Halo: Campaign Evolved to Get a Firefight Mode

A coming free update to Halo: Campaign Evolved will include a modern take on the fan-favorite Firefight, which lets four players cooperatively play against waves of AI-controlled enemies in a PvE (Player versus Environment) mode. So it’s not exactly multiplayer but at least it’s a baby step in that direction.

“For nearly two decades, Firefight has been a Halo favorite, challenging Spartans to team up, hold the line, and survive wave after wave of enemies,” Halo Studios director Tahir Hasangjekaj writes. “The tradition continues this winter as we add the four-player cooperative PvE mode to Halo: Campaign Evolved in a free update.”

Fans will be able to experience this new mode for the first time tonight at XBOX FanFest in Seattle, and XBOX promises additional information about Firefight at its Halo Fest in Seattle in mid-December. But that’s all the information we have for now.

XBOX released Halo: Campaign Evolved this past July with updated Unreal Engine 5-based graphics to critical acclaim. But as its name suggests, this remastered version of the game only includes the single player campaign, with the only multiplayer option being a cooperative campaign mode.