Halo: Campaign Evolved is playable now for Premium Edition buyers on Xbox Series X/S and PC, with the Standard Edition arriving later on July 28 — and Game Pass Ultimate players can jump in early with a $20 upgrade.
Digital is the engine, physical still has fans, and PC is becoming Sega’s big global opening.
Halo: Campaign Evolved proves PC players do not need an expensive RTX 5000-class GPU to enjoy a modernized Halo campaign—low settings are still smooth, readable, and plenty playable.
Microsoft quietly bundled a native Xbox 360 emulator into its newer backward-compatible PC releases, and modders were already turning those files into working Xbox 360 games within days.
The beta is already proving useful, but if PlayStation players can’t even get into Ranked, the feedback loop starts out on shaky ground.
Steam Workshop makes sharing mods effortless, but a suspicious indie-game item shows how easily a harmless-looking download can turn into a real PC safety risk — so check your subscriptions, watch for executable files, and don’t trust “just one funny mod” too quickly.
Publisher calls PC launch 'historical' as pirate adventure crushes even the most optimistic internal projections.
Halo Studios is scrambling to fix early access login failures for Campaign Evolved, and PC players have at least one temporary workaround while console users wait.
The sequel drops players back into the Colonial Marine boots with smarter xenomorphs, element-based weapon mods, and a $49.99 price tag that undercuts the competition.
Microsoft is quietly turning Xbox 360 classics into native PC ports, skipping emulation entirely—and that changes everything for backward compatibility.
Bethesda's confirmation that Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2 port includes optimizations destined for PC could finally break the year-long patch drought that's left the game stuck in 'Mixed' Steam reviews.
The post-pandemic PC upgrade cycle is officially over, enterprise buyers are sitting on their hands, and consumers see little reason to buy—so get ready for steeper discounts and a longer road ahead.