Halo 4’s Infinity Multiplayer Details Revealed, Info on Machinima Live-Action Series

By Brian P Rubin | 16 May 2012 | 12 Comments

Today, 343 Industries, the studio tasked with taking over Microsoft’s Halo franchise from Bungie, sent out a press release offering all kinds of details about the Infinity Multiplayer mode this November 6′s Halo 4 will offer.

Apparently the game’s multiplayer mode is based on the UNSC Infinity, “the largest starship in the UNSC fleet that serves as the center of your Spartan career.” The ship will be the setting for the multiplayer mode’s story, and based on what you play and how you play it, your on-ship appearance, arsenal, and battlefield role will change accordingly.

In conjunction with Infinity Multiplayer, Xbox LIVE will show weekly episodes of “Spartan Ops,” which will “center on the UNSC Infinity leaders and crew, and a new team of Spartans—Majestic Squad.” These will serve as the basis for each week’s multiplayer offerings and missions, which, frankly, sounds like a really good way to keep players hooked on the experience. The game’s competitive multiplayer mode, known as “War Games,” has yet to really be detailed in the press release, but we’re assured that more will come soon.

The hundred-dollar “Limited Edition” version of the game will include War Games Map Pack Access (which will have nine mpas), early access to six specializations, and some other bonus junk, like unique in game armor and weapon skins, an exclusive in-game emblem, and some avatar stuff (does anyone REALLY care about avatar items?).

But probably most exciting is the “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” Special Edition that’s included with the limited edition, which will be a 90-minute cut of the Machinima-exclusive, live-action series we wrote about a few weeks ago. The special edition will come with featurettes and behind-the-scenes goodness.

Now, if you’re not gonna drop a hundred bucks on the game, you’ll still get the chance to watch the episodes on YouTube, which is planned to hit the Intertubes in five episodes in October. Here’s the official description from the press release, because it’s written all Hollywood-snazzy in ways I can’t even hope to imitate:

“Premiering this October on a soon-to-be-announced Machinima channel on YouTube, and on Halo Waypoint, ‘Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn’ is a live-action digital series that takes fans back to the terrifying beginning of the Human/Covenant war, when the Master Chief inspired a young cadet who would eventually become a leader aboard the UNSC’s greatest vessel: the UNSC Infinity. ‘Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn’ tells a story leading into the events of ‘Halo 4,’ the biggest entertainment event of 2012.”

LOTS OF THINGS. Lots and lots. So, yeah. Halo 4. You’re PROBABLY going to buy this.

12 Comments

Posted by Rhadamanthis on 16 May 12 at 1:20pm

Win!
Posted by Mugenite on 16 May 12 at 1:21pm

A halo series and full sequel in 2012? God has heard my prayers…
Posted by DMatomisk on 16 May 12 at 4:33pm

Wait, is the map-pack thing like a season pass, or do you get these maps right on release?
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Posted by Alex on 16 May 12 at 4:54pm

anyone else out there think this game will suck?
seems like rather than improving the Halo franchise with original ideas, like Bungie would have probably done, 343 is saying “here, take our balls” and making it more like every other shooter out there.

wtf is with loadouts in Halo btw? Master Chief doesn’t fight in Baghdad he runs around shooting aliens in the head using whatever weapon is on the ground.
loadouts are going to destroy the arena style multiplayer that I love :(
- Posted by Bob on 17 May 12 at 4:41am
  
  I’m with you there…
- Posted by Andrew on 19 May 12 at 9:07pm
  
  I was against it also, but I thought about it and I don’t think it’s going to be too bad. If you think about it Invasion has different loadouts. I would like to think it won’t be much more than that. The problem I would have would be if it is too complex like MW3.
  
  e.g. You have a primary weapon you can choose the scope, the skin of the gun, and different perks/attachment to that specific gun. Then you have a secondary with just as many options, then you have a selection of two different types of equipment with multiple choices for each. Then you have 3 different perks with at least 5 for each. Kill streaks, death streaks, etc.
  
  As long as they don’t make it this complex, I think it will actually make gameplay more fun.
Posted by SAK on 16 May 12 at 10:59pm

Halos cool
Posted by flameboy103 on 17 May 12 at 9:18am

i love halo 4 i will play it 24/7
- Posted by faldfhkhfidhfid on 02 June 12 at 11:54pm
  
  good on you
  i will too
  hope to see you some day online haha
Posted by WilltheKilla5 on 21 May 12 at 9:04am

So its just Halo muiltplayer CoD style………..

Yep halo is dead im stickin to Reach
Posted by faldfhkhfidhfid on 02 June 12 at 11:34pm

i love halo sooo much and i have been a true fan right from the start. and everyone that says halo is dead and its turning into cod you’re wrong every halo has changed a bit each time and thats how it doesn’t get stale and turn into somethging like cod e.g almost every cod has been the samething so far, yes they will add a couple new guns, slightly better graphics, and some more loadouts but its really the same thing everytime around.

HALO on the other hand changes everytime but keeps the same storyline that everyone loves. thats why it still isn’t stale and old and still has millions of die hard fans like myself

If you are a true fan you wont get shitty because its changing from the last one. you will know that it’s happened everytime from the start and love it for what it is.

And the name I picked is my xbox live name so don’t complain about that, I have a valid reason.
Posted by halo story on 13 September 12 at 4:45am

Hello..

You will be relieved to find out that the halo 4 storyline release date on the 6th November 2012.. Im so excited to know that it will be coming very soon… Find more about the Halo characters.