Firefight Is Coming to Halo: Campaign Evolved as a Free Update This Winter, With More Reveals at Halo Fest
Firefight is making its way back into the fold. Xbox and Halo Studios confirmed during XBOX FanFest that the fan-favorite four-player cooperative PvE mode is coming to Halo: Campaign Evolved as a free update this winter, arriving nearly six months after the remake’s July launch and requiring no premium add-on to play.
A Nearly Two-Decade-Old Favorite Returns
Firefight first appeared in Halo 3: ODST and has returned in nearly every mainline Halo release since, tasking up to four Spartans with holding a map against increasingly dangerous waves of Covenant and Flood enemies. Halo 4 was the one exception, swapping Firefight for the since-discontinued Spartan Ops mode instead. Halo Studios described the returning mode as asking Spartans to “team up, hold the line, and survive wave after wave of enemies,” with Campaign Evolved’s version set across new maps and backed by a broader arsenal of weapons to help even the odds.
Hands-On Tonight at FanFest, Full Reveal Coming to Halo Fest
Attendees at XBOX FanFest were the first to go hands-on with Firefight the same night as the announcement, November 12. Halo Studios says it will share additional details about the free update during Halo Fest, taking place December 12 to 13 in Seattle, where fans attending the event will also get the chance to play Firefight throughout the weekend. The update is being framed as part of the celebrations around 25 years of both Halo and Xbox.
Master Chief faces down Flood forces in Halo: Campaign Evolved, the remake that’s set to add Firefight as a free update this winter.
Part of a Bigger Shake-Up for the Franchise
The announcement comes as Halo’s future keeps shifting under Xbox’s wider restructuring. Campaign Evolved itself launched in July as a modernized overhaul of the original 2001 campaign, complete with a new three-mission side story starring the Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson, but had gone largely quiet on the update front since August. Xbox has also already handed control of the next mainline Halo game to Activision as part of a broader shake-up that included thousands of layoffs across the company. Whether Firefight’s return signals a renewed push for Campaign Evolved or simply a crowd-pleaser for Halo Fest remains to be seen, but for now, Spartans finally have a reason to jump back into the ring.
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