Halo Remake Creators Don't Deny AI Use

Leading members of Halo: Campaign Evolveds creative team has declined to deny recent questions about whether generative AI is being used in the development of the upcoming campaign-focused FPS game. Remake of Microsoft's iconic Halo: Combat Evolved is getting a lot of attention from the community for many different reasons, but anti-AI players may still be leery after recent comments.

After what seemed like endless rumors, confirmation of a remake of the original Halo the 2001 game was made during the 2025 Halo World Championships on October 24. Slated for release sometime in 2026, not only will this remake mark the return of the first big hit for the Xbox brand, but it will be the first time that a Halo the game has been made available on a PlayStation console.

Generative AI in Halo Remake is still unclear

While the announcement has generated a lot of buzz for Microsoft, recent statements from two of its top figureheads have raised suspicions that Halo: Campaign Evolved can be developed using AI tools, which comes amid reports that both Xbox and PlayStation are using generative AI for game development. As pointed out by eminent Halo leaker Rebs Gaming on Twitter, both game director Greg Hermann and executive producer Damon Conn seemed to avoid either directly confirming or denying the use of generative AI in the upcoming Halo title of the question about it by Rolling Stone. In a recent article based on that interview, Conn responded to a question by saying that video games are developed by creative people, but he added that if “there's an opportunity to improve a workflow, or something like that, we'll look at it again.”

Hermann is said to have stepped in after the team was pressed for a more precise answer about the potential for generative AI use in Halo: Campaign Evolveds development. While his statement also didn't amount to a simple “yes” or “no,” his comments seemed to raise the question of what counts as generative AI use at Microsoft, stating that the team uses the generative fill features in Adobe Photoshop and calling AI “one tool in a toolbox” that human creators can use to help them create games.

These statements create some confusion about whether generative AI will be used to develop Halo: Campaign Evolved. Earlier in October, Xbox industry insider Jez Corden stated that the team behind Halo remake did not use generative AI in its game development or asset creation, and that Microsoft did not have a mandate requiring any of its development studios to incorporate AI. The last part of that statement was repeated to the interviewer by an Xbox representative who reached out after the interview. Conversely, in response to the recent article, Rebs Gaming interprets the comments to indicate that generative AI is being used to improve workflow in the development studio, but not necessarily to generate any finished in-game assets.