Halo 4

thumb|300px|right Halo 4 is the recently announced seventh installment in the best-selling Halo franchise.[1] The game was first revealed on Microsoft's homepage, hours before the start of their E3 press conference, due to a mistake in the editing department, which revealed Halo 4 and ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. ''The game was officially announced at the end of Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference. It is said to be the start of "a new trilogy of Xbox 360 games", produced by 343 Industries, a independent company of former Bungie employess; suggesting that Halo 5 and Halo 6 are expected to be released over the next few years. Note: Seen in the trailer is a jetpack and some form of rocket pistol.

It is unsure at this point much more about the game except that it will continue where Halo: 3 left off. In the trailer Master Chief awakens to a frightened Cortana pleading him to leave the cryo-tube. He runs out and attempts to comfort her, when the door to the cryo-chamber explodes. Taking Cortana with him, he escapes through a burning tunnel of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, with the aid of a jetpack and a unseen pistol. He arrives at the back of the ripped off ship, and looks out into abyss of space, while the Dawn approaches a mysterious planet, with a portal/tunnel on it. This may be the Legendary planet seen in Halo 3, during the Legendary ending cutscene.

The game is currently expected to be released in the holiday of 2012, following the release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary in November 2011.