Halo Studios to outline future Halo on Unreal at World Championship

Halo Studios will present a deep dive on the future of the Halo franchise on October 24 at the Halo World Championship in Seattle, the studio said, promising expanded details on projects first teased last year and its transition to Epic Games' Unreal Engine. The presentation will follow a main-stage talk and include an additional panel on the Community Stage as part of the three-day esports event running October 24 to 26.

The studio said the panels will continue the conversation begun at last year’s Halo World Championship and the A New Dawn video, which offered a first look at Halo content created in Unreal Engine. Last October the developer formerly known as 343 Industries rebranded as Halo Studios and disclosed that future Halo titles would be developed on Unreal Engine rather than the Slipspace Engine used for Halo Infinite. That demonstration, described by the studio as an experimental glimpse rather than a finished game, was intended to show technical possibilities for the franchise under the new toolset.

Halo Studios has been largely quiet about concrete project details since the rebrand, but industry reports and leaks have circulated in recent months suggesting a remake...