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Halo 4

"Wake up, John."

— Official tagline

Halo four is the seventh installment of the best-selling Halo franchise. The game was developed by 343 Industries, a Microsoft endemic internal development studio established for the purpose of creating new properties for the Halo series. Halo four is the offset game in the Reclaimer Saga,^[8] and is the sequel to Halo iii.

On September 26, 2012, Halo iv had "gone gilt,"^[9] meaning all development of the game had been completed and mass manufacturing had begun.^[10] Halo 4 was released on November half-dozen, 2012^{[1] [two] [3]} in all countries except Japan where information technology was released on November 8, 2012.^[11] It is also bachelor from Games on Need for Xbox Live.

Forth with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo ii: Ceremony, and Halo 3, Halo four was released on Xbox I equally part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on November 11, 2014.

On Nov 17, 2020, Halo iv was added to Halo: The Master Master Collection for PC, available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, Steam and the Microsoft Store.

Contents

• 1 Proclamation
  • one.1 E3 Expo 2011
  • one.2 E3 Expo 2012
• 2 Campaign
  • 2.1 Plot
  • two.2 Characters and Setting
    • 2.2.ane Characters
    • 2.2.2 Species
    • 2.2.3 Organizations
    • 2.2.iv Technology
    • two.two.5 Locations
• 3 Gameplay
  • 3.ane Campaign
  • 3.2 Multiplayer
    • 3.2.i Ordnance Drops
    • 3.2.2 Maps
    • 3.2.three Game Types
    • 3.2.4 Customization
  • three.3 Spartan Ops
  • 3.4 Forge
  • 3.5 Achievements
• 4 Features
  • 4.i Weapons
  • iv.ii Equipment
  • 4.3 Vehicles
• v Retail Editions
  • five.1 Limited Edition
  • 5.two Game of the Year Edition
  • 5.3 Console Edition
  • v.4 Halo 4 Controller
  • 5.v Halo iv Tritton Warhead Headset
  • five.6 Pre-Order Bonuses
• 6 Cutting Content
• seven Forrad Unto Dawn
• eight Reception
• nine Gallery
  • nine.i Concept Art
  • 9.2 Promotional/Trailer Images and Logos
  • nine.3 Pre-Release Screenshots
• 10 Videos
• 11 Trivia
• 12 Sources

Announcement

E3 Expo 2011

Main article: Enkindling

Halo iv was showtime revealed on Microsoft's homepage hours before the start of their E3 press conference,^[12] aslope Halo: Combat Evolved Ceremony due to a mistake by the editing department. The game was and so officially announced at the stop of Microsoft's E3 2011 printing conference^{[xiii] [14]} with a short teaser trailer entitled "Awakening."

E3 Expo 2012

Details on Halo iv were further expanded on in the 2012 E3 Expo, where Microsoft's E3 press conference revealed more than about Halo 4 's game-play. Information technology was here where the new enemies were revealed to be Promethean AIs, and the render of the former Covenant's member species as foes was officially confirmed. Several minutes of game-play and multiple preview clips of the campaign were shown before the trailer ended with a cryptic message from an "unknown evil."

Entrada

Plot

Four years, seven months, and ten days after the events of Halo 3, a mysterious free energy passes through the aft section of UNSC Forwards Unto Dawn. Cortana activates John-117's cryopod as an unknown assailant boards the transport. After progressing through role of the send the assailant turns out to be the Jul 'Mdama's Covenant, to which John-117 expresses concern as he believed that humanity had a stop fire with the Sangheili. Equally John-117 fights his way through the Covenant boarders, it is revealed that it isn't one rogue Covenant ship on a salvage operation, but an unabridged armada orbiting a Precursor world. Cortana notices the nearest cruiser has its shields down and suggests firing a tactical nuke at it. Immediately after the cruiser is destroyed, a passage into the planet opens and activates a gravity well that begins to pull in every ship. The already weakened Forward Unto Dawn starts to disintegrate as it passes into the planet. While making their mode to the escape pods, Cortana starts acting erratically. Yet, upon reaching the pods, a Covenant cruiser collides with the Dawn, tearing through the escape pods. The hull alienation blows the Spartan outside but as the wreckage passes through.

John-117 awakens to find himself inside the planet. Cortana reveals her behavioral trouble is due to her going into the first stages of Rampancy. John-117 suggests trying to find a transport dorsum to Earth to see if Dr. Halsey, Cortana'due south creator, can gear up her condition. Somewhen they fight their style through Covenant forces to a localized Cartographer. Cortana says that the only intel she tin get is that their location is a shield world called Requiem. She also receives a betoken from an unknown source that is definitely "non Covenant" in origin, and suggests looking for the bespeak. They observe that the mysterious indicate is being bounced off of a belfry about the planet'southward cadre, Cortana opens a portal every bit close as possible to the core just as a large number of a new type of foe appears.

