{"id":1747993,"date":"2026-11-14T19:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qYVaTvZcF4DZzXZqgAm5cd"},"modified":"2026-11-14T19:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:12:58","slug":"halo-campaign-evolved-is-getting-firefight-as-a-free-update-though-im-not-sure-itll-do-much-to-change-the-remakes-fortunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/halo-campaign-evolved-is-getting-firefight-as-a-free-update-though-im-not-sure-itll-do-much-to-change-the-remakes-fortunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo: Campaign Evolved is getting Firefight as a free update, though I’m not sure it’ll do much to change the remake’s fortunes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xbox has announced the first update for Halo: Campaign Evolved<\/a> since August, one which will add Firefight<\/a> to the remake’s overhaul of the original game’s story.<\/p>\n

Firefight is Halo’s cooperative PvE mode which debuted in Halo 3: ODST<\/a>. It’s a round-based defence affair where players must survive as long as possible against increasingly dangerous waves of enemies. Following ODST, the mode appeared in every subsequent Halo game with the exception of Halo 4, which featured a mode called Spartan Ops instead.<\/p>\n

In its announcement<\/a>, Xbox was extremely light on details regarding the addition of Firefight. But the company said it’ll share “additional details” about the Firefight update during Halo Fest, which takes place over the weekend commencing December 12. <\/p>\n

I’m pleased to see Campaign Evolved getting some more features, but the announcement also increases my sense that Xbox really doesn’t know what to do with Halo at present. Campaign Evolved itself felt like a collective shrug from Halo Studios, a glossy but unambitious overhaul of the original game, with three new levels that nobody liked and shorn of the multiplayer that the PC version so enjoyable in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

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