{"id":370602,"date":"2026-06-21T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=370602"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:12:06","slug":"halo-campaign-evolved-clears-up-ps5-co-op-no-ps-plus-needed-offline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/halo-campaign-evolved-clears-up-ps5-co-op-no-ps-plus-needed-offline\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo: Campaign Evolved clears up PS5 co-op: no PS Plus needed offline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halo Studios has walked back one part of its messaging around <a href=\"https:\/\/halo-campaign-evolved.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Halo: Campaign Evolved<\/a> ahead of the game&#8217;s <strong>July 28, 2026<\/strong> release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC. On PS5, offline split-screen play won&#8217;t require <a href=\"https:\/\/playstation-plus.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayStation Plus<\/a> after all. The studio said its earlier statement was wrong, following player backlash over the suggestion that two-player couch co-op would need two active PlayStation Plus subscriptions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That earlier message landed badly. For a feature as old-school and straightforward as local co-op, a lot of players read it as both <strong>confusing and hostile<\/strong> to consumers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still a catch if you&#8217;re planning to play side by side on one PS5. Halo Studios says local co-op requires <strong>two PlayStation Network accounts<\/strong>, and each of those accounts must also be linked to a Microsoft account. The studio says that&#8217;s tied to cross-platform progression.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online play is different. On PS5, you&#8217;ll still need <strong>PlayStation Plus<\/strong> for that, according to Halo Studios. That split between offline and online matters, especially with Halo: Campaign Evolved making its PlayStation debut under the close watch that comes with Microsoft&#8217;s wider multiplatform push.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if couch co-op on PS5 was your plan, this clears things up in a good way. It&#8217;s a lot less restrictive than the <strong>two-subscription setup<\/strong> people were first told to expect.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Halo: Campaign Evolved is a remake of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/halo-combat-evolved.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Halo: Combat Evolved<\/a> campaign, and it launches <strong>July 28, 2026<\/strong> on PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halo Studios has walked back one part of its messaging around Halo: Campaign Evolved ahead of the game&#8217;s July 28, 2026 release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC. On PS5, offline split-screen play won&#8217;t require PlayStation Plus after all. The studio said its earlier statement was wrong, following player backlash over the suggestion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/halo-campaign-evolved-clears-up-ps5-co-op-no-ps-plus-needed-offline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Halo: Campaign Evolved clears up PS5 co-op: no PS Plus needed offline&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":370601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-370602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370603,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370602\/revisions\/370603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370602"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=370602"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=370602"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=370602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}