Subsequently being teleported closer to the point it is revealed the signal is from UNSC Infinity asking for aid. A satellite nigh the center of the planet is blocking the signal, where two jamming towers are boosting the signal blocking device's ability. Cortana suggests taking these jamming towers downwards to receive the whole signal. After defeating several groups of the unknown enemy, the just intelligence Cortana is able to get on them is the word "Promethean," and that they appear to be more avant-garde combat AIs than Sentinels. After taking down the beginning belfry it is revealed the Covenant is very interested in finding something inside the core. Later the second belfry is downed the full signal of the Infinity is received. After discovering the ship is going to enter the planet, Cortana attempts to warn them away but is still unable to get through. Fighting their way to the eye of the Satellite the pair discover a behemothic spherical object - the source of the indicate. After attempting to terminate the betoken the sphere comes shut to John's location where part of the sphere comes out of the bottom. A sole figure is seen on a pedestal. The unknown figure reveals himself to be The Didact, and handily defeats John-117 before declaring that his people, The Forerunners themselves, are returning to the Galaxy after thousands of years, and he remarks on how Humanity must still be weak, every bit the Covenant do not answer to Humanity and therefore are still unworthy of the Mantle.

John manages to escape the Didact and makes his way to Infinity, which had entered the planet. The Didact also heads for Infinity. Later fighting off many Prometheans and Covenant, who have joined forces, he finds Commander Thomas Lasky, Spartan Commander Palmer and scattered groups of Marines. Master clears an LZ for a Pelican to pick them up, and is transported to Infinity, where he fights off waves of Covenant. Then, he is introduced to Helm Andrew Del Rio and Commander Palmer. Palmer, Lasky, and John are sent on a mission to permit Infinity to escape Requiem, and are given a Mammoth. Later destroying many Covenant vehicles, including a Lich, the mission brings John within what is causeless to exist a trap. Information technology turns out not to be when John and Cortana are separately taken past the Librarian, who explains that the Prometheans were once Humans, and how the Didact is looking to escape Requiem and find the Composer, which he plans to turn on humanity. She helps to accelerate Chief'southward 'evolution' so that he tin can survive the Composer. Once John and Cortana are reunited, they proceed outside of the Precursor structures, where they attempt (and fail) to destroy the Didact. They are returned to Infinity, where Del Rio gives the command to go out Requiem; stating that they should return to World and inform FLEETCOM virtually what had occurred. Cortana and John attempt to convince him otherwise, only the Captain orders that Cortana be decommissioned due to rampancy. Upon Primary's refusal to mitt her over, he orders both Palmer and Lasky to arrest him, only neither of them motion. With Lasky's assistance, John escapes Infinity before it leaves and attempts to destroy the Didact once and for all. Yet, he is unsuccessful, and boards a Lich to follow the Didact into slipspace.

He, along with The Didact and a Covenant fleet, arrive at Halo Installation 03, where the Covenant under the Didact's command immediately assail the UNSC science facility orbiting the Halo, that housed the Composer. Afterwards fighting his way inside, John argues with some professors there and grabs a HAVOK bomb to endeavour to destroy the Composer. Unfortunately, he is also belatedly, and the Composer is fired and kills all on the base of operations aside from him. He takes a Broadsword to follow the Didact to Globe, where he is assisted by Infinity, which is now controlled by Commander Lasky, in getting inside. There, the Didact fires the Composer, and extermination of Humanity begins in New Phoenix. In order to bring downwards the Didact's shields, Cortana clones her rampant personalities to overload the system. John places her chip in a holo-pedestal, but information technology is destroyed, and she is brought into the Composer'southward system. She manages to weakly communicate with John before profitable him in defeating the Didact and destroying the Composer. She uses the final of her energy to grade herself into a visible form and touches John for the first and final fourth dimension. She dies right before the Composer collapses around them. John is establish amongst the space debris past a Pelican. Talking with John, Commander Lasky echoes a statement Cortana in one case fabricated to John regarding the humanity of soldiers. John is seen on Infinity 'due south Spartan deck, having his armor removed.

Characters and Setting

Characters CAPT Andrew Del Rio CDR Sarah Palmer[fifteen] (Start appearance) Cortana MCPO John-117 CDR Thomas Lasky[15] The Didact[xvi] Dr. Catherine Halsey Dr. Sandra Tillson (Start appearance) Jul 'Mdama Gabriel Thorne (First appearance) Jared Miller (First appearance) Roland (First advent) MSGT Marcus P. Stacker The Librarian Faber (Terminal) Forthencho (Last) Species Flood (Last and Simulation) Precursor Man Jiralhanae (Cinematic) Kig-Yar Mgalekgolo[17] Sangheili Unggoy Organizations Ecumene Prometheans Covenant Empire (Cinematic) Jul 'Mdama's Covenant (First advent) [18] Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command United nations Space Command Defense force Force UNSC Navy Domicile Fleet Battlegroup Dakota Naval Special Warfare Control SPARTAN-II Programme Function of Naval Intelligence ONI Security UNSC Marine Corps[nineteen] Spartan Fireteam Shadow (First appearance) Fireteam Majestic (First advent) Fireteam Blood-red (Start appearance) UNSC Army UNSC Air Force Prehistoric human civilization (Terminal) Coup (Mentioned only)

