Rumor: Halo 4 Multiplayer Details

By Landon Robinson | 09 April 2012 | 37 Comments

While we know that the next Game Informer magazine cover will be of Halo 4, the succulent details that rest within its pages are a mystery – unless a poster on NeoGAF is to be believed.

Reportedly reported on by Game Informer(not confirmed mind you), competitive multiplayer will now be called Infinity, and will tie in with the campaign experience of Halo 4. Infinity mode gets its title from a virtual reality training ship in the UNSC fleet – a place where Spartan IVs can train against one another to prepare for missions. Supporting the earlier statement that Reds and Blues will have a reason to fight in this mode, the multiplayer will only feature Spartan soldiers – no elites.

IGN cleverly pointed out that the domains HaloInfinity.net and HaloInfinityMultiplayer.com were recently registered by Microsoft.

Co-op support for you and up to three of your friends will be supported, but the Halo 3: ODST introduced mode Firefight will not be making an appearance in Halo 4. In its place will be Spartan Ops, a new co-op mode resminscent of Call of Duty’s Spec Ops mode, where players will be able to play new missions on a weekly basis. Halo 4’s currency will not be experience points (xp), but will be called Spartan Points, and can be used to purchase new armor, armor abiliites, Spartan Ops missions, and more.

Other features include drastic changes to the core of Halo multiplayer — instant respawns, random weapon drops (instead of fixed location spawns), and armor ability changes. More specificially, Sprint will now be enabled for everyone, but management of additional equipped abilities will be up to each player.

As it stands, Hologram, Jet-Pack, and Camo will be returning. The newest introduced ability will be Forerunner vision, allowing you to see through walls Superman style.

The thread also claims that the Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, Magnum, DMR, Plasma Pistol, Shotgun, Covenant Carbine, and Sniper Rifle will all be returning in Halo 4.

Finally, a new mode called Regicide will be included – a simple variation on Free-For-All where the leading player is pinned as “the king”, and has a bounty associated with his death. The more you kill as the king, the higher your bounty. Kill the king, get the bounty reward.

You know how you’re not supposed to rock the boat? You’re rocking the boat NeoGAF. Unless of course you’re right, and 343 Industries has a nice surprise for us next month. If that’s the case, let’s hope for a bit more context than the bullet listy-style of NeoGAF.

[via OXM, NeoGAF, Polygon]

37 Comments

Posted by tayabkhan12 on 09 April 12 at 11:42am

Cool
Posted by Swinns on 09 April 12 at 1:24pm

Could be awesome if they do it right
- Posted by Mugenite on 10 April 12 at 12:32am
  
  The devs behind the game only have one function: make Halo. I think it’s in good hands.
Posted by Adrian on 09 April 12 at 6:12pm

Reading the details from the NeoGAF post make me think that 343 is trying to turn this into CoD, which does not show a promising outlook considering a majority of it’s fans play Halo because it’s Halo and it’s different.
- Posted by Crichton on 09 April 12 at 8:39pm
  
  I dont see how they are doing that.
- Posted by Mugenite on 10 April 12 at 12:25am
  
  I know, right? They’re both FPS games, they both require us to kill hostiles, and their both military shooters!! Sonuvabitch!!!
  - Posted by billybobjoethe3rd on 10 April 12 at 5:46pm
    
    Um… I’ll be honest there’s more to it then that. From what I heard you unlock new guns and attachments for your loadout as well as there is going to be a new mode… “Spartan Ops”
    I’m not even joking… Not “Spec Ops” from call of duty… “Spartan Ops”
  - Posted by Adrian on 11 April 12 at 5:37pm
    
    I’m not trying to jump to conclusions, it’s just…. Instant respawns? not very Halo’y. Custom Classes? Armor that affects gameplay?
    
    I’m not trying too be nit-picky, I still think this is going to be the best Halo to come out & changes are great. Halo has mainly been about everyone starting at equal grounds and skill is the best determining factor. As I said before many changes are great, just don’t change the equality everyone has.
Posted by Raiden on 10 April 12 at 5:36pm

May God help us all if these rumors are true…
Posted by Jappleack on 10 April 12 at 6:05pm

“Spec-Ops”?
“Purchasing Armour Abilities”?
“No set weapon drops”?

