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#halo When Bungie was at the helm, multiplayer in the Halo games was mostly a team-oriented affair. Sure, you'd have personal stats that you could be proud of but it was the glory of a Red or Blue victory that motivated you. But, 343 Industries is making the newest Halo and things are going to be different on the multiplayer front. More »

Learn about Halo 4's new weapons and maps from sickeningly talented pro players.

Microsoft has confirmed that Halo 4's multiplayer needs either an 8GB flash drive or an Xbox 360 hard drive with sufficient space.

As seems to be becoming tradition for the series, Halo 4 will require quite a bit of storage to play. Specifically, Xbox.com notes that players will need "at least an 8GB USB flash drive or an Xbox 360 Hard Drive" in order to play Halo 4's multiplayer mode. Furthermore, the hard drive option is "highly recommended" for those seeking an "optimal" experience.

We've contacted Microsoft to see what differences there will be between each option - and exactly what is meant by the fairly all-encompassing term "multiplayer" - but, in the meantime, one thing is clear: in the off chance that you might want to play some Halo 4 multiplayer, you'll need some storage to do it.

#halo Halo 4 is going to be huge. I'm not talking about critical success or sales or anything like that. No, I'm talking about memory storage. In order to play the online multiplayer portion of Master Chief's next outing, players will have to free up at least 8 GB of space. More »

The live-action web series starts later this year, features Master Chief and a new cast of UNSC soldiers, and sets up Halo 4. Dig it.

The Chief is in there, no doubt, but Halo 4's "Forward Unto Dawn" live action marketing campaign has yet to really kick off. As such, the teaser above offers little more than a brief glimpse at Master Chief's super tall, super armored silhouette.

Microsoft has tonight released this tease trailer for Forward Unto Dawn, its series of live-action shorts set in the Halo 4 universe. More »

What is it about shooting expensive cyborgs in the snow that is so gosh-darn appealing? We have fond memories of performing murders in Sidewinder and Snowbound, and now Halo 4 continues the snowy tradition with Longbow.

Longbow is a map located in the northern polar region of the planet Concord, specifically designed to showcase one of Halo 4's new game modes - but 343 isn't talking specifics yet. "Each side is a very similar plan and path, but distinct enough to get a peripheral sense of being in a distinct 'zone' in the map," the blog post on Halo Waypoint explains. Longbow supports both traditional on-foot combat modes and more grand vehicle-based skirmishes.

If you want to check out Longbow before anyone else, Microsoft will be showcasing it during the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas on July 7 and 8, where the public will be able to get their first glimpse at War Games, the competitive multiplayer side of Halo 4.

A MIcrosoft online slideshow s revealed new information about Halo 4, including details on Spartan Ops DLC.

Master Chief is getting a cool deluxe figurine set from McFarlane Toys featuring everyone's favorite interstellar peace-keeper in a UNSC cryotube. The set includes a posable Master Chief, the cryotube (complete with realistic frost detail) and a pistol, and will be available in August.

McFarlane is also developing figurines of Master Chief, an Elite Zealot, a Storm Grunt, a Spartan Warrior, Cortana, a Spartan Soldier and two new enemies, the Crawler and the Watcher.

The cryogenic Master Chief appears to be extremely similar to the initial prototype McFarlane showed off in February, which means we still wonder how he goes about turning his head between Madonna's cast-off shoulder pads. At least his all-essential forearms are protected.

We asked and you answered. Out of the big 3, who did you feel "won" at E3 2012? See the results here!

#halo Master Chief is back in Halo 4. So is the needler. And so is teabagging. More »

Microsoft's SmartGlass initiative aims to enrich the entertainment offerings on Xbox with an informative, context-sensitive "surface," spread across compatible tablets and smartphones. Phil Spencer, Corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, tells me you can expect SmartGlass support from all of the company's games after the feature becomes available this fall.

"It just makes so much sense for a developer who wants to supply, maybe not time-critical information, like 'that enemy is getting ready to shoot you,' but information that augments what's happening on screen," Spencer says. He used last year's Halo Waypoint Atlas app, which offered multiplayer GPS tracking, as an example of how SmartGlass features could share additional game information without hampering the moment-to-moment gameplay. "And then you're even going to see situations like with Ascend, where there's actually gameplay that happens on the phone, even when you're away from your television and that interacts back with the online game that's happening. So I think you'll see information sharing, context sharing while you're in the room, with video and with games, as well as gameplay happening in more distributed environments."

SmartGlass will be encapsulated in a single app that syncs with your Gamertag and enables features based on what you're playing or watching (provided they support SmartGlass). "You don't have to log in and out of each app - you know, 'I'm gonna start the Mass Effect app, and now I'm gonna start the Game of Thrones app.' So you have this surface, this smart surface," Spencer says, "that sits on any device that you already own that's always in sync with what's happening on the television, and it knows where to go and grab the right content to display at the right time, to make sure that if you're playing Halo, then the Halo surface is available on SmartGlass."

During its E3 2012 press conference, Microsoft showed a concept of what might become Halo 4's SmartGlass functionality. The app, as shown, allows players to track stats and send game invites via tablet or smartphone. Microsoft has said that it supports the "device you already own," but hasn't directly addressed SmartGlass variations between iOS, Android and Windows 8.

#halo Meet Ryan Hakik, freelance video game tester and Halo fan. He's got something on his head. More »

Okay, so it's not the very real, very drivable Warthog that Weta crafted for Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3 short films, but the life-size Warthog prop in Microsoft's E3 booth is still pretty neat. Check out the video above for a quick tour of Halo's iconic chariot of death.

It looks like Halo 4's weekly, episodic cooperative mode, Spartan Ops, may go further than expected. Spartan Ops serves as a secondary campaign designed to compliment Halo 4's single-player campaign, and will be offered up via weekly episodes across a "season," similar to a television show. During our demonstration of Spartan Ops at E3, 343 Industries franchise development director Frank O'Connor referred to the episodes included with Halo 4 as the "first season" of Spartan Ops content. Does that mean there are more seasons in the works?

"Right now we're saying one season, but we're like a TV show, we have to see if people like our TV show." Basically, the possibility of future seasons would seem to hinge on whether people like Halo, so we'll just have to wait to see how that pans out.

A warship commissioned for peace is attacked in this trailer used to introduce the Halo 4 gameplay demo from E3 2012 at the Microsoft press conference.

Get ready for your life as a Spartan aboard the pride of the UNSC.

#halo Halo used to the biggest thing in multiplayer Xbox gaming. It's still a big deal, but for the last half-decade, Call of Duty has been the Xbox's main event. More »

Check out the damage sticky grenades do in the new Halo 4!

Check out a Halo staple, the rocket launcher, in this new gameplay off screen!

Even more first looks at the Slayer multiplayer in Halo 4!

Assault rifles, rail guns and a few buddies duke it out!

Weekly linear episodes, custom loadouts, and new PVP modes await in season 1 of Spartan Ops.

#halo "Slayer." You read it in the announcer's voice, didn't you? It's a mode all Halo veterans are familiar with. It's a mode that has seen your most vicious kill streaks and caused your most tempered tantrums. More »

#halo These were the drinks that were being served at a Halo 4 event in L.A. tonight. This themed drink menu is sort of a thing at official video game parties. Mix and drink them at your own risk. More »

Get the first look at how Infinity's implemented into Halo 4.

#halo4 When Halo 4 launches on November 6th later this year, it will ship with a full season of a multiplayer mode called Spartan Ops. More »

Destin Legarie's in-depth analysis of the Halo 4 E3 gameplay trailer.