Halo 4 Spartan Ops Season 1 continues next week, Episode 6 releasing Monday

The second half of Halo 4's Spartan Ops Season 1 is set to return on January 21. The episodic adventure that went on a mid-season hiatus in December after five weeks of delivering fresh gameplay content featuring the Majestic Squad aboard the UNSC Infinity. To help refresh the events, 343 Industries has released a little recap video of episodes 1-5.

On Monday, Spartan Ops Season will continue bringing you episodes 6-10 over the span of another five weeks. Each episode offers Halo 4 players five separate missions. So when it's all said and done, 343 Industries will have provided fans with a total of 50 free bonus missions totaling to about 12 hours of additional gameplay time — that's in addition to the regular campaign and the addictive multiplayer Halo 4 already offers.

Not a bad deal if you really think about it. But we're not done yet; 343 Industries has also posted a stats summary of the first half of Spartan Ops Seas 1. Some of the numbers are quite impressive.

Stats summary of the first half of Spartan Ops Season 1

• 8,125,908 games were played in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 4,696,752 hours were spent playing Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 901,258,308 kills were earned in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 262,150,257 assists were earned in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 167,101,619 deaths were recorded in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• Shootout In Valhalla” was the most played Mission in the first half of Spartan Ops Season 1.

How do you stack up against the following averages?

• 49.77 was the average number of kills earned per game in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 6.77 was the average number of assists earned per game in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.
• 7.15 was the average number of deaths recorded per game in Spartan Ops Matchmaking in the first two months.