbliest packs. And Nintendo was also there. “It’s really a new era—Halo is on PlayStation going forward,” Halo Studios community director Brian Jarrard said on a livestream, per PC Gamer. Halo’s Xbox exclusivity made Master Chief a default mascot for the entire platform. Now he and Sonic will have to split a pint in Tapper and reminisce about how they used to be big shots.

But there is one snag in the HaloxXbox love fest: unlike the OG Halo, there is no multiplayer mode. The anniversary edition of Combat Evolved had online multiplayer capability. And back in the day there was at least LAN. Remember LAN parties? Halo: Campaign Evolved comes to all platforms in 2026.