Halo 4 dropping November 6

Halo 4 will be released "worldwide" on November 6, Microsoft confirmed
today. The game, recently suggested by Nielsen to be gamers most anticipated Game of 2012 was first revealed just before Microsoft's 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo briefing.
Halo 4 will be a return to the series for longtime protagonist Master
Chief, who was missing from 2011's Halo: Reach and 2009's Halo: ODST. It
is the first title in the series to be developed by Microsoft's
in-house studio 343 Industries which took over the franchise's reins from Bungie after Reach.


The game represents "a new beginning" for the franchise, according to
Microsoft, and is set four years after the events of Halo 3. It will see
Master Chief "confront his destiny and face an ancient evil that
threatens the fate of the entire universe."

To date, 40 million Halo-branded games have been sold, according to
Microsoft. The first Halo title, Combat Evolved, launched alongside the
original Xbox in November of 2001. A remastered version was released to
celebrate the game's 10th anniversary in November 2011.