You know what's better than a shiny new Halo 4 image? 18 of the buggers. If you want evidence of that, simply click through this here gallery. A whole raft of the things have appeared via Game Informer's recent preview (via All Games Beta, and they show a whole stack of exciting stuff, from weapons to enemies to settings to multiplayer to huge smashed up metal things on fire. And you just know how you love huge smashed up metal things on fire.

There's also the small but notable fact that Halo 4 now looks utterly bloody gorgeous. Seriously, "optimised" as they may well be (as is usually the way with early screens), the grabs here show a massive visual improvement over the previous games. Click on and enjoy.