Halo: Campaign Evolved Adds Free Firefight Co-op Mode This Winter
Xbox said a free winter update will add Firefight, a four-player cooperative wave-survival mode, to Halo: Campaign Evolved. Xbox FanFest attendees will play it first, and Halo Fest in Seattle on December 12-13 will share more details.
Xbox has announced that Halo: Campaign Evolved gets Firefight, a cooperative wave-based mode, in a free update this winter. The news appeared in a post on Xbox Wire, the company's news site.
Players will be able to team up and fight waves of enemies in cooperative PvE. That stands for player-versus-environment, meaning players work together against the game rather than each other.
What Firefight is
Firefight debuted in Halo 3: ODST. Up to four players team up to survive waves of enemies.
The mode has become a popular staple of the series and has appeared in multiple Halo games. Campaign Evolved will be the first time it has been added retroactively to the original entry, according to the announcement.
The update costs nothing. Xbox has framed it as a free addition to the game rather than paid downloadable content.
Who gets it first
Attendees of Xbox FanFest, a global event held in multiple cities, will be the first to go hands-on with Campaign Evolved's take on Firefight. Everyone else has to wait for the winter release.
Xbox will share more details about Firefight at Halo Fest in Seattle on December 12-13. The mode will also be playable there for attendees.
That gives fans two early ways to try it. One is a FanFest event near them, and the other is a trip to Seattle in December.
A turbulent backdrop
The announcement arrives at an uneasy moment for the franchise. Recent news reported that Microsoft is handing Halo to Activision after gutting long-time developer Halo Studios.
Xbox's Firefight announcement does not address that change. What it does commit to is a single new feature for Campaign Evolved, delivered free and aimed at players who want to tackle the game's combat with friends.
Firefight has long drawn players who prefer survival-style co-op over a story campaign. Bringing it to the remake answers a feature many fans of the series have associated with the franchise for years.
For now, the winter window is the only timing Xbox has given for the update. Halo Fest in Seattle on December 12-13 is the next confirmed date where players can see the mode and hear more about it.
