Halo 4

"Wake up, John."

- Official tagline

Halo 4 is the recently announced seventh installment in the best-selling Halo franchise. A teaser trailer shown at Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing on June 6th, 2011 confirmed that Halo 4 is to be the first installment in a new trilogy.

Plot
"Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe. Halo 4 marks the start of a new trilogy that begins with its release in 2012."

- Official summary

Announcement trailer
Released during Microsoft's E3 2011 media briefing, the trailer depicts Cortana awakening John-117 from cryo-sleep on the wreckage of the, followed by John securing Cortana's storage chip and rushing through the wreckage to witness the ship being pulled into an enormous opening on the surface of a mysterious planet.

Characters

 * Cortana
 * John-117

Locations

 * Legendary planet

Vehicles

 * UNSC frigate

Weapons

 * Unidentified UNSC weapon

Internal

 * Halo 3
 * Halo 4 Announcement Trailer

External

 * Halo 4 on Halo Waypoint
 * Halo 4 on Xbox Marketplace
 * Halo 4 announcement trailer