{"id":1915709,"date":"2026-05-03T17:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1915709"},"modified":"2026-05-03T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:57:42","slug":"halo-2-and-3-remakes-are-definitely-happening-claims-leaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1915709","title":{"rendered":"Halo 2 and 3 Remakes are &#8220;definitely happening&#8221;, claims leaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Halo 2 and 3 Remakes are &#8220;definitely happening&#8221;, claims leaker<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Halo&#8217;s future is shaping up to be very entertaining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Halo-2-Demo-E3.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from Halo 2's E3 demo\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Halo-2-Demo-E3.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-03T17:57:42+00:00\">May 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9af168d3-916b-4199-8ba7-44e3314d0068\" data-name=\"Halo 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Halo 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Halo 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Halo 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Halo 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Halo 2\" title=\"Follow Halo 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Halo 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/halo-2\">Halo 2<\/a> and 3 are &#8220;definitely happening and in active development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTobbtFwqzQ\">Rebs Gaming<\/a>, who revealed in an update over the weekend that &#8220;two more sources&#8221; have confirmed &#8220;Halo Studios is developing remakes of Halo 2 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/halo-3\">Halo 3<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of my new sources sent me proof to verify themselves and that the trilogy remakes are definitely happening, regardless of how well Campaign Evolved does,&#8221; he said. &#8220;More specifically, active development is underway on all three remakes, and the Halo 2 and 3 remakes are in early development&#8221;. The three-minute report is embedded below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Halo 2 &amp; Halo 3 Remakes Are In Development! (Exclusive Report)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTobbtFwqzQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pTobbtFwqzQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Halo 2 &amp; Halo 3 Remakes Are In Development! (Exclusive Report)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Halo 2 and Halo 3 Remakes Are in Development!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTobbtFwqzQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added that his source for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-planning-a-summer-release-for-halo-remake-and-a-late-2026-launch-for-gears-of-war-e-day-according-to-a-new-report\">Campaign Evolved report<\/a> sent an unreleased video clip of the game to verify themselves, but stressed &#8220;that these remakes are in early development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"316\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GamingLeaksAndRumours\/comments\/1t1tb5c\/rebs_gaming_halo_23_remakes_are_definitely\/\">(Rebs Gaming) Halo 2&amp;3 Remakes Are Definitely Happening and In Active Development<\/a><br \/> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/SilentNova300\/\">u\/SilentNova300<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GamingLeaksAndRumours\/\">GamingLeaksAndRumours<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Something I have not mentioned before is that they told me we will notice things from Halo 2 and 3 in the prequel missions, such as Brutes, because of the upcoming remakes,&#8221; he added, but emphasised that additional information about Brutes came from an unsubstantiated report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their design is inspired by Halo Reach concept art, and their weapons include the Brute plasma rifle and the Spiker. Lastly, you can make Brutes appear in the original missions with one of the new skulls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Halo&#8217;s future is shaping up to be very entertaining. Besides from the remakes, a new multiplayer project \u2013 which was confirmed by a Halo Studios job listing, and a developer LinkedIn post \u2013 and the next mainline game [&#8230;] all seem to be in development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Xbox transitions into a new era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-boss-scrapped-controversial-ad-campaign\">under the leadership of new CEO Asha Sharma<\/a>, former Halo boss Kiki Wolfkill, the head of film and TV at Xbox, left the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/halo-veteran-kiki-wolfkill-exits-xbox-film-tv-and-microsoft\">Wolfkill announced her departure on LinkedIn earlier this week<\/a>, confirming she was leaving the company after 28 years. Before stepping into a transmedia-oriented role, she was a director of rt at Microsoft Game Studios from 1998 through 2007, and had previously served as executive producer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/halo-4\">Halo 4<\/a> at 343 Industries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/halo-2\">Halo 2<\/a> and 3 are &#8220;definitely happening and in active development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTobbtFwqzQ\">Rebs Gaming<\/a>, who revealed in an update over the weekend that &#8220;two more sources&#8221; have confirmed &#8220;Halo Studios is developing remakes of Halo 2 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/halo-3\">Halo 3<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of my new sources sent me proof to verify themselves and that the trilogy remakes are definitely happening, regardless of how well Campaign Evolved does,&#8221; he said. &#8220;More specifically, active development is underway on all three remakes, and the Halo 2 and 3 remakes are in early development&#8221;. The three-minute report is embedded below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Halo 2 &amp; Halo 3 Remakes Are In Development! (Exclusive Report)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTobbtFwqzQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pTobbtFwqzQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Halo 2 &amp; Halo 3 Remakes Are In Development! (Exclusive Report)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Halo 2 and Halo 3 Remakes Are in Development!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTobbtFwqzQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added that his source for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-planning-a-summer-release-for-halo-remake-and-a-late-2026-launch-for-gears-of-war-e-day-according-to-a-new-report\">Campaign Evolved report<\/a> sent an unreleased video clip of the game to verify themselves, but stressed &#8220;that these remakes are in early development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"316\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GamingLeaksAndRumours\/comments\/1t1tb5c\/rebs_gaming_halo_23_remakes_are_definitely\/\">(Rebs Gaming) Halo 2&amp;3 Remakes Are Definitely Happening and In Active Development<\/a><br \/> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/SilentNova300\/\">u\/SilentNova300<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GamingLeaksAndRumours\/\">GamingLeaksAndRumours<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Something I have not mentioned before is that they told me we will notice things from Halo 2 and 3 in the prequel missions, such as Brutes, because of the upcoming remakes,&#8221; he added, but emphasised that additional information about Brutes came from an unsubstantiated report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their design is inspired by Halo Reach concept art, and their weapons include the Brute plasma rifle and the Spiker. Lastly, you can make Brutes appear in the original missions with one of the new skulls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Halo&#8217;s future is shaping up to be very entertaining. Besides from the remakes, a new multiplayer project \u2013 which was confirmed by a Halo Studios job listing, and a developer LinkedIn post \u2013 and the next mainline game [&#8230;] all seem to be in development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Xbox transitions into a new era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-confirms-new-xbox-boss-scrapped-controversial-ad-campaign\">under the leadership of new CEO Asha Sharma<\/a>, former Halo boss Kiki Wolfkill, the head of film and TV at Xbox, left the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/halo-veteran-kiki-wolfkill-exits-xbox-film-tv-and-microsoft\">Wolfkill announced her departure on LinkedIn earlier this week<\/a>, confirming she was leaving the company after 28 years. 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