Anniversary Edition Notes

Anniversary Edition Notes

Halo: CEA is an enhanced remake of Halo: Combat Evolved,  and is the first game in the Halo series to be developed by 343 Industries, the studio that has effectively replaced Bungie for this and all future titles in the series.

This re-imagining of the original game features several updates, including a complete visual overhaul, support for cooperative and multi-player game play via Xbox Live, a full set of Achievements, the Terminal Collection, Skull Collection, and a plethora of Easter Eggs, and remakes of several multi-player maps from the previous Halo games.   The first game in the series to include Kinect support, it is more than simply a re-imagining, as it was built from the ground-up using a different set of engines -- the original game engine being replaced by the Saber3d engine for story mode play, and using the Halo: Reach engine for multi-player play.

Using the Back Button the player can switch between the original game and the new game, but some of the new features -- like the Skulls -- are only available in the new version.