Technology Composer (Commencement appearance) Imprint Matrix Janus Key (Offset advent) M2859 Matériel Conquering Pod Mark-Vii Cryogenic Intermission Chamber Mjolnir Powered Set on Armor [GEN1] Mark 6 [GEN2] MX-1050 Quantum Plane Translocation Marker - Local/Hybrid[xx] (First appearance) Promethean Crawler (First appearance) [21] Crawler Prime Crawler Snipe Promethean Knight (First appearance) [22] Knight Lancer Knight Commander Knight Battlewagon Promethean Watcher (First appearance) [21] Serial 12 Single Operator Lift Apparatus[23] [24] Sprint Z-1500 Automated Systems Drone[20] Z-9930 Information Vector Console (Start appearance) Locations Cascade Mindoro (Simulation) Circinius Iv Corbulo Academy of Armed services Science (Mentioned only) Charum Hakkor (Terminal) Chi Ceti IV Muroto[twenty] (Simulation) Concord[25] (Simulation) Globe United Republic of Due north America New Phoenix Erebus VII (Simulation) Eudemon X49-05 (Simulation) Kholo (Mentioned merely) Halo Array Installation 00 (Mentioned only) Installation 03 Ivanoff Research Station (Starting time advent) Installation 04 (Mentioned only) Installation 05 (Mentioned only) Omega Halo (Concluding) Harvest Utgard (Simulation) Line Installation 9-12[twenty] (Simulation) New Carthage Pilvros City (Simulation) Oban (Simulation) Sectionalization (Simulation) Requiem[26] (Kickoff appearance) Apex The Cauldron Dandy Anvils (Simulation) Galileo Base Haven (Simulation) Lockup Quarry Ravine The Refuge Sniper Aisle Two Giants Vortex Sothra Hakkor (Simulation) Talitsa (Simulation) Terceira (Simulation) Tribute Casbah (Simulation) Unidentified ONI archeological site (Simulation) Unidentified Precursor Installation (Simulation) Unidentified Forerunner Moon (Simulation)

Gameplay

Campaign

Information on Halo 4 's campaign was purposefully kept to a minimum in order to maintain high anticipation for the game. In the Baronial 22, 2012 Halo Bulletin on Halo Waypoint, it was confirmed that the game would feature about eight campaign missions.^[17]

Image	Mission	Description
	Prologue	"Catherine Halsey is interrogated deep inside a secret ONI facility." (Cutscene)
	Dawn	"After four years adrift in space, Cortana awakens John-117 to investigate a disturbance on the Forward Unto Dawn."
	Requiem	"Having survived the destruction of the Dawn, Main Chief and Cortana search for a way off of the mysterious Precursor planet."
	Forerunner	"Main Chief tracks the Infinity'south signal to Requiem'south core in the hopes of returning Cortana to Earth to accost her rampancy."
	Infinity	"Post-obit the Didact to Infinity'due south crash site, Chief and Cortana descend into the surrounding swamp to rescue UNSC survivors."
	Reclaimer	"Infinity sends the Master Chief and Gypsy Company to neutralize the gravity well keeping them on Requiem."
	Shutdown	"As Infinity flees Requiem and Cortana'due south rampancy worsens, Master Chief struggles to stop Didact from pursuing the Composer."
	Composer	"The Master Chief's pursuit of the Didact leads him to a UNSC science station orbiting Installation 03."
	Midnight	"With the Composer in the Didact's possession, Chief and Cortana must destroy the device before he turns information technology on his next target."
	Epilogue	"After the destruction of New Phoenix, and the death of Cortana, Chief Chief must carry on." (Cutscene)

Multiplayer

Main article: War Games

Halo four 's multiplayer capabilities were explored extensively in the gradual buildup to its release on November 6. Unlike Halo: Reach, multiplayer maps featured in Halo 4 are not based upon campaign levels, merely instead were designed from the ground-upwards, similar the other games, with competitive gameplay in mind. Gameplay features a customizable load-out and the return of Armor Abilities^[18]

To link online competitive multiplayer matchmaking to in-game fiction, it has been coined War Games by 343 Industries. War Games are held on vast simulated training grounds for Spartan-IVs as part of their preparation for Spartan Ops missions, which take identify 6 months subsequently the conclusion of the campaign.^[18] These simulations are hosted within UNSC Infinity and permit players to take control of virtual Spartan-IV characters and boxing in a realistic environs.

