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Halo 4

Return as Master Chief on a mysterious Forerunner world in 343 Industries’ Xbox 360 campaign, with multiplayer and Spartan Ops alongside the story.

Shooter Action

Release Date NOV 6, 2012

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Master Chief holds a rifle in a yellow-lit Halo 4 ship interior.

Master Chief faces a large armored alien at close range in Halo 4.

First-person view of a futuristic Halo 4 corridor with shield and weapon HUD.

Master Chief and Cortana face each other during a Halo 4 story scene.

First-person Halo 4 multiplayer scene with an opponent jumping under a shield and weapon HUD.

Game Overview

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Co-op Multiplayer

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343 Industries Microsoft

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Halo 4 resumes Master Chief’s story after the events of Halo 3. Chief and Cortana awaken from the drifting Forward Unto Dawn and reach Requiem, a world filled with unfamiliar technology and new threats. The campaign is a first-person shooter built around changing weapons, moving between cover, reading the shield bar and using the space around each encounter. It is a continuation, but the central conflict and Cortana’s role give the game its own focus.

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The original Xbox 360 edition also included competitive multiplayer and Spartan Ops, an episodic cooperative mode. The Xbox-supplied gallery below moves from Chief aboard a ship to a close encounter with an alien opponent, a first-person corridor, a conversation with Cortana, and a multiplayer firefight. These are examples of the game’s distinct story and play perspectives, not a step-by-step mission route. Current backward-compatible access and any collection version should not be confused with the 2012 original release.

343 Industries developed Halo 4 and Microsoft Studios published it for Xbox 360 on November 6, 2012. The U.S. ESRB rates Halo 4 M (Mature 17+) for Blood and Violence. Its summary describes weapon combat against alien forces and some blood effects; that is useful context for readers who only know the bright science-fiction setting.

Master Chief and Cortana story campaign First-person combat with shields and varied weapons Competitive multiplayer modes Spartan Ops cooperative episodes

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