Halo 4 ditches the Bubble Shield, brings back the DMR

[Judd]

We already know that the Battle Rifle will return with Halo 4 and now 343 Industries confirmed on Friday that the DMR will return while the Bubble Shield will not.
343 Industries' Frank O'Connor, Josh Holmes, Kiki Wolfkill and David Ellis all got together for a Halo 4 podcast to share some information on the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive. While the group spent the majority of the time talking about the recently revealed multiplayer maps, they did drop some nuggets of weapon information toward the end.

The DMR from Halo: Reach will return with Halo 4. It served as a replacement for the Battle Rifle but was not as well loved by fans of the series. How the two will fit together in the same game is unknown but 343 says they will both have their uses. For example, it is easier to shoot down mid-air enemies with the DMR according.

Originally introduced in Halo 3, the Bubble Shield will be absent from Halo 4. No reason was given for its absence.
Finally, the Assault Rifle received a mention as well where it was described as "beefy" and "sounds amazing". Players will still need to burst fire with it to be effective but so far it sounds like its power has been improved upon from previous titles.

Source: Examiner

[CloudStrife7x]

interesting stuff, nice share Judd :)

[XajNyne]

Interesting information. Nice share

[Renegade]

No more bubble shield ninja triple kills for me :(

[thegutta]

Hopefully part 4 brings me back to halo games i stopped at 3 cuz After That it was just sad they all sucked so hopefully this new team makes it excited again ill keep my fingers cross.

[Renegade]

Hopefully part 4 brings me back to halo games i stopped at 3 cuz After That it was just sad they all sucked so hopefully this new team makes it excited again ill keep my fingers cross.

New team? Oh you mean 343i right? the ones who outsource everything and don't develop their own shit? Dude don't hold your breath lol.

[thegutta]

New team? Oh you mean 343i right? the ones who outsource everything and don't develop their own shit? Dude don't hold your breath lol.

Lol Yeah i get your point Renegade they haven't Develop really anything just a few things like the halo waypoint, they took control of the halo reach servers n made a map for it wow lol, Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary, but yeah im not holding my breath but im willing to give them a chance hopefully they came through at the end, hopefully they can redeem them self's with halo 4 so im hoping they do so will see but like you said im not gonna hold my breath lol.