It's funny how they're linked even more than just the Halo/Gears/Fable meme as well.
1. They're all appealing to a bit of nostalgia, all being OG Xbox core franchises; Halo might be doing a remake of the 1st entry in the series, Gears is a prequel designed to be more like the originals, Fable is a straight up reboot of an IP long dead.
2. They're all angling to be fresh starts for their franchises; Halo is moving to an entirely new engine, Fable is being rebooted, Gears is returning to the original tone. Alongside that "fresh start" angle, they're all under new leadership; This will be the first Halo release under Pierre's leadership, Fable is obviously under an entirely different developer, Gears E-Day is the first release under Mike Crump's leadership.
I do not believe Halo CE Remake if it even exists has a chance of releasing in 2026 unfortunately, I would maybe guess late 2027 but it really depends how much of a "remake" it may be, again, if it even exists, Lol. Straight up remake of Halo CE but in Unreal Engine 5 would obviously be a shorter development but a Remake with a number of changes would obviously take longer.
But It'd be fun to see them release within say, a year of each other.
But my hot take is that a Halo CE Remake isn't needed and they should just move onto the sequel to Halo Infinite but I won't turn down more Halo and I know a lot of Halo diehards had a lot of issues with Halo CEA...The only thing I could see is that they're using it as an "easier" testbed for Halo in Unreal Engine, it would be more for getting a handle on the new engine before applying it to a completely new entry, in a similar way to how The Coalition remastered Gears of War 1 before doing Gears of War 4 but that was more to get the team up to grips with the IP itself.
But I feel like unless it's a straight up copy of Halo CE except in Unreal Engine, Halo fans will complain about any changes. If it's only a straight up copy though, the only reason for playing it would be to see how Unreal Engine feels and looks for Halo...I've already replayed Halo CE and A a thousand times, I can replay it on Halo MCC, but I'm a Halo cuck and would replay a remake too a thousand times.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 05 March 2025