Ordnance Drops

Main article: Ordnance (Multiplayer)

To encourage dynamic movement of games and prevent players camping ground at weapon respawn points, Halo 4 features ordnance drops in matches. Random Ordnance randomly drops weapons, grenades, or power-ups on the map for anyone to use, and Personal Ordnance gives each player a choice of power-ups or weapons which tin can exist earned via performance during a game.

Maps

Similarly to the Halo 4 game types, all of the maps that are featured in Halo iv are listed below, including DLC map packs. Halo 4 has ten Multiplayer Maps^[27] available on the disc and four DLC map packs.

Default Image Map Abandon Adrift Complex Exile Erosion (Forge canvas) Ascension Grifball Court Haven Touch on (Forge canvass) Relay Longbow Meltdown Ragnarok Ravine (Forge canvas) Settler Solace Vortex

Ruby map pack Chief article: Reddish map pack Image Map Wreckage Harvest Shatter Royal map pack Principal article: Royal map pack Image Map Landfall Monolith Skyline Castle map pack Principal article: Castle map pack Image Map Daybreak Outcast Perdition Forge Island Prototype Map Forge Island (Forge canvass) Bullseye Pack Main article: Bullseye Pack Prototype Map Pitfall Vertigo

Game Types

Along with the announcement of War Games and its included features, several returning and new game types were announced. Game types confirmed by 343 Industries that are featured in Halo four 's multiplayer have been listed:

• Infinity Slayer^[28]
• Large Squad Infinity Slayer^[28]
• Regicide^[28]
• Oddball^[29]
• Capture the Flag^[29]
• Flood^[ix]
• Dominion^[23]
• Extraction^[23]
• King of the Loma^[23]
• Team Slayer "Pro"
• SWAT
• Team Snipers
• Grifball
• FFA Throwback
• Team Regicide
• Crimson DLC
• Imperial DLC
• Castle DLC

Customization

Players are besides be able to customize their Spartan-Iv characters with a variety of different armors and can change the gender at any fourth dimension. In addition to this, players also have access to Specializations, a gear up of eight unique armor enhancements that bring combat benefits to the players who use them, such equally increased vehicle handling or resistance to EMP blasts.^[30]

A major add-on to the customization of characters in Halo four is the new custom loadouts, allowing players to edit their loadout before games to a much greater degree than that in Halo: Reach. As a role player progresses through the ranks, they will unlock additional loadout slots.

Customizable loadout options:

• Master Weapon
• Secondary Weapon
• Grenade
• Armor Ability
• Tactical Parcel
• Support Upgrade

Spartan Ops

Master article: Spartan Ops

With the proclamation that Firefight will not be included in Halo 4 's gameplay, 343 Industries announced that they have replaced information technology with a new episodic co-op series called "Spartan Ops". Spartan Ops features weekly releases of missions on Halo Waypoint that are free to download and will follow the story of Spartan-IVs equally they consummate vital missions on Requiem six months subsequently the determination of the campaign.^[18] Season one includes x episodes with five missions each for a total of 50 missions.

Forge

Main article: Forge

Forge returns in Halo 4 with vast improvements to that of Halo: Reach 'due south Forge mode. These improvements include dynamic lighting (to create more realistic forged environments), more forge items, magnetic linking of objects (to ease attachment), and three Forge-centric maps, each with a different terrain and forge pallets.^[31] A new Forge map was appear at PAX 2013 named "Forge Island" which will have a series of flat spaces.^[32]

These iii Forge maps were made available upon release:

• Ravine^[33]
• Affect^[33]
• Erosion^[33]

Another Forge map was released in March 2013:

• Forge Island^[34]

