As work on Halo: Campaign Evolved is seemingly continuing quietly at Halo Studios, a new report by Rebs Gaming—the YouTuber who first leaked that the title was under development—indicates that studio Abstraction is helping with its co-development. In a new video, which you can check out below, Rebs Gaming has noted that Abstraction has worked as a co-development studio on a number of major releases, including games in the Mass Effect franchise, as well as relatively recent titles like Baldur’s Gate 3.
Back in 2021, Abstraction was also noted as having worked with 343 Industries to help with the development of accessibility features for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Its work in this department included expansion of localization options, support for color-blindness, and subtitle customization.
Rebs Gaming cites a pair of sources: a former developer and a current one on the project. According to the former developer, Abstraction’s work as a co-developer on Halo: Campaign Evolved began in Summer 2023. The current developer has noted that Abstraction’s work on the project involves level and technical design, including the development of entire missions.
The work is said to be quite extensive, and includes concept design, polishing, creation of scripted events, and re-tuning of combat gameplay to account for new mechanics like sprint and features like 4-player co-op.
Interestingly, the video also brings up the relationship between Abstraction and Virtuos—a studio known for working as a supporting developer, as well as for its remasters and remakes. January 2025 saw Virtuos acquiring Abstraction thanks to the latter’s expertise in co-development and engineering. However, December 2025 saw Abstraction separate from Virtuos, once more becoming independently-owned. Both companies have noted that they maintain a positive relationship.
This becomes relevant in this case thanks to Rebs Gaming’s current developer source, who noted that Virtuos is also involved in the development of Halo: Campaign Evolved to some degree. The developer also spoke about one of their responsibilities being to maintain effective collaboration between development partners, which are strongly hinted to be both Virtuos and Abstraction. To what degree Virtuos is involved, however, remains unknown for now.
Recent rumors have indicated that Halo: Campaign Evolved is on track to be released later this year. While one report from February indicated that Halo Studios and Microsoft might be aiming for a Summer release window, another one noted that it will likely come out before September.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is being developed for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and will be the first entry in the entire Halo franchise to come out on one of Sony’s consoles. Along with the visual overhauls you would expect from a remake, it will also feature changes to levels, improved cinematics, and the inclusion of weapons that would show up much later in the franchise. The title is also slated to not feature any competitive multiplayer, with the focus instead being on co-operative gameplay throughout the campaign.
For more details about Halo: Campaign Evolved, take a look at how Halo Studios wants to honor the franchise while also introducing it to an entirely new generation of gamers.
