Master Chief's big return to Xbox is getting a tabletop companion. UK studio Mantic Games, working with Halo Studios, has announced Halo: Campaign Evolved - The Board Game, a 1-2 player solo and co-operative game timed to land alongside this year's Halo video game remake.
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Start organising for freeThe digital Halo: Campaign Evolved is a ground-up remake of 2001's genre-defining Halo: Combat Evolved, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 with new missions and four-player co-op, and it hits Xbox Series X|S, PC and PlayStation 5 on 28 July. Mantic's board game carries that adventure to the kitchen table, with scenario-based battles featuring Master Chief and his allies for one or two players.
Mantic will be a familiar name to UK gamers. The Bulwell, Nottingham studio was founded in 2008 by former Games Workshop managing director Ronnie Renton, and it already makes the licensed skirmish hit Halo: Flashpoint, which launched in 2024. This new board game borrows from Flashpoint's combat system but reworks it for solo and two-player campaign play, so it should feel familiar to anyone who has tried the miniatures game.
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Set up your group for freeDetails on miniatures, price and the exact mission list are still under wraps, with Mantic promising more later this year ahead of a Q4 2026 release. The headline for now is the format: a campaign you can tackle solo or with one other person, which suits a story-driven shooter and makes for a friendlier sell than a full miniatures wargame. If the remake has you itching to drop back onto the Silent Cartographer, this looks like a way to keep fighting once the credits roll. Fancy a co-op night? Find a group near you and recruit a fireteam.
Sources: Mantic Games | Halo Waypoint | Xbox Wire | Gaming Trend | Wikipedia