Achievements

Master article: List of Achievements for Halo 4

Features

Weapons Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920[35] (First advent) BR85 Heavy Barrel Service Burglarize[36] [xviii] (Beginning appearance) Combat knife GAU/53 Multi-Barrel Heavy Rotary Cannon (First advent) H-295 FOM Target Designator[23] (First advent) M1075 ASW/AC 35mm MLA M247H Heavy Auto Gun[23] M3063 Automated Heavy Motorcar Gun/Self Tracking (Starting time advent) M363 Remote Projectile Detonator[37] [38] (Outset appearance) M369 Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon M395 Designated Marksman Rifle[36] [35] [39] (First appearance) M4093 Hyperion Nuclear Delivery System (First appearance) M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon[38] M410 Dual Heavy Machine Gun[xx] M45D Tactical Shotgun[23] (Beginning advent) M46 Calorie-free Anti-Aircraft Gun (Start appearance) M512 Smooth Diameter High Velocity Cannon M5920 Surface-to-Footing Missile Launcher/Anti Matériel (First advent) M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Burglarize[38] M6086 ST/Medusa MP M655 Heavy Machine Gun/Anti-Matériel (First appearance) M68 Asynchronous Linear-Induction Motor M6H Personal Defense Weapon System[38] (First appearance) M739 Light Motorcar Gun[37] [38] (Offset appearance) M79 Multiple Launch Rocket Organization M85 Anti-Aircraft Gun[twenty] M8C Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Cannon[20] M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade[23] M97 Guided Missile Weapon System[20] MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System[35] [38] [40] (First appearance) Mark 2547 Heavy Rail Gun Mark 2551 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon [20] (First appearance) Marker 2556 Medium Fusion Subversive Device [20] (First advent) Sniper Rifle System 99-Serial 5 Anti-Matériel[35] [38] (First appearance) Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade[23] Blazon-i Energy Weapon/Sword[38] [41] Type-ii Energy Weapon/Hammer[17] [41] Blazon-25 Directed Energy Pistol[38] [41] Blazon-25 Directed Energy Rifle (Cinematic) Type-27 Special Awarding Sniper Burglarize[41] [42] (Beginning appearance) Blazon-33 Guided Munitions Launcher[41] Type-33 Lite Anti-Armor Weapon[41] [43] Type-50 Directed Energy Rifle/Heavy[23] [41] Type-51 Carbine[23] [38] [41] Blazon-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon[23] Type-55 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun[23] (Beginning appearance) Type-55 Directed Energy Burglarize/Advanced[23] [38] [41] (First appearance) Z-040 Attenuation Field Generator/Localized[23] (Starting time appearance) Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol/Exotic[23] (Outset appearance) Z-130 Directed Energy Automatic Weapon[23] (First appearance) Z-180 Close Gainsay Rifle/Asymmetric Engagement Mitigator[23] [38] (First appearance) Z-250 Directed Energy Engagement Weapon[23] (First appearance) Weapon/Anti-Materiel Z-390 High-Explosive Munitions Rifle[23] (Kickoff appearance) Z-510 Directed Free energy Focus Weapon[20] (First appearance) Z-750 Special Awarding Sniper Rifle[23] (First appearance) Z-8060 High-Touch Particle Weapon[20] (Outset appearance) Z-8250 Anti-Transport Exterior Defense Network[20] (First appearance)

Equipment M805X Forward Acceleration System/Fulcrum Mitigating[23] (First appearance) M2705 Regenerative Kinetic Dispersal Field[23] (Start appearance) Type-iii Refraction Dissonance Modifier/Camouflage[23] Blazon-27 Responsive Holographic Form Emulator[23] Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis[23] (First advent) Z-2500 Automated Protection Drone[23] (Beginning appearance) Z-5080 Curt-Range Spectrum Augmenter/Vision[23] [44] (First appearance) Vehicles Autumn-course heavy cruiser UNSC Song of the E (First appearance) (Cinematic) AV-14 Set on VTOL CAS-course assault carrier Song of Retribution (Concluding and cinematic) Charon-form light frigate UNSC Forrad Unto Dawn CRS-class calorie-free cruiser D79H-TC Pelican[23] (Get-go appearance) D82-EST Darter F-41 Exoatmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter[23] (Kickoff advent) G79H-TC/MA Pelican[20] (First appearance) Halcyon-grade light cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn (Mentioned only) HRUNTING Marker Two [D] Exoskeleton[23] (Kickoff appearance) (Simulation) HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System[23] (First appearance) M12 Force Awarding Vehicle[38] M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle M12R Light Anti-Shipping Vehicle M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle[23] [38] M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform[23] (First advent) M808 Main Boxing Tank[23] Curtain'due south Approach (First appearance) Paris-class heavy frigate [45] RCS-class armored cruiser (Starting time appearance) Sahara-grade heavy prowler (Showtime advent) UNSC Aladdin (Offset appearance) Springhill-course mining vessel CAA Heavy Burden (Simulation) Strident-form heavy frigate[twenty] (First appearance) Type-26 Set on Gun Wagon[17] Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft[23] [46] Blazon-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle[38] Blazon-44 Troop Carrier[23] [46] (First appearance) Type-51 Individual Breaching Carapace Type-53 Squad Breaching Carapace Blazon-54 Mass Deployment Carapace Type-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy Deployment Platform[23] (First appearance) Blazon-58 Ultra-Heavy Site Excavator/Embedded[20] (First appearance) UNSC Diadochi (Mentioned only) UNSC Infinity Z-330 Independent Actuation Defence Escort/Heavy

Retail Editions

Content	Standard	Express Edition	Console Edition	Halo iv Controller	Halo four Headset
Halo four Editions
Game Deejay	Yes	Yes	Yeah	No	No
Bonus Digital Content	No	Yeah	Yes	Yes	No
Halo four: Forward Unto Dawn (Special Edition)	No	Aye	No	No	No
UNSC Infinity Briefing Bundle	No	Yes	No	No	No
State of war Games Map Laissez passer	No	Yeah	No	No	No
Specializations (Early on Access)	No	Yep	No	No	No

Limited Edition

Main article: Halo 4 Limited Edition

343 Industries announced the Express Edition on May 16, 2012. The Express Edition was released on November 6, 2012, for $99.99 USD/CAD or £64.99 GBP.

