Microsoft Reportedly "Refused To Discuss" Why Halo: Campaign Evolved Won't Have Multiplayer

Microsoft Reportedly "Refused To Discuss" Why Halo: Campaign Evolved Won't Have Multiplayer

From TheGamer (Written by Johnny Flores Jr.) on | OpenCritic

After months of speculation, the cat is officially out of the bag — Halo is receiving a Combat Evolved remake titled Halo: Campaign Evolved, and it will release next year in honor of the franchise's 25th anniversary and on PlayStation for the first time in history.

The name "Campaign Evolved" is particularly noteworthy as the Halo Studios' led remake will not have any sort of multiplayer suite when it launches. It will have local co-op play, as well as online co-op functionality, but if you were hoping to play Slayer with your friends across the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles, then that sadly won't be happening.

To this point, much of the focus on Campaign Evolved has centered around the additions made, including new prequel missions, plus the use of Unreal Engine 5. But so far nothing has come out as to why the first-person shooter title won't have multiplayer, like Gears of War: Reloaded did when it launched in August.

It turns out, Microsoft would also not disclose why either.

As first reported by Tom Warren of The Verge, in the lead-up to Campaign Evolved's official reveal, where media had access to a pre-release...

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