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    "headline": "Halo: Campaign Evolved adds Firefight, a free four-player co-op mode, in a winter update for all owners",
    "description": "Halo: Campaign Evolved will add Firefight, a four-player co-op wave mode, in a free update this winter, Halo Studios announced on November 12.",
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    "articleBody": "Halo: Campaign Evolved is getting the multiplayer mode it never had. Halo Studios says Firefight, the four-player cooperative wave-survival mode, will arrive in the remake this winter as a free update, and fans at Xbox FanFest got the first hands-on session on Thursday night, November 12. That matters for everyone who bought the game on PlayStation 5. Campaign Evolved launched on July 28 as the first Halo ever released on a Sony console, alongside Windows and Xbox Series X|S, and it shipped without any player-versus-player multiplayer at all. Firefight is the first new co-op mode added since launch. What Halo Studios announced Tahir Hasangjekaj, director of competitive engagement at Halo Studios, wrote on Xbox Wire that Firefight has been “a Halo favorite” for nearly two decades. The mode asks a squad of Spartans to hold a position against wave after wave of enemies, and the remake’s version will come with new maps and a wide weapon selection. The update will not cost existing owners anything. Halo Studios did not give a calendar date beyond “this winter”, and the post does not break the rollout down by platform. Because the game already supports full crossplay and cross-progression in online co-op, the natural reading is a shared release, but that has not been confirmed. When you can learn more The studio promised more details at Halo Fest, which runs December 12 and 13 in Seattle, Washington. Attendees there will be able to play Firefight across the whole weekend. Here is how the dates line up so far: July 28, 2026: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5, Windows and Xbox Series X|S. November 12: Firefight announced; first public play session at Xbox FanFest. November 15: the 25th anniversary of the original Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved. December 12 to 13: Halo Fest in Seattle, with more Firefight details promised. Winter 2026 to 2027: the free Firefight update for all players. Halo Fest sits exactly 30 days after the FanFest reveal and 137 days after the game’s launch. Why Firefight fills a real gap Campaign Evolved is a remake of only the story half of the 2001 original, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5. It adds three prequel missions, Operation: Meteorite, nine extra weapons and 42 Skull modifiers, and it supports two-player split-screen on consoles plus four-player online co-op. The missing competitive multiplayer was the most common complaint from reviewers, with one critic calling it a “cardinal sin” for a Halo game. Firefight does not replace classic deathmatch, but it gives co-op squads something to do after the campaign credits roll. The standard edition is listed on Xbox at $49.99 and is also included in Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Xbox’s anniversary week has been crowded. Badiyaa covered Wolfenstein 3 entering production at MachineGames and the free General Raam drop for Gears of War’s 20th anniversary, and there is more on our Gaming page. The next confirmed Firefight date is Halo Fest in Seattle on Saturday, December 12, 2026. Further reading Wikipedia: Halo: Campaign Evolved Image: Daniel Benavides, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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