The Halo four Express Edition contains:

• Bonus digital content through Xbox Live:
  • Unique in-game Spartan IV armor skin.
  • Unique in-game weapon peel for the Assault Rifle.
  • An exclusive in-game emblem.
  • Xbox Alive Avatar prop.
  • Xbox Live Avatar Spartan 4 armor set.
• The Express Edition also contains the UNSC Infinity Conference Packet:
  • A Spartan armor customization schematic.
  • An introduction to the massive ship UNSC Infinity.
  • Insight into the Spartan IVs.
• A redeemable lawmaking for the War Games Map Pass.
• Early access to unique Specializations.
• The Special Edition of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
• Bonus content expanding the characters and stories of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and their connections to Halo 4.
• Special Featurette: Bringing Gaming into Reality.
• Making of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

Game of the Year Edition

The Game of the Twelvemonth Edition was announced on August 27, 2013, and was released on October 8, 2013, for $39.99.^{[47] [48] [49]} This edition contains sure content that previously was only available through pre-orders.

The Halo 4 Game of the Yr Edition includes:

• Halo 4
• Spartan Ops Season 1
• War Games Map Pass
• Champions Bundle

Bonus Content Details

• Avatar Items
  • Master Primary Avatar Cloak (inspired by Halo for Xbox One)
  • UNSC Avatar Shirt
  • Ghost Avatar Prop
• Xbox 360 Dashboard Themes
  • Oasis Premium Theme
  • Longbow Premium Theme
• Emblems
  • MJOLNIR
  • Spartan
  • Bulletproof
  • Assassin
  • Backbreaker
• Armor Skins
  • Recruit Prime
  • Hazop Forest
  • Oceanic Circuit
  • CIO Web
  • Venator Raptor
  • Gungnir Pulse
• Helmets
  • Locus
  • Deadeye
• Weapon Skins
  • Assault Rifle Prime
  • Boxing Rifle Chill
  • Light Rifle Imprint

Console Edition

At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that in that location would exist an exclusive Halo iv themed console bundle for the Xbox 360 Slim edition.^[50] In this annunciation, the accessories and prices were also revealed. The bundle volition be available for pre-order and selected stores, and volition also exist available to purchase on November half dozen, 2012, at the cost of $399.99 USD or £269.99 GBP.^[50]

The bundle will contain:

• Halo 4 standard edition.^[50]
• Wired headset^[l]
• Two Halo 4 themed controllers.^[l]
• Ane Halo 4 themed Xbox 360 Slim with 320GB difficult drive.^[50]
• Xbox LIVE tokens for sectional bonus content:^[l]
  • FOTUS in-game armor.
  • FOTUS avatar armor.

The panel and controllers volition feature an exclusive blue glow to the Xbox button ring, and the controller center push button; these are usually light-green.

Halo 4 Controller

Along with the Limited Edition Halo 4 Console Bundle, a limited edition Halo 4 controller was announced. This product will exist bachelor by October 21, 2012 and is priced at $59.99 USD.^[50]

The controller will feature a different design to those of the Limited Edition Halo iv Console Bundle, with a United Nations Space Command keepsake on a night grey translucent body.^[l] The controller will include an Avatar T-shirt as exclusive downloadable content.

Halo 4 Tritton Warhead Headset

This Headset was appear at the 2012 Comic-Con, with the price being $300. Information technology could take been pre-ordered at most game stores.

Pre-Order Bonuses

It was confirmed that there would be numerous pre-guild bonuses, yet these bonuses varied from store to store. The following table lists the items received from all participating retailers:

Bonus Content	Amazon	Best Buy	EB Games	GAME	HMV	Microsoft Store	Mighty Ape	Play	Walmart
Assassinator Keepsake	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes[51]	No	No
Backbreaker Emblem	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yep[51]	No	No
Spartan Emblem	Yeah[52]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bulletproof Emblem	Yes[52]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Boxing Rifle Arctic Skin	No	No	Yes[53]	Yes[54]	No	No	No	No	No
Expressionless Eye Helmet Skin	No	Yes[55]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes[56]	No
Locus Helmet Pare	No	No	No	No	Yes[57]	No	Yes[51]	No	No
Forest Armor Peel	No	No	Yeah[53]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pulse Armor Skin	No	No	No	No	No	Aye[58]	Yeah[51]	No	No
Raptor Armor Pare	No	Yes[55]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Spider web Armor Skin	Yeah[52]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Excursion Armor Peel	No	No	No	Yep[54]	No	No	No	No	Yes[59]
Oasis Premium Theme	No	No	Yep[53]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ghost Prop or Halo 4 Wallpaper Pack	No	No	Yes[53]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Purple SPARTAN-IV Avatar Armour	No	No	No	No	Yes[57]	No	No	No	No

Note: Amazon.co.u.k. pre-orders include the emblems, whilst Amazon.com pre-orders include only the Web Armor Skin.

