Microsoft exec Don Mattrick has revealed that the company's recently announced Surface tablet will work with Halo 4

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According to VentureBeat , the president for interactive entertainment business made the announcement during a panel at the GameBeat 2012 conference.He didn't make it clear how the Surface tablet would integrate with Halo 4, though it's possible that the company will make use of SmartGlass technology shown at E3 to create a secondary touch-screen display for the console. Mattrick also suggested that Surface tablets will work with titles on future Microsoft consoles , as well as those on Xbox 360.If Microsoft manage to do this on the Xbox 360, it'd be a huge step towards extending the console's lifespan in the face of the Wii U's release. Nintendo's version of a tablet controller, the GamePad, will require a whole new system to use.Halo 4 is due out on November 6, while Microsoft has previously stated the surface will release by the end of October.

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