343 Industries ironically celebrated 343 Day by changing up the online matchmaking lists for Halo 4. The main one to consider is Speed Slayer. Speed Slayer rapidly up's player speed in 6 v 6 team scenarios. The 343 team has commented, "Speed Slayer is a fun, fast-paced game type which gives you…

Reports from the Verge state that Microsoft have been internally developing its own cloud streaming service similar to Sony's GaiKai service. Internally demonstrated using Halo 4, the new service allowed the Xbox 360 FPS to be played on a PC and Windows Phone with low latency using a Xbox 360…

The DLC, which costs 800 Microsoft points, features new weapon skins, new armors, and two maps, including the return of The Pit, remade for Halo 4 as Pitfall. Interestingly, a new gametype will be also added called Ricochet, which looks to be a highly competitive American football-style game full of…

With the Majestic Map pack still set for release tomorrow, 25th February, we've collected all the information you'll need as well as a bunch of gorgeous screenshots. It will cost you 800 Microsoft Points but gives you three new maps, two new Majestic DLC matchmaking playlists and 10 new achievements.…

Check out the trailer for the latest map pack, the Majestic Map Pack, for Halo 4. It contains the new Infinity Rumble mode as well as three new battle zones, and you can download it on your Xbox 360 from February 25th 2013. Please remember that you need the original Halo…

Spartan Ops Season One is coming to a close with Episode 10. Dubbed 'Exodus', a final plan is set in motion and Palmer and Fireteam Majestic are dispatched on a "do or die mission." It comes with new cinematics and, as per usual, 5 gameplay chapters. It will be available…

Journey Leads with 8 nominations. The Walking Dead gains seven nominations.Far Cry 3 gains six nominations.Dead Esther recieves five nominations.Halo 4, Borderlands 2, Assassin's Creed III and The Room Recieve Four Nominations Each. The nominations for the British Academy Games Awards 2013 were announced today. This year a total of…

Episode 9 is the penultimate episode before the season comes to a close with Episode 10, and sees ONI ordering the assassination of Dr Halsey. Lasky, in an effort to stop this, sends Fireteam Majestic in. Remember that new episodes come out each Monday so make sure you're up to…

January 21st - the day that the second half of Spartan Ops Season One will make an appearance on all our Xbox consoles. 343 Industries and Microsoft have announced five weeks of brand-new content, from January 21st through to February 24th, returning Spartans to the episodic battle against the Prometheans…

Players will be pleased to announce that 343 Industries have lots of fun new things planned for Halo 4 with a whole bunch of new content. This will all happen after the Infinity Challenge concludes and there will once again be regular Matchmaking updates! It's set to include the second…

This year has had its share of ups and downs, with some greats and some not so great games. Take a look at our Best Xbox 360 Games of 2012 - the first in a series of "Best of 2012..." articles on VGU! In no particular order we have: The baby…

A workaround posted by Microsoft designed to fix some issues with people downloading the new Crimson Map Pack for Halo 4 has caused some players accounts to get banned! Those who had the season pass or bought the Halo 4: Limited Edition were meant to get the map pack for free, but…

You might remember 343 Industries saying that whoever purchased the normal edition of Halo 4 and played it before 20th November would receive a code that unlocks all of the 6 specializations. Well, true to their word 343 Industries have begun sending the codes out! The email being sent out has…

After 3 weeks of being released someone has actually managed to hit the maximum level of SR-130 in Halo 4! 'Ru-Deuce' is now the highest ranked player of Halo 4 in the world after achieving the Spartan Rank 130, which means he has also maxed out all currently available specialisations. The screenshot…

When Halo 3 ended I’m sure more than a few tears were shed: tears for the Master Chief, for the story ending and probably tears of frustration and joy when you finally completed it on Legendary difficulty. So when it was announced 343 Industries were taking over and re-imagining it,…

Woops... the release dates for Halo 4 Map Pack DLC have been leaked onto the internet by a screenshot of a German Xbox 360 Dashboard, spotted by HaloCouncil forum user xJumPeR_JumPzZ (reported by MP1st). In the coming months 343 Industries were expected to be releasing 3 new map packs, however…

343 Industries recently announced on Halo Waypoint the future release of the Competitive Skill Rank System, hopefully due for release early next year. The CSR system will measure performance against other players in Halo 4’s War Games, giving a player an individual rank for each different mode (for example, a…

343 have been updating the multiplayer playlists again under the idea that playlists will be swapped around every single week, confirming that SWAT will be sticking around a little longer due to unbelievable popularity. Playlists should also now include Team Snipers and Team Slayer Pro (the update had already been reported…

Some people may have experienced playing Halo multiplayer and coming across a level 50 player only 2 days after the release. If you haven’t, that’s because Halo 4 launched with a restriction on the daily amount of experience a player can earn in multiplayer games or Spartan Ops. Why introduce a…