Cut Content

The original chief menu used in an internal network examination.

With the development of Halo 4, many things had to exist cut out. The following is cut content from the game:

• There was a Teleporter Armor Ability inside the game files that allowed the player to nearly instantaneously move anywhere. The ability tin can only exist accessible through modded gamemodes inside the Crimson map pack map, Harvest.^[sixty]
• There was a Hacker Armor Ability within the game files that allowed the player to disable other armor abilities for a brusk time. The ability tin just be attainable through modded gamemodes within the Crimson map pack map, Harvest.^[60]

The unused Revenant model.

• Multiple vehicles were cut, including:
  • Early screenshots of Halo 4 shows a UH-144 Falcon in the groundwork.^[61]
  • There was supposed to be a pilotable Space Banshee in the game. It tin can exist found the Spartan Ops files.^[62]
  • A modified version of the Revenant.^[63]
• Multiple weapons were cut, including:
  • A new beam weapon chosen the "Disintegrator"^[63]
  • An area of effect weapon called the "Stasis Rifle," which creates a bubble that slows whatever who enter^[64]
  • A Forerunner beam pistol called the "Bishop Beam"^[64]
  • SMG concept art was shown in the Awakening: The Art of Halo 4.^[65]
  • A Forerunner pistol which shoots in bursts^[66]
• Originally, competitive multiplayer teams in Halo four had special names. The team colour is listed to the left with the special name to the right:
  • Cherry-red Squad - Demon^[67]
  • Blueish Team - Fury^[67]
  • Greenish Squad - Hammer^[67]
  • Orange Team - Warlord^[67]
  • Regal Team - Stalker^[67]
  • Yellowish Team - Gypsy^[67]
  • Brown Team - Sons of Harvest^[67]
  • Pink Team - Avengers of Reach^[67]
• Many elements from Halo: Reach nonetheless be in Halo 4 including:
  • The M45 Tactical Shotgun, admitting with sounds from the M45D Tactical Shotgun^[67]
  • Noble Squad'southward armor and basic AI code, minus Jorge-052.^[68]
  • The Halo: Reach variant of the Energy Sword.^[69]
  • The M392 Designated Marksman Rifle without sound.^[64]

Forwards Unto Dawn

Principal article: Halo 4: Frontwards Unto Dawn

Halo 4: Forwards Unto Dawn is a live-action webseries that debuted on Machinima Prime from October 5, 2012 until the release of Halo four on Nov 6th, 2012. Aside from marketing Halo 4, the goal of the webseries is to introduce the franchise to people unfamiliar with the games. 343 Industries franchise business management director, Matt McCloskey, said to Variety: "make Halo accessible for people who oasis't played the games."

Reception

Halo 4 received generally positive reviews upon its release. On aggregate review GameRankings and Metacritic, the game holds scores of 87.42% and 87 out of 100 respectively. Ryan McCaffrey of IGN gave a score of ix.8, calling Halo 4 "a bar-raising triumph for the entire start-person shooter genre." The lighting, movements, and animations were well-praised, as well as Neil Davidge's work as the composer for Halo iv, noting information technology as a "bold shift," but stating that the music is "complementary rather than additive." McCaffrey lauded the campaign for its pacing, too as "deftly mixing on-pes combat, vehicle sequences, quiet story moments, and cardinal Chief-and-Cortana interactions."

Forbes author Erik Kain gave high praise to the story, writing thatHalo 4 had the "nigh stunning cutscenes I've seen in a video game" contributing to a "beautiful, tragic beloved story" between Cortana and Master Master. Mike Mahardy of Game Informer complimented the label improvements of Chief and Cortana, calling their evolved dearest story more "focused" and "relatable" to the histrion, in comparison to the "cloudy and impersonal" stories from the prior games of the franchise. Despite high sales and skilful reviews Halo four'due south multiplayer population has been declining speedily since its release engagement all the fashion through 2013 with daily peaks barely reaching over 30,000.^[70]

Gallery

Concept Fine art

Promotional/Trailer Images and Logos

Halo 4 teaser-poster.

Another Halo 4 teaser-affiche.

The Halo 4 version of John-117'due south armor.

The opening tunnel/portal in the teaser-trailer.

John in his armor; the movie shows the M363 Remote Projectile Detonator.

The Halo 4 logo.

The Halo 4 logo as shown at the end of the E3 2011 teaser-trailer.

John wakes up in his cryo-chamber, to reply Cortana's calls for help.

John waking up and reuniting with Cortana, briefly.

A meliorate look of John, every bit seen in the Halo four ViDoc: First Expect.^[71]

Another image of John from the Halo 4 ViDoc: Get-go Wait.

Halo 4 teaser-poster.

An Ancient Evil Awakens.

Express edition Halo four panel.

Limited Edition armor content (known as FOTUS Armor).

