We've known for ages now that, for Microsoft, the age of platform exclusive games is over. Xbox president Sarah Bond called exclusives "antiquated" just this week . But to me, it didn't really feel over until I saw a PS5 logo in the trailer for Halo: Campaign Evolved , a remake of the most legendary Xbox game of all time (and a PC favorite, of course).

I see the logo. I accept it's there, and I'm even excited about it. But it's weird and melancholy for reasons separate from the Halo campaign remake itself, which looks fine for an Unreal 5 tech demo. By picking up a Dualshock, Master Chief is resigning his role as an honest-to-god platform mascot, and one of the longest serving outside the Nintendo ensemble. He may be the last new one we'll ever see.

"It's really a new era—Halo is on Play

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