Rumour Halo: Combat Evolved remake (old?)

[Stoney Mason]

Joystiq has learned that the previously rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved will indeed launch this holiday season for Xbox 360 with a full visual overhaul. Sources explain that the re-release is not Bungie's 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution -- it's being remade with new art assets. While Halo's audio will likely remain unaltered, the controls will allow for more recent Halo configurations.
 
The Halo: Combat Evolved remake is allegedly being developed by New Jersey-based Saber Interactive, the company behind TimeShift and Namco's upcoming Inversion, but we've been unable to confirm the nature of the engine powering it. We understand that it's something other than the Reach engine.
 
The Halo: Combat Evolved update, one of two Halo games currently in development under the watchful eye of 343 Industries, is expected to support 1080p resolution and 3D televisions. Details on multiplayer are supposedly still being worked out, but we understand the remake will likely feature online co-op (the original game supported two-player split-screen co-op).

The game is expected to re-evolve on November 15, 2011, ten years after Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox. Our sources didn't know of any plans to similarly upgrade the recently disconnected Halo 2, but it's hard to imagine Microsoft playing favorites with its biggest franchise.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/04/halo-combat-evolved-hd/

[fistfulofmetal]

Halo vs. Call of Duty 

[drew]

please have online

[Diunx]

:yawn

[drew]

bloodgulch is played out

[iconoclast]

Isn't this old? I think someone posted it in the random gaming talk thread.

Anyway, I hope it's real. Reach is good, it's easily the best Halo since CE, but CE is still king. Team Slayer on Hang 'em High FO LYFE

[maxy]

It's real.

Halo 4 is in works for 360 too.2012 release

[Stoney Mason]

I think doing Halo 4 on another 360 console is a mistake. I think you do these stop gap games (Halo 2 remake, another odst style project maybe) on the current 360 until next gen starts and then make a big splash with Halo 4 next gen.

But MS is short on internal properties so this is the result of that.

[MCD]

Sounds like a good way to test this new internal studio.

Good move IMO.

[choco parfait]

Sounds like a good way to test this new internal studio.

Internal studio? The article says it's being developed by Saber Interactive.

[MCD]

I was referring to 343 Industries but you are right.

[Herr Mafflard]

Isn't this old?

ya 'tis

3 month old article

Sounds like a good way to test this new internal studio.

Internal studio? The article says it's being developed by Saber Interactive.

the article is old and doesn't reveal any sources

if the article was true, and it's being developed by Saber and not 343i, I would've thought we'd have confirmation by now.

file this under 'rumors'

[Stoney Mason]

Weird. I only posted this because I saw it on a bigger site. And they linked to this article so I just assumed there was more confirmation but now I can't find the original story on that site. It doesn't mean its not true but I wouldn't have posted this if I thought there wasn't more recent confirmation.

[Herr Mafflard]

Weird. I only posted this because I saw it on a bigger site. And they linked to this article so I just assumed there was more confirmation but now I can't find the original story on that site. It doesn't mean its not true but I wouldn't have posted this if I thought there wasn't more recent confirmation.

seems GameInformer fudged up somewhere -- reposted old news then quickly deleted it.

edit: still up on their twitter feed, though!

http://twitter.com/gameinformer/statuses/66550424349581312

[Stoney Mason]

Weird. I only posted this because I saw it on a bigger site. And they linked to this article so I just assumed there was more confirmation but now I can't find the original story on that site. It doesn't mean its not true but I wouldn't have posted this if I thought there wasn't more recent confirmation.

seems GameInformer fudged up somewhere -- reposted old news then quickly deleted it.

edit: still up on their twitter feed, though!

http://twitter.com/gameinformer/statuses/66550424349581312

Yep. I knew I wasn't going crazy. 

[Mr. Gundam]

Something is up. I know some guys who have done motion capture and voice work for something to do with the Halo universe recently.