Final Logo

Pre-Release Screenshots

A Screenshot of Due south-117 with UNSC Infinity and numerous UNSC combat personnel in the background A comparison betwixt the graphic symbol model of John-117 between his brand new Halo 4 model, and his Halo three model. A Spartan-IV in Halo four. An paradigm of the gameplay. A glimpse of a multiplayer match. A expect at the new Spartan-IV's. A expect at John inside of the new Warthog. Another glimpse of Halo 4 Multiplayer. A screenshot of Dominion Mode from Multiplayer. John holding a Boxing Rifle Close up of Master Chief in Halo four. A Spartan-IV meeting another Spartan-IV. Another look at John in Halo 4. Master Primary holding a Battle Rifle. The Haven Multiplayer map The Oasis Multiplayer map The Haven Multiplayer map Campaign Screenshots Campaign Screenshots Campaign Screenshots Campaign Screenshots Entrada Screenshots Main with IVs A precursor structure. A screenshot from Halo 4'due south campaign. A screenshot from Spartan Ops. Another Precursor structure. A screenshot from the multiplayer map, Haven. Another screenshot from Spartan Ops. Spartan Ops. Spartan Ops. The multiplayer map, Longbow. A screenshot from Halo iv'southward campaign. Another wait at the multiplayer map, Longbow. Forerunner construction. A screenshot of gameplay from Halo iv's entrada. A Screenshot of the Campaign level shown at E3 2012 with a Promethean Knight A Screenshot of the new Mammoth vehicle with a Warthog A Screenshot of S-117 in what is assumed to be UNSC Infinity An image of Cortana that appeared in the Halo four Game Informer article An prototype of S-117 that appeared in the Halo 4 Game Informer article An paradigm of the new HUD and the BR85HB-SR that appeared in the Halo iv Game Informer article An paradigm of S-117 and a Sanghelli that appeared in the Halo iv Game Informer article An paradigm of an assassination being performed in multiplayer that appeared in the Halo 4 Game Informer article A screenshot of the opening cutscene that began the campaign level shown at E3 2012 A screenshot of one epitome shown in the trailer following the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It prove part of Requiem's landscape A screenshot of one image shown in the trailer following the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It shows Banshees flying around a structure. A screenshot of 1 epitome shown in the trailer post-obit the entrada level shown at E3 2012. It shows S-117 punching a Sanghelli A screenshot of one image shown in the trailer post-obit the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It shows Promethean knights and other Promethean defense forces A screenshot of one image shown in the trailer following the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It shows a Promethean knight throwing a Sangheili to the basis. A screenshot of ane prototype shown in the trailer following the entrada level shown at E3 2012. It shows S-117 with UNSC Infinity in the groundwork A screenshot of one paradigm shown in the trailer following the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It shows S-117 driving a Ghost while a Phantom crashes ahead of him A screenshot of ane image shown in the trailer following the campaign level shown at E3 2012. It shows Cortana in a rampant state A screenshot of ane image shown in the trailer post-obit the entrada level shown at E3 2012. It shows Southward-117's gloved fist on the ground.

Videos

Flood Multiplayer Mode Walkthrough Armor Abilities Walkthrough Multiplayer Loadouts Walkthrough Halo iv trailer. Trailer 1 Halo 4 Alternate Reveal Trailer Directors Cut Alternate Reveal Trailer Halo 4 Field Audio Recording Field Audio Recording Frank O'Connor Interview Halo 4 Spring Showcase ViDoc Bound Showcase Halo four Composing Worlds ViDoc Composing Worlds E3 2012 Live Action Trailer Halo 4 - Debut Gameplay Trailer 2012 HD Debute Gameplay Trailer Halo 4 - E3 2012 Microsoft Press Conference Gameplay Demo HD E3 2012 Gameplay Demo Halo four - Infinity, Spartan Ops and War Games Infinity, Spartan Ops and State of war Games Halo 4 Forge World Walkthrough Commencement Look RTX 2012 Forge World Walkthrough Halo 4 News - Forge Objects, Bulletin, RTX, Gameplay & How Halo 4 Felt Similar! Halo 4 News ALL Halo iv Pre-Gild Bonuses CIO Web, Deadeye, Hazop Forest, Raptor, Chill BR, Pulse Skins Pre-Order Bonuses Halo 4 "Scanned" Trailer Halo 4 "Scanned" Trailer Launch Trailer (Extended) Prometheans Weapons Trailer Spartan Ops Season i Trailer Spartan Ops Trailer

Trivia

• Halo iv is the first Halo game by 343 Industries that is non a re-release.
• After Halo 3 was finished, Bungie considered developing Halo 4, just they decided to develop Halo: Reach instead.^{[citation needed]}
• Halo iv was beginning leaked early from its initial reveal at E3 2011 an hour early at Xbox.com, along with Halo: Gainsay Evolved Anniversary, the Halo title that would later be released that year.^{[citation needed]}

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