Every two weeks we update Halo 4 Matchmaking with exciting new game types, playlist changes and more. You can see what we have planned in the months ahead by visiting the Matchmaking Playlist Calendar, but below you can get details on what’s now available in today’s Halo 4 Matchmaking Update.

Team DLC

Team DLC is back! Play Infinity Slayer, CTF, Swat, Oddball, King of the Hill, Extraction and more on DLC-only maps. The Majestic Map Pack is required for this playlist.

We’ve also added some of the Flag Grab Bag variants to other lists: 

• Shotgun CTF and Mini CTF added to Action Sack
• Legendary CTF added to CTF
• Sniper CTF added to Team Snipers
• Republic, Wanderluster and Opticon added to Rumble Pit

Simon & Schuster is proud to announce a new Halo novel from John Shirley, releasing on November 4, 2014!

Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley’s Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant during events seen in the blockbuster Xbox game Halo 2. 

Preorder Halo: Broken Circle now

It’s 5:35 a.m. on Monday, June 9, and once again, instead of hitting the snooze button and/or throwing my phone out of my hotel room window, I jump out of bed after hearing my alarm because today just happens to be another exciting day, and one worthy of an early-morning wake up call. Back home, our community, web, and services teams (to name just a few) are hard at work preparing for the announcements that will soon be made at E3. In downtown Los Angeles, I meet up with the away team in an already buzzing hotel lobby. We’ve been in dress rehearsals since Friday, and this morning we will be on a stage for all the world to see. We cram into a car, and we’re off.

We are on the way. Frankie is not in the trunk. That is not his knee sticking up.

With the announcement of Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming this holiday to Xbox One, we’d love to start the Master Chief love off right with your amazing fan art! Show us your best work representing the Master Chief’s journey from Halo: Combat Evolved through Halo 4. Share it via email to community[at]HaloWaypoint.com or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the hashtag #HaloFanArt and perhaps we’ll feature it in a future Fan Art Focus installment!

Old Mombasa

By Roland Labreche