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Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode Seven Release Date: The Seventh Episode Gets A New Trailer (Watch It Here)

Microsoft released the trailer for the upcoming seventh episode of Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode that features some noteworthy admissions about the series' mysterious forerunners. It also appears that the episode will reveal more about Dr. Halsey and her relationship with the Sangheili extremist Jul 'Mdama. 

Here is the official synopsis for Spartan Ops: Episode 7 "Invasion" for Halo 4: "As Lasky confronts Halsey for her actions, the Infinity is invaded by Promethean Knights and Sangheili terrorist Jul 'Mdama gets closer to unlocking the secrets of the Librarian."

Also coming to Halo 4 is the unlocking of two new Specializations: Engineer and Stalker. Here are the description of the Specilizations from HaloWayPoint:

Engineer: Spartan optimization for the subversion, repair and reconstitution of a wide range of technology, including Covenant and Forerunner complex networks. The Drop Recon Armor Mod allows users to predict the location and time of an Ordnance Drop through an external suborbital monitoring system.

Stalker: Spartan optimization for target shadowing missions which require tactical invisibility despite operating at an extremely close range to the target itself. The Nemesis armor mod allows users to target and track down previous attacking enemies, highlighting them on the armor's passive sensors.

Spartan Ops: Episode 7 "Invasion" goes live on Monday Jan. 28. For those gamers that haven't played the game mode, Spartan Ops is a story-driven cooperative game mode that is told through weekly episodes. The episodes feature five quick missions that can be played as a single-player game or online with a friend.

The missions are composed of four to five minor objectives and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete with an occasional mission taking a little longer. During the missions players will battle against the combined forces of the Covenant and Promethean enemies as the mysterious story of Requiem unravels. 

The Spartan Ops mode is divided into seasons with each one lasting ten weeks. 343 Industries have yet to announce if there will in fact be a season two and are currently concentrating on finishing the first season.The episodes of Spartan Ops factors into Halo 4's storyline and delves deeper into the story of the fourth generation of Spartan soldiers. These Spartan-IV are former UNSC marines who volunteered for the project.

Halo 4 is now available worldwide as of Nov. 6 for the Xbox 360. You can read our review of the game here. If you want to more about how 343 Industries has attempted to make Halo 4 feel familiar and brand new at the same time, read more here. No more Master Chief in future Halo games? Maybe read about it here. 

Have you seen Microsoft's "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn?" The new web series consist of five web segments. Here are all the segments; Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4 and Episode 5.

Watch episode seven's trailer below and comment on your experiences with the new mode or anything about Halo 4 in general.

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