Currently being developed by 343 Industries (Former Bungie Employees), and is said to be released 11-6-12. The game takes place from the ending in Halo 3 where the Master Chief and Cortana drift off in space in the severed half of the Frigate. Cortana then sends a distress signal which may take years before they are rescued. The Chief then says, "Wake me, when you need me.", and goes into cryogenetic sleep. The Chief is then woken up as Cortana shouts that he needs him, he makes his way to the opening in the ship and stares at a ring which the ship is drifting towards.

The game so far has graphically updated the Chief's armor, weapons and brought back the Burst Fire Assault Rifle from Halo 3, enemies, vehicles, and the HUD. Halo 4 includes armor abilities as well.
Halo 4 Includes:
Ranking (Same as Halo: Reach)
Forrunner Weapons
Covenant (Some elites are still on their side)
Made from scratch Multi-Player Maps
Forge

Halo 4 Does not include:
Dual Weild Ability
Elites (As a character for multiplayer)
Recticle Bloom (Recticle does not move when firing a weapon. Can improve aiming.)
The Flood (Not entirely sure if they are involved.)
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A video game made by 343 Industries that didn't quite live up to the expectations of many long-term fans of the series. There were many opportunities to make the game great, but they were left untapped by the game's developers.
Halo 4 is the sequel of Halo 3 and the beginning of 343 Industries' "new" Halo series.
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It's just a mix of Halo with Call of Duty.
Friend: "Hey, wanna play Halo 4?"
Me: "Nah, I prefer Halo 3."
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Halo 4 is the fourth installment in the halo gaming franchise. This game is played all around has thousands to millions of players. This game is part of the master chief collection and you play as master chief the whole time. The game is based on the death of cortana, master chiefs companion. At the end cortana and master chief are talking and cortana tells him she's going, in which she does and master chief was not a happy soldier. In the game cortana is instructing master chief how to get to places, what to do, what to kill, and she is helping master chief to kill the didact who at the end gets hit by a grenade and falls off a hard light bridge, no one knows if he did die or will be in the upcoming Halo 5. Multiplayer is based on red vs blue just like all other halos. The multiplayer has most weapons that you use in the campaign suck as the main and most known weapon, the assualt rifle. Halo 4 is also based on the return of master chief. Halo 4 is amazing and well known to most people and is a must have game.
Dude guess what, I got halo 4 it is amazing the campaign is cool and online is awesome, you should come play with me, you would love it
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"Damn man I played some serious Halo 4 last night. I beat the volcano level!"
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Marathon, a sequel to Halo made long before the conclusion of Halo.
I sure had a good time finding out what happens 200 years after Halo several years before halo released, by playing Marathon, which could spiritually be called Halo 4 and will probably be released with updated graphics within two years.
by StaterOfObvious September 30, 2007
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