Through a weekly series of cinematic episodes, Spartan Ops will tell the continuing story of the UNSC Infinity, following the events of Halo 4. These episodes will center on the UNSC Infinity leaders and crew as well as a new team of Spartans—Majestic Squad. These cinematic episodes will provide the backdrop for the weekly Spartan Ops gameplay missions. Playable in single-player or cooperatively with up to four players, Spartan Ops lets you explore the corners of Requiem in objective-based missions and help uncover the secrets of the mysterious Forerunner world."

Written Analysis: Hard Light Shield, the portable energy shield thing, is an armor ability, similar to Armor Lock, but with weak points such as the Scattershot being able to bounce off walls to hit someone. Spartan Ops will be somewhat like a cartoon or animated series story. They will go alongside campaign, explaining different things not about the Master Chief. Spartan Ops gameplay missions will simply be the backstory to that episode of the cartoon, with 5 missions + 1 episode being free. They will function like a short campaign match.