HEY MICROSOFT! You’re already big enough money whores. Why ruin our tradition?
Oh and a note: Remember when you released Banjo Kazooie: Nuts ‘n’ Bolts? You changed a lot of the original game..

YER LOOK HOW THAT TURNED OUT?
Posted by Helpusall on 10 April 12 at 7:49pm

HALO 4:Space Call Of Duty
Posted by July777 on 10 April 12 at 8:01pm

O have hope for Halo 4 but with every detail that has been leaked so far (some not yet confirmed) my hopes are slowly dying away. First of all it’s “HALO” not “COD” so please call the Spartan Ops something different and even though I wasn’t a big fan of Firefight it kinda has to stay with Halo 4.
No elites? !%@#$#$ Come On! I mean i never liked the Spartan vs Elite thing in reach where the Elites were a little more powerful but that somehow things worked out how about we go back to the Halo 3 style multiplayer where you can choose to be either Spartan or Elite and no matter what gametype you played you were what you chose.
And why the hell are the armor abilities coming back!?!?!?!?!? can someone please explain that? Sprint for everyone sounds amazing but bringing back camo, hologram and the rest and Including a new one I feel is all “BS” I think 343 needs to play it SAFE!!! not change the game we know, who gives a Fuck if COD is popular right now, how about if you just give us the Fans what we want a real Halo 4 (HALO # BUT BETTER) I’m pretty sure that’s not much to ask, and in my Opinion Bungie killed Halo by having made Reach.
Posted by Engel30 on 10 April 12 at 8:26pm

Halo 4: Modern Space Warfare . . . ……
Posted by Fffggggghhhhhhtjdg on 10 April 12 at 8:32pm

I don’t understand why you are making a big deal about it. Sure it might have some similarities, but almost all games are going to have something the same. You have to realize that they are putting in popular concepts into the game. I do not really like the call of duty series because I feel as it is the same things recycled over and over again. Sprinting you see in gears of war, battlefield, crisis, and many many games nowadays. I didn’t like it that they still did not put sprint in yet when Reach cam out. Weapon customization is actually coming out in a lot of games now. Future Soldier 3, brink, and who knows what else. Every game does NOT have to be a rip-off of call of duty. Even if they had not recycled EVERYTHING.
Posted by Dean on 10 April 12 at 8:47pm

I pray that the customizable attachments that you can make to your gun,loadout and Spartan do not altar game play making one player have the edge against another. That’s not Halo. I hope these attachments are only for visuals such as a different scope, reticle color etc.
Posted by Brian on 11 April 12 at 12:47pm

people hate reach because it was different. what in the fuck is 343 thinking copying a already horribly broken game? why are BR and DMR in the same game let alone with the magnum AND Carbine. just make a better halo 2 and i KNOW you will get your ALL fans back. none of this “SELL” shit. make a good game people play it. for the love of all that god as created , i hope this thread is just a tease. random weapon drops? where did the skill and competitiveness go? this will not get people back. i will not buy this game if this… BLASPHEMY is true.
Posted by failo on 11 April 12 at 6:34pm

oh great they remove one stupid power but leave the most overused jetpacks…great move 343… cant wait for the trashy mp in halo:space combat 3
Posted by James on 11 April 12 at 7:47pm

