Microsoft: We will “get back to what Halo is about” with Halo 4

It's been about four years since developer Bungie and publisher Microsoft released Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 console. Since then there have been two other games released in the Halo shooter series via Bungie but both told side stories in the game's universe (2009's stand alone expansion Halo 3: ODST and 2010's prequel Halo Reach). Now that Bungie has turned over the Halo franchise completely to Microsoft's in game studio — 343 Industries — Microsoft plans to go back to basics for the next game, the upcoming Halo 4.