Halo Online was a cancelled free-to-play multiplayer shooter developed by Saber Interactive and published by Innova Systems. The game was only released in Russia, but can be played without region restrictions using ElDewrito. The Halo online modders put in more effort to get Halo on PC than MS/343 have done, and thats a straight up fact. Theyve been working on 0.6.0 for 2 years now, even when the games playerbase was at mod.
The moment a lot of Halo PC fans have been waiting for has finally come. After two years, the team behind ElDewrito has released a new version of its amazing mod for Halo Online that is available for download right now.ElDewrito is a community-made mod for Halo Online allowing multiplayer games to be played in player-hosted servers and aims to restore removed features, fix bugs and glitches, and add mod support. This mod has multiple server browsers, player and emblem customization, stat tracking, ranked and social servers (as well as an in-beta ranking system). Anyone can host custom servers – as a host player, or with a built-in dedicated server functionality, along with map/gametype voting functionality.Version 0.6 adds dual wielding and equipment support, rewrites its input system, adds official Ranked & Social servers, fixes grenade drops, fixes ragdolls falling through objects, adds XInput controller port setting and changes 3rd person FOV.Those interested can download Halo Online ElDewrito 0.6 from or, and you can find its complete changelog below.
Fans of Halo on PC will likely remember a little old game called Halo: Custom Edition, which was a version of Halo: Combat Evolved for PC that was built from the ground up for mods, custom maps, and online gameplay. It was Halo's original version of Forge, but on a much more complex scale with a powerful mapmaker and game type editor. I remember spending hours upon hours inside Halo Custom Edition playing all types of mods and games and having nothing but fun.Unfortunately, Halo Custom Edition was a one-time thing. There was no Custom Edition for Halo 2 on PC, and there hasn't really been a Halo game on PC since. Bungie ended up building Forge into Halo 3, which was an acceptable alternative to what Custom Edition was. Of course, Custom Edition was far more complex and powerful, but Forge offered enough for most people to still enjoy those custom maps and game types. The unfortunate thing here is, Halo 3 never made it to PC.
In fact, there hasn't been a main Halo game for PC since Halo 2. Halo 5's Forge Mode is, but it's Halo 5. Many original Halo fans are not all that fond of what 343 Industries has done to Halo, and Halo 5 is definitely not classic Halo. Halo 3, or Halo: Reach, are considered by many to be the last classic Halo games with that original flair that Bungie does so well. It's a real shame that Halo 3 or Halo: Reach never made it to PC, and even more of a shame that we didn't get a Custom Edition either.Microsoft did end up releasing a modern version of Halo for PC, called Halo Online, but it was and as such, wasn't available to most Halo fans. It was also this super weird hybrid combination of Halo 3 and Halo 4, meaning it has some of the Halo 3 charm, but some of the Halo 4 annoyances. But, as of late, a mode by the name of has been in the news for its attempt at bringing Halo Online back to life, in addition to turning Halo Online into a more refined Halo 3.
A mod for Halo Online. The mod has quickly gained a lot of traction, with it topping both Halo 5 and Halo: Master Chief Collection in streams on Twitch, and being played by over 13,000 players online. That may not sound like much, but it's a lot for a mod, and even more so for a game. As you can imagine, Microsoft is not happy about this, and has recently sent takedown requests to gamers in an attempt to stop them from playing Halo Online.
Halo Online 0.6 Mods
Now, while Microsoft can't go after Eldewrito itself, it can go after Halo Online.Microsoft should work with the mod team in creating a classic Halo experience, or do it themselves.But none of that matters, because Eldewrito has already done its job: proven to the world that we want a classic Halo multiplayer experience on PC. In fact, Xbox's Phil Spencer, and was susprised to see so many people interested in Halo Online once again. Halo Online with Eldewrito mod is the first time many Halo fans have felt like they're playing Halo again in a very long time. I can say that with confidence, being a Halo fan myself.I love Halo, I've loved it since it was first announced at. I enjoyed Halo 5, but not as much as I had enjoyed the likes of Halo 3 and Halo Reach. I have missed that 'classic' feel Halo used to have, and Halo Online with the Eldewrito mod brings that back.
Eldewrito brings all the good enhancements from the more modern Halo games, and applies them to the Halo 3 game style that we all know and love.Eldewrito is proof in amongst itself that Halo fans want a new Halo Custom Edition. We want a version of Halo that uses the old Halo 3 engine, with updated features and more complex forge options. Eldewrito is that game. It already exists, but Microsoft doesn't want us to play it. I've been playing Eldewrito all weekend, and I just can't stop.
It's fantastic. I haven't had this much fun playing a Halo game in forever.If Microsoft isn't considering a new Halo Custom Edition, they really should be. Bringing Halo: Master Chief Collection to PC would be nice, but that's not Custom Edition, that's the normal Halo games.
Eldewrito Campaign
What made Halo: Combat Evolved so great was the addition of that Custom Edition expansion, which opened the game up to a whole new world of map making and multiplayer. We want a new version of Halo for PC that's designed with this in mind. The fans want it, and the proof is there with Eldewrito.
You just have to make it happen, Microsoft.