With the Halo 4 Castle Map Pack now available, Microsoft is celebrating its bestselling franchise with a week of specials.
Tuesday, April 9 – Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2 Debuts
Following the critical and commercial success of the Halo 4 Original Soundtrack by award-winning producer and composer Neil Davidge, 343 Industries is pleased to debut, in conjunction with 7Hz Productions, the release of Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2. Xbox Twitter will be giving away soundtrack download codes to a limited number of fans in honor of the release, so follow us on Twitter at @Xbox.
Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2 is a 20-track digital release and companion volume, featuring an expanded landscape of the key musical themes from the game. Eleven of the tracks are composed and produced by Neil Davidge with a further eight by 343 in-house composer Kazuma Jinnouchi. The soundtrack also includes Kazuma’s new interpretation of Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori’s iconic “Never Forget” from Halo 3. The tracks on Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2 are presented in chronological order as they appear in the game, to help bring the listener right into the heart of the Halo 4 experience. Halo 4 Soundtrack Volume 2 will be available for purchase on April 9 for an estimated retail price of $10 at www.halo4soundtrack.com.
Wednesday, April 10 – Rank up Your Spartan with Extra XP Challenges
343 Industries will turn up the heat with new Extra XP challenges throughout Halo Week, allowing you and your friends to rank up your Spartan faster by playing online.
With 14 daily and six weekly challenges, players will have the opportunity for extra Experience Points by competing in any Halo 4 mode, be it War Games, Spartan Ops, or Campaign. These challenges were created specifically for Halo Week: Drop Shock, designed to reward more XP than standard challenges for players of all skill levels. Daily Challenges can be earned once a day, all week long, so be sure to try and earn as many as you can each day. For challenge details, please visit Halo Waypoint.
