Microsoft recently announced their XBOX Live Ultimate Sale event that will have 60 games going on sale over the next week.  Each day has a different set of games and today's starting offer is sure to interest co-op and Halo fans as it is a Master Chief bonanza.  Halo 3, Halo Wars and Halo Reach are all down to $9.99, whi...

Master Chief and Co-Optimus Co-Op Nights have one thing in common, they were MIA for far too long. There’s good news though, they’re both making a return with Halo 4. Co-Optimus and Xbox Live have teamed up to bring you a Halo 4 Co-Op Night on February 7th, starting at 8PM Eastern. We’ll be playing through the campaign and/or the new co-op mode named Spartan Ops. There’s an event thread in our forums where you should post your gamertag and what you’re interested in playing. Plan on revisiting the thread on February 7th to find people to meet up with.

We're back with another co-op walkthrough of the latest chapter in Halo 4's Spartan Ops campaign.  We're up to chapter 7 this week, with the missions once again being mixed up quite a bit from the previous formula.  There's three brand new maps to play on, with the majority of them taking place aboard Infinity itself.  These missions also feature some of the most intense firefights we've seen to date in Spartan Ops.

Halo 4 is back with the second half of Spartan Ops. We took a run through Episode 6 and bring to you a co-op walkthrough of each of the five chapters.

Spartan-Ops, the four player online co-op episodic campaign, returns to Halo 4 next Monday.  With the next three episodes scheduled after a month and a half away.  343 hasn't rested on its laurels though with the content, listening to player feedback and improving the second half of the series.  

Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode has been on a re-run schedule since December, with 343 opting to put the game's earlier episodes into match making.  During that time they've been running a contest giving gamers a chance to win things like a Truck and a spot in an upcoming Halo game.  As the tournament begins to wind down it's about time for some fresh co-op content.

It’s no joke that Halo 4 is probably one of the best game releases of this year, and for a very good reason: 343 Industries is keeping Halo 4 busy and constantly filled with new content. Today, we have a massive amount of sweet Halo 4 news for all you competitive and co-op gamers out there, so pause that Youtube video you’re watching and pay attention, because you won’t want to miss out:

Axis Animation became famous for their award winning trailer for Dead Island, but their more recent work is even more impressive - creating all of the CGI cut scenes for Halo 4 and Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode.  A video posted on Axis Animation's Vimeo page showcases some of the cutscenes from Spartan-Ops and all of the passes of work it took to get them there.  It's an interesting watch for anyone that wants to know the process of how something like this goes from paper to video.

We're five weeks into Halo 4's dedicated co-op mode, Spartan Ops, and the missions are starting to surprise us after what was a slow start.  New this week are actual failable missions in which the spartans must defend key objectives.  The levels themselves are mostly a retread of old, but we do see some vehicle action which always helps keep things fresh.  Here's our walkthrough of Episode 5 of Halo 4's Spartan Ops campaign.

Halo 4 Spartan Ops continues to doll out the free content, sorta. This week in Episode 4 has you battling through some familiar maps, with the ultimate goal of shooting all of the dudes on screen. 

Episode 3 of 10 is now available to download of Halo 4's Spartan Ops co-op campaign.  The story sees Dr. Halsey returning to the mix, this time helping the team aboard the Infinity discover exactly what the artifact is.  Episode 3 is much improved over the previous episode, which saw many maps recycled and combat feeling pretty stale.  This time around there's plenty of vehicle missions alongside some new maps, including a few familiar from the game's competitive multiplayer.

Halo 4 has sold a lot of copies since it launched a little over a week ago.  While the exact sales numbers are not available, Microsoft has decided to put the sales launch into dollar amounts.  So how much has Halo 4 sold?  In the first 24 hours over 220 Million dollars were spent on the game.  Let's say that the average selling price - when you take into account special editions, exchange rates, and everything else is $75.  That would mean the game has sold just shy of 3 million copies in one day.  Impressive to say the least.

We're back with the second episode of the Halo 4 Spartan Ops Overview. This week brings us another 5 missions (chapters) for you to tackle, venturing into familiar territory from last week's episode. You're going to see the same maps from last week, save 1, so get ready for a little repetition. 

As a long time Halo fan the mythology and evolution of the series has fascinated me.  As someone who has been playing video games for the past 30 some years and covering them for the past 10, I've taken a keen interest in the process behind making them - even making one myself.  One of my favorite things to do is to look at concept art from video games, like those we saw at the Into the Pixel Exhibition at E3 this year.  These pieces of art not only serve a purpose for developer, but are most times beautiful masterpieces that can stand on their own.

Early next week, hungry Halo 4 fans will be given a second helping of Spartan Ops missions to download and play. Are you ready for more?