(please get this to 343 asap
to get more fans do these things
1. fuck jet pack get rid of it
2 do what you are doing with sprint
3. get rid of armor lock (witch you did good job!)
4. STOP COPYING COD!
5.no spartan-ops mode keep fire fight
6 dont make the attackment affect the wepon maybe the look or what the scope looks like
7. get rid of team killing aka making it so u cant hurt your team (the pushing off the edge that well make it so u cant push?)
8. make it so u can evade as well as sprint because why cant Spartans evade a incoming object?
9. keep forge or I will kill you!
10.make it so u don’t haft to buy your spawn weapons like cod keep the original way
11. if you are going to make it make it right. if you can;t…. don’t make it.and give it back to bungie they did it right the first time they will do it again
and that is it if you do this halo will grow and grow and become number one!
if you don’t listen prepare for not being in the top 100.
GOOD LUCK!
Posted by James on 12 April 12 at 6:37pm

actually how abut you keep fire fight and add something else?
btw I’ll explain the evade as thing just make it so u press and hold move stick to sprint and click to crouch and if you jerk it to the side it will make you evade in that erection SIMPLE!
Posted by Mr. Franchise on 12 April 12 at 7:38pm

Sounds fucking stupid and seems like 343 is trying to turn the halo franchise into cod. Very sad honestly like Spartan-ops? really!?!? sounds like it’s just spec-ops with spartans. Then also why the hell is multiplayer now called regicide?
Modern Halo queerfare much?
Posted by James on 13 April 12 at 10:18am

hey if they do it right (and get lucky) it will be good
Posted by James on 13 April 12 at 11:16am

GOOD NEWS! these are just stupid rumers so there not doing that stupid stuff.
Posted by James on 13 April 12 at 5:28pm

well they are but in a good way
spartan ops is spartan 4 story mode
for more info look at game informer.
Posted by Dbeastly on 23 April 12 at 3:21pm

Here’s the thing about Halo…When new Halo games come out…its DIFFERENT! Halo games change, THEY EVOLVE! Call of Duty stays the same every single game! And seeing how Halo was the first to come out, Call of Duty wouldn’t be where it is today. Halo is and always will be the game that takes more skill to play. More than Call of Duty. Period. So stop comparing the two and if you’re in Call of Duty’s favor….GTFO.
Posted by James on 24 April 12 at 5:16pm

dude you are right I really don’t care what they copy as long as they don’t mess it up
Posted by Daniel on 24 June 12 at 11:45am

Halo is absolutly NOT becoming cod. And is in NO way similar to cod. Cod stays the same ALWAYS, halo changes CONSTANTLY! That proves they are not similar. Elites are still in halo and so are their new forerunner hybrid forms. What hybrid forms you ask? Watch the E3 gameplay reveal and you will see :) btw, the hybrids wield a new type of energy rifles that double as compression blades. There are also new types of armor :) visit my website for more details: http://www.danielblanton.webs.com

p.s who’s ready to play on the new ground and sky based map called wrap around? :)
Posted by James on 24 June 12 at 7:14pm

your right on the nose dude
Posted by john on 24 June 12 at 9:24pm

game looks gay, copied cod.congrats 343 you ruined halo.
- Posted by Hayden Cole-Rajotte on 25 June 12 at 3:54am
  
  (Inference starts)You didn’t read the other comments.(Inference ends.) Well done for making a homophobic remark. Well done for stating what others have already said. Well done for using a lack of grammar.
  
  Halo 4 is an interesting one. I’m personally more concerned about how the community will be affected. Will Theater and Forge be returning? They make such a huge part of uniting the community and making Halo feel more alive, that it will be a great shame this dose not happen.
- Posted by James on 06 July 12 at 6:11pm
  
  here’s the thing this forum says nothing about the game but just enough to piss people off. I suggest you read game informer. it will tell you more
Posted by James on 06 July 12 at 6:13pm

dude the spartan ops is the spartan 4 story line
Posted by James on 06 July 12 at 6:15pm

also they are copy cod allot less than you think
Posted by Sean on 06 July 12 at 8:56pm

There’s multiplayer in halo?

Lol, I only give shits for the story and Co-op mode. LAN parties sure, but Matchmaking is just annoying. That’s what I play CS for.
- Posted by James on 09 July 12 at 5:27pm
  
  CS?
Posted by James on 09 July 12 at 5:26pm

CS???
Posted by Mike on 18 July 12 at 11:54am

It is going to be a MASTER game that is for sure
- Posted by James on 20 July 12 at 3:14pm
  
  lol