10 years after Halo: Combat Evolved, we got Halo Anniversary. 10 years after Halo 2, we got Halo 2 Anniversary as part of The Master Chief Collection. 10 years after Halo 3 we… probably won’t be getting anything.
343 community manager Brian Jarrard (better known as sk7ch343) responded to speculation about a celebratory remaster on Reddit, saying, “OMG stop. There is no Halo 3 Anniversary.”
Fans were responding to Jarrard’s previous comments about the fact that while Halo 6 will not be at E3, 343 will “have a little something”. Back to the drawing board on that one, seems.
343’s given no comment as to why it would not be continuing the seeming tradition for 10 year-old Halo games. Both previous anniversary editions were broadly well-received, although the wider Master Chief Collection was plagued by online issues following release.
Halo 3 did receive some attention as part of the Master Chief collection, being pushed to 1080p / 60 frames per second, but did not receive the extensive remasters performed by Saber Interactive on the preceding two games.
As for the absent Halo 6, we know that 343 has begun work on a sequel that will focus on Master Chief once more. We’ll likely be waiting a while longer for any more on that, however.
Joe Skrebels is IGN’s UK News Editor, and he was remastered for his tenth birthday, which explains his robot eyes. Follow him on Twitter.