“The original code is in this game”: Halo Campaign Evolved executive producer says some level designs have been redesigned to avoid “repetitiveness,” but “you’re playing with the DNA of the original game.”

• The Halo campaign evolved Executive producer Damon Conn says encounters and levels have reduced their “repetition”
• Conn explains that the original code is still in the game in the new version.
• He adds that there are “different elements that are maintained while preserving that history, that original intention.”

Halo Studios has confirmed that The Halo campaign evolved still have Halo: Evolved CombatThe original code is buried beneath the new Unreal Engine 5 build.

That’s according to executive producer Damon Conn and creative director Max Szlagor in an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Summer Game Fest 2026, where they discussed how the team recaptured the feel of the original game while creating a modern shooter.