Halo 4
Halo 4 marks the start of an epic new saga within the award-winning Halo universe. The Master Chief returns in this award-winning first-person shooter developed by 343 Industries. Shipwrecked on a mysterious…
Halo 4 is a shooter developed by 343 Industries, released 6 November 2012 on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Halo 4 is
Halo 4 is a shooter game developed by 343 Industries and released in 2012. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Halo Reach.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Four years after the events of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns in this award-winning first-person shooter. Battle through the campaign and explore the Forerunner planet, Requiem, as the Chief faces off with an ancient evil. Test your skills against familiar Covenant foes and new Promethean enemies in solo mode or with up to three friends on split-screen. With Xbox Live Gold Membership, access the online multiplayer and Spartan Ops missions.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Halo series
Halo 4 is the 25th of 55 entries we hold in the Halo series. The next entry was Halo 4: Crimson Map Pack in 2012. Its critic score of 88 is 7 points above the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Halo 3 at 91.
How it was received
Halo 4 holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 559 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-975 | AMD A12-9800 APU, 2 GB RAM and GeForce GTS 450 | Radeon R7 Graphics. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 55GB.
What it launched against
Halo 4 launched on 6 November 2012, within three weeks of Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Halo 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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