Halo 4 multiplayer updates to be less frequent, more substantial
Halo 4 is getting ready to wrap up its planned "War Games" map packs, and will be moving to a bi-weekly model for more substantial multiplayer updates.
READ MORE >Halo 4 'Castle' map pack coming April 8
Halo 4's "Castle" map pack is coming April 8, bringing three new maps and a 6v6 playlist with a focus on team objectives and vehicular combat.
READ MORE >Halo 4's Majestic map pack hits February 25
Good grief, you got a whole new Halo only three months ago, not to mention a DLC map pack a month later, yet you already want more? Luckily Microsoft and 343 Industries have anticipated your shameless greed and today announced the second Halo 4 DLC pack, named Majestic, will...
READ MORE >Halo 4 Spartan Ops episode 8 trailer getting dicey
A new trailer for the next episode of Halo 4's Spartan Ops shows the situation aboard the UNSC Infinity getting more dire as the Prometheans gain ground.
READ MORE >"The episodes 6 and on were actually worlds better than the first five. Finally new, varied maps ..."
see all 2 commentsHalo 4 Spartan Ops episode 7 has Infinity being invaded
Episode 7 of the renewed Spartan Ops season debuts on Monday, and a per usual, Microsoft has unveiled a teaser for the five-mission co-op package. In this go round, embattled scientist Catherine Halsey gets a bit of payback for her current house arrest.
READ MORE >"Two games earned our 10th place position in a tie. There are no other ties on the list, though."
see all 3 commentsHalo 4 Spartan Ops continues January 21
Halo 4's Spartan Ops episodes will start back up again next week, beginning a run of five new episodes to finish out the first season.
READ MORE >"yeah, its the episodes that make it good. the actual gameplay is lackluster. at launch the it'd ..."
see all 4 commentsHalo 4 was a learning process, franchise director says
Halo 4 franchise director Frank O'Connor has taken a postmortem-style look back at the game, concluding that 343 Industries first effort in filling the big shoes of departed developer Bungie "wasn't half bad," and helped the studio learn a few things for future iterations of...
READ MORE >"If I haden't read Halo Cryptum before I played the game, I would have been confused. 343 brought ..."
see all 27 commentsNext Halo already in development
We knew another Halo was coming, given that it is the biggest video game franchise that Microsoft has. But franchise development director Frank O'Connor reveals that the next game is already in the early stages of development.
READ MORE >"Not only that, but 343 Industries was essentially created to make more Halo games."
see all 3 commentsShack PSA: Halo 4 Spartan Ops episode 5 released
Episode 5 of Halo 4's "Spartan Ops" co-op missions has been released, complete with a trailer to tease the story hooks.
READ MORE >"Achievement-related PSA: If completing the five episodes in co-op does not give you the ..."
see all 2 commentsBungie teased 'Destiny' in Halo 3: ODST
Bungie hid an easter egg in Halo 3: ODST for its next project, code-named "Destiny." The teaser has been hidden in the game for three years, but only recently made sense thanks to leaked Destiny images.
READ MORE >Halo 4 'Crimson' map pack coming December 10 with new mode
343 Industries detailed the upcoming "Crimson" map pack for Halo 4, which includes three new maps and a new game type.
READ MORE >Spartan Ops Episode 4 launches for Halo 4
It's a new week, which means a new set of co-op missions for Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode. This week's missions revolve around the discovery of the Sangeheili terrorist known as the "Didact's Hand." And for those of you who like her, Catherine Halsey makes another appearance in...
READ MORE >"All rehashed maps, if they expect money for future seasons with the same old maps, they can ..."
see all 10 commentsTrailer teases Halo 4 Spartan Ops episode 3
Halo 4's third episode of Spartan Ops is due next week, and 343 has given a plot synopsis and new trailer of what we can expect now that the artifact has been recovered.
READ MORE >"yeah and some of those levels were used in the campaign but hay i still enjoyed it so no biggie ..."
see all 7 commentsHalo 4 is 'biggest game launch' this year, GameStop says
We knew Halo 4 was going to be popular, but according to Microsoft, sales of the game have beaten such blockbuster movies as Avengers and Harry Potter. And those sales numbers were just in the first 24 hours.
READ MORE >"while I haven't heard recent numbers, wasn't Modern Warfare 2's budget around $200M?"
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"Can't forget the atrocious join in progress system, and the broken killcams. "
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