Halo 4: Crimson DLC & Spartan Ops 'best-of' playlists revealed
Halo 4's Spartan Ops will be entering a mid-season break between December 10-17th to make way for the new Crimson Map Pack's release, and the newly-announced Halo 4: Infinity Challenge. During that week however, 343 Industries will release a 'Best-of' playlist for Spartan Ops, and a new title update. Get the details below.
The playlist was announced over at Halo: Waypoint, and was confirmed to include the following missions:
- Core (Chapter 5 of Episode 1)
- Hacksaw (Chapter 3 of Episode 2)
- Shootout in Valhalla (Chapter 4 of Episode 3)
- The Didact’s Gift (Chapter 5 of Episode 4)
- Spartan Miller (Chapter 1 of Episode 5)
From December 17th to January 14th, Spartan Ops will re-enter matchmaking as normal an episode per week, leading up to the continuation of the season with episode six.
Meanwhile, a new title update will roll out from Monday 10th December. 343 listed the scant changes and promised that a larger update is currently in the works:
- Fixed exploit locations on Haven
- Fixed exploit locations on Adrift
- Introduced Ordnance drop issues on Haven (oops)
The developer also listed the incoming Crimson DLC playlist, which will support 6 vs. 6 across the following maps and modes from December 10th:
- Infinity Slayer – Shatter
- Capture the Flag – Shatter
- Extraction – Shatter
- King of the Hill – Shatter
- Infinity Slayer – Wreckage
- Capture the Flag – Wreckage
- King of the Hill – Wreckage
- Oddball – Wreckage
- Infinity Slayer – Harvest
- Capture the Flag – Harvest
- King of the Hill – Harvest
These maps will also feature in existing playlists from December 10th across the following game-types:
- Infinity Slayer – Harvest
- Big Team Infinity Slayer – Wreckage and Shatter
- Dominion – Shatter
- Capture the Flag – Harvest and Wreckage
- SWAT – Harvest
- Team Slayer Pro – Harvest
Phew. That's some update. Mega-thanks to MP1st for the details.