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{{Title|''Halo 4'' Limited Edition}}
{{Era|RW}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Title|''Halo 4 Limited Edition''}}
[[File:Halo 4 Limited Edition.jpg|thumb|Halo 4 Limited Edition case.]]
[[File:Halo 4 Limited Edition.jpg|thumb|Halo 4 Limited Edition case.]]


The '''''Halo 4'' Limited Edition''' is a limited edition of ''[[Halo 4]]'' which costs $99.99 USD in the United States at time of release.<ref name="bulletin">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/05/16/The-Halo-Bulletin-51612.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Halo Bulletin 5-16-12'']</ref> It contains additional content not found in the standard edition. Unlike ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', the ''Halo 4 Limited Edition'' is the ultimate and only special edition. No Legendary Edition was released, due to [[343 Industries]] not wanting consumers to have to choose which version-specific ancillary items they would receive.{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}}
The '''Halo 4 Limited Edition''' is a limited edition of ''[[Halo 4]]'' which will cost $99.99 USD in the United States at time of release.<ref name="bulletin">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/05/16/The-Halo-Bulletin-51612.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Halo Bulletin 5-16-12'']</ref> It contains additional content not found in the standard edition. Unlike ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', the ''Halo 4 Limited Edition'' will be the ultimate and only special edition. No Legendary Edition will be released, due to [[343 Industries]] not wanting consumers to have to choose which version-specific ancillary items they would receive.<ref name="bulletin"/>


==Contents==
==Contents==
The limited edition is presented in a large, minimalistic gray case that is adorned with the updated [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] emblem and a serial number; the game itself is included in a smaller steelbook case that features similar artwork to the larger case and is embossed with decorative patterns. Similar to the framing story behind the ''[[Halo: Reach Limited Edition|Halo: Reach Limited]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary]]'' editions,  (in which a [[Unidentified Beta-5 Division operative|Beta-5 Division operative]] sends the contents of the package to his cousin),  the ''Halo 4 Limited Edition'' offers the conceit that its contents are the property of [[Gabriel Thorne]], a SPARTAN-IV assigned to the ''Infinity''.<ref>[http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Xbox-360/Halo-4-Limited-Edition/20302628/images/13549027/ '''MightyApe.co.nz:''' ''Halo 4 Limited Edition screenshots'']</ref> The contents include:{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}}
The limited edition is presented in a large, minimalistic grey case that is adorned with an updated [[UNSC]] insignia; the game itself will be included in a smaller silver tin case that features similar artwork to the larger case and is embossed with futuristic artwork. The contents will include:<ref name="bulletin"/>
*'''''Halo 4''''' game disc and manual.
*'''''Halo 4''''' game disc and manual.
*'''War Games map pack''' - pre-paid access to future ''Halo 4'' DLC, nine maps over three map packs to be released in the months following the game's launch, along with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Strider|Strider]] helmet and the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Scanner|Scanner]] helmet. Details and release dates for said map packs will be announced post-launch.
*'''War Games map pack''' - pre-paid access to future ''Halo 4'' DLC, nine maps over three map packs to be released in the months following the game's launch. Details and release dates for said map packs will be announced post-launch.
*'''[[Specializations]]''' - early access to six specializations available on [[Xbox LIVE]] at launch. Specializations include items such as armor abilities and armor customization.  
*'''Specializations''' - early access to six specializations available on [[Xbox LIVE]] at launch. Specializations include items such as armor abilities and armor customization.  
*'''[[Infinity Briefing Packet]]''' - includes a Spartan armor customization schematic, information about UNSC weapons, an introduction to the UNSC ''Infinity'', and insight into the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]].
*'''{{UNSCship|Infinity}} briefing packet''' - includes a Spartan armor customization schematic, information about UNSC weapons, an introduction to the UNSC ''Infinity'', and insight into the [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IVs]].
*'''''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' Special Edition''' - a 90-minute extended version of the live-action digital series, with additional digital content including in-fiction content for canon elements that enhances the film's characters and events, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a special featurette, "''Bringing Gaming into Reality''". The videos are streamed through the Xbox 360 [[Halo Waypoint]] application and are unlocked by an add-on download code.
*'''''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' Special Edition''' - a 90-minute extended version of the live-action digital series, with additional digital content including in-fiction content for canon elements that enhances the film's characters and events, a behind the scenes featurette, and a special featurette, "''Bringing Gaming into Reality''".  
*'''Bonus digital content:''' exclusive in-game [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Recruit|Recruit]] armor skin, Recruit armor for [[Avatar (Xbox 360)|Xbox LIVE Avatar]], weapon skin for [[MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5D assault rifle]], [[Cryotube]] Avatar prop, in-game unique emblem.
*'''Bonus digital content:''' unique in-game armor skin, weapon skin for the [[MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5D assault rifle]], and an exclusive in-game emblem, [[Avatar (Xbox 360)|Xbox LIVE Avatar]] SPARTAN-IV armor set, and an unspecified Xbox LIVE Avatar prop.
 
==Trivia==
*Unlike the ''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]'', these are all uniquely numbered according to the order they came off the assembly line. <ref>[http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=38014 HBO: "The very first production copy of Halo 4"]</ref>
*The limited edition case appears in the [[Dawn]] level as UNSC cases of some sort scattered about the ship.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<GALLERY>
File:Halo-4-limited-edition.jpeg|A closer look at the contents of the limited edition.<ref>[http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/8243/article/halo-4-limited-edition-new-images-surfaces/ '''Gameranx.com:''' ''Halo 4 Limited Edition New Images Surfaces'']</ref>
File:Halo-4-limited-edition.jpeg|A closer look at the contents of the limited edition.<ref>[http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/8243/article/halo-4-limited-edition-new-images-surfaces/ '''Gameranx.com:''' ''Halo 4 Limited Edition New Images Surfaces'']</ref>
File:Halo 4 Limited Edition content.jpeg|The limited edition showing digital content.<ref>[http://blogs.halo.xbox.com/Headlines/post/2012/09/19/The-Halo-Bulletin-91912-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint,''' ''Halo Bulletin: 9.19.12'']</ref>
</GALLERY>
File:H4 Limited Edition InGame.png|The Limited Edition case in the ''Halo 4'' mission Dawn.
</gallery>


==Sources==
==Sources==
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