All eyes are on Halo: Campaign Evolved to revive interest in the franchise (and it’s doing pretty well in terms of pre-orders on PlayStation). However, Halo Studios’ interests go far beyond, from rumors that it’s working on remakes of Halo 2 and 3 to Ekur, an alleged multiplayer mode born from the long-rumored extraction shooter Tatanka to “Super Big Team Battle” per Rebs Gaming.
In a new video, he claims to have confirmed the new gameplay loop. More importantly, it will “almost certainly” be revealed at Halo Fest 2026, which runs from December 12th to 13th. Ekur reportedly has a live service model, and Halo Studios has seemingly been working on it since 2023, which is apparently longer than Campaign Evolved after Certain Affinity crafted the initial prototype.
But will it be a standalone title or packaged with the next mainline Halo? This is still reportedly unknown, probably because we’ve heard very little about the unofficial Halo 7 in general, aside from the fact it’s using Unreal Engine 5, like all other current projects.
Time will tell, and plans could change – after all, look at all the twists and turns that Tatanka went through. In the meantime, Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on July 28th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Recent gameplay has looked good, but you shouldn’t expect anything in terms of new content, even for something like Theater Mode.
