Halo 4 Multiplayer Details Surface

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06222357&sol;halo-4-First-Screenshot&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-10571" title&equals;"halo-4-First-Screenshot" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06222357&sol;halo-4-First-Screenshot&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Halo 4 Multiplayer Details Surface" width&equals;"553" height&equals;"311" &sol;><&sol;a>Early this morning scans of Game Informer&&num;8217&semi;s May 2012 cover story for<em> Halo 4<&sol;em> were found online&period; A lot of new multiplayer information was revealed so let&&num;8217&semi;s dive into it&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Infinity Multiplayer<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>Multiplayer has been rebranded as &&num;8220&semi;Infinity&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which is a UNSC ship sent out on a deep-space mission&period; Your multiplayer character is a SPARTAN-IV recruit training in a virtual reality test chamber against other recruits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Armor Abilities<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>Sprint is default for all characters and other abilities from Halo&colon; Reach such as Hologram&comma; Jetpack&comma; and Active Camo make a return&period; A new ability known as Forerunner Vision allows for the player to see through walls&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m speculating that this is similar to the HRV in <em>Blacklight&colon; Retribution <&sol;em>and will render you unable to attack enemies during use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Spartan Points<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>Spartan Points replaces Credits in <em>Halo 4<&sol;em>&comma; and can be used to buy &&num;8220&semi;armor&comma; armor abilities&comma; Spartan Ops missions &lpar;see below&rpar;&comma; and modifications to your character&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Spartan Ops<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>This is a mode similar to <em>Call of Duty<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s Spec-Ops but with a plotline&period; They can be bought with Spartan Points and will &&num;8220&semi;span out over several months&comma; encouraging players to return to the game&&num;8221&semi;&period; This will be replacing the Firefight mode as well&comma; offering 4 player co-op gameplay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Regicide<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>A new gametype called &&num;8220&semi;Regicide&&num;8221&semi; was revealed&comma; which is a twist on free-for-all that places a bounty on the head of the best player&period; Similar to the &&num;8220&semi;High Threat&&num;8221&semi; in <em>Blacklight&colon; Retribution<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Weapon Drops<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>Power weapons such as the Sniper Rifle and Rocket Launcher will drop into each map in drop pods&period; This will end camping of these highly valued weapons and allow for a mad rush to acquire them as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Instant Respawn<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>When you die in <em>Halo 4&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> multiplayer&comma; you can instantly respawn by pressing the &&num;8220&semi;X&&num;8221&semi; button&period; The spawn system is a huge factor of how this will play out in-game&comma; so we&&num;8217&semi;ll have to wait and see how it develops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Join Games In-Progress<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>This allows for spaces from quitters to be filled by those searching for games&period; It may be apart of an updated form of Halo&colon; Reach&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Active Roster&&num;8221&semi; as well&comma; but we&&num;8217&semi;ll find that out when we see the menus in the coming months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Game Informer subscribers can read the cover story when the magazine reaches their homes in the next few days&period; Stay tuned for more <em>Halo 4<&sol;em> news here at BagoGames during E3 and Gamescom this summer&period; Also&comma; tell us what you think about all of this multiplayer news&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;343115&sol;halo-4-multiplayer-ditches-firefight-gets-spec-ops-new-details&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CVG<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;