Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is a live-action webseries that will debut this Fall, several weeks before the release of Halo 4 on November 6th 2012.

The webseries was announced by Variety magazine on April 30th 2012 and represents the largest monetary investment Microsoft has ever put behind a live-action Halo project.

Next to no details were revealed by Microsoft but they stated that plot, cast and director details will be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con this Summer.

Aside from marketing Halo 4, the goal of the webseries is to introduce the franchise to people unfamiliar with the games. 343 Industries franchise business management director, Matt McCloskey, said to Variety: "make Halo accessible for people who haven't played the games. We wanted to do something unique from a narrative standpoint that's big in scale."

An official teaser trailer was released for the series on July 1st, 2012.

The official trailer was released was released on July 13th,2012

The webseries will be available to view on Machinima and the Halo Waypoint later this year.

Trivia

 * Part of the UNSC Marine Cadence is heard in the teaser, with the additional lines "Helljumper, Helljumper, where have you been? Feet first into hell and back again!" added at the beginning of the cadence.The master chief in halo forward unto dawn has the same armors he did in the short story movie halo legends the package.