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#flood With the recent release of Halo 4, players have once again been thrust into the space boots of Master Chief Petty Officer John-117. Master Chief has faced a wide variety of enemies since the 2001 release of Halo: Combat Evolved that have been both impressive and terrifying. The mere sight of a particular foe, however, has the ability to chill the blood of even the most seasoned gamer to deep-space temperatures. More »

IGN's legendary walkthrough of 343 Industries' Halo 4: Spartan Ops. Episode 8 - Expendable

If video games have taught us anything, it's that the life of a scientist is always in jeopardy. Their labs are invaded, their projects go awry and, as illustrated in the latest Spartan Ops trailer, aliens try to murder them. It's no wonder STEM education is so important - our scientists keep dying.

The UNSC Infinity is under attack. Can the Spartans save it?

#farcry3 Mathieu Aerni is a character artist at Blur Studio, they of amazing video game trailer fame. More »

#halo This clip, which for whatever reason "has not been shown publicly" until now, was done by Planet Jump animation studio for the launch last year of Halo 4. Part-animated clip, part-motion comic, its got an anime style and helps explain, at least partially, why the Covenant are hanging around the game. Better than the game manages, anyway. More »

Commander Lasky has ordered us to defend the engine rooms and reactivate Infinity's defense system in order to turn this fight around.

After reactivating Infinity's defense system, we have been volunteered to clean up the remaining scattered Covenant threat aboard Infinity.

Commander Lasky has ordered us to defend the engine rooms and reactivate Infinity's defense system in order to turn this fight around.

Our mission is to fight our way back to USNC Infinity.

Barely making it back to Infinity, our mission is to retake the Hanger Bay on Infinity from Covenant forces.

Catherine overrides Roland with a command and discovers that John 117 is alive. Only John has the answers to Catherine's questions about the librarian, however, before she can go meet him she has been recaptured just when the Prometheans invade USNC Infinity.

#halo4 The secret to good customer service is not necessarily that the customer is always right. It's in pretending he is always right. While, of course, pointing out he may, in fact, be wrong. Politely. More »

If Halo 4's Spartan Ops has proved anything, it's that Dr. Halsey is not to be trifled with - and as the trailer for episode 7 above proves, she's not above smacking a fool.

What is Halsey up to aboard Infinity? Get a taste of what's to come in next week's Spartan Ops episode.

The second half of the season revitalizes the whole mode.

Roland has located Spartan Thorne alive on Requiem while Dr. Glassman has escaped from his Covenant captors.

Take an early look at the return of Spartan Ops, and learn about its big changes.

If you have Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' hit single Thrift Shop stuck in your head and grew up in the '90s buying video games...this one's for you.

#watchthis Defend the House keeps it coming with new Halo 4 myths confirmed and/or busted. More »

343 Industries outlined the first three weeks and episodes of Spartan Ops' return to Halo 4, starting as scheduled on January 21 with Episode 6. The next two episodes of the co-op campaign are coming on January 28 and February 4. After that, two more as-yet-undated episodes will conclude the first season, the likely word of pertinence being 'first.'

343 Industries is also releasing matchmaking updates alongside the Spartan Ops episodes. Joining episode 6 on January 21 is a new 'Forge Test' playlist which rotates around some of the smaller Forge maps like Relay. Pioneer and Pathfinder specializations are also being unlocked then. Accompanying the following episode on January 28 is a Grifball playlist, along with Engineer and Stalker specialization unlocks. February 4 brings the Team Doubles playlist, with maps limited to two teams of two, as well as Rogue and Tracker specializations.

#watchthis Hearing the announcer in a first-person shooter boom a proud "killing spree" is standard fare. But what happens when your killstreak is so damn high that the announcer himself can barely keep up with you? More »

#halo According to DerpWY, the owner of this smooth-looking custom Spartan Armor set, it takes at least two months of non-stop work and 5-700 bucks to build something as good-looking and detailed as his creation. More »

Most think of Halo 4 purely as a shooter, but this "trick jumping" video might turn your world upside down. The video comes from Jumprs.org forums user ReiKo, who recently recorded a number of baffling ways to traverse the game's environments and land on previously-unreachable spots.

"I just wanted to create a video that showcased some cool jumps in a video that I hope everyone can at least enjoy as 'something to watch,'" the video's creator wrote. "If you enjoy it, I will be very humbled." We're pretty sure some of the jumps here are what we'd call humbling.

#guns Any serious gamer who was watching the Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival" show earlier this week may have recognized the logo that appeared on a box of bullets that were briefly featured in the episode. More »

Halo 4 wasn't supposed to happen. Halo 3 was meant to conclude the story of John 117, the man we all know as Master Chief, and Halo: Reach put a bow on the franchise, leaving us to sit back and wait for whatever grand universe Bungie would reveal next.

But that's not how things shook out. Instead, Bungie left Microsoft entirely, and Halo was left in the care of 343 Industries, a studio created exclusively to shepherd the franchise going forward. Who would have guessed that the untested team would create not only one of the best games of 2012, but one of the best games in the entire Halo series?

#watchthis A new episode of Halo 4 Mythbusters by defendthehouse brings with it a bunch of new tricks you can use on unsuspecting players. More »

#halo Ever since I crash-landed in one in Halo: Combat Evolved, I've had a soft spot for those big ol' UNSC Pelican dropships. As it turns out, it's possible for three players to team up in the campaign level "Reclaimer" and hop behind the wheel of one, despite the fact that the story doesn't call for it. More »

#fakingit Loaded with official artwork from the Xbox 360 hit and padded with dozens of glowing reviews, the two Halo 4 games that made it through Apple's strict app approval process this week are, quite obviously, not what they claim to be. More »

The team behind Master Chief's epic comeback on why they deserve to be crowned Game of 2012 in IGN AU's Black Beta Select Awards.