Bigger-than-life Xbox hero the Master Chief returns in the new game Halo 4, out Tuesday, with a sparkling high-def sheen and a willingness to let players know what's going on behind his once ...

In the annals of military science fiction, few figures loom as large as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the stoic protagonist of the Halo franchise. Clad in Mjolnir armor and wielding an ...

Master Chief eclipses the Halo games. If you’ve used the Internet at all, you’ve probably met the Spartan protagonist through community memes, YouTube videos, and riffs from iconic Halo scenes.

It has always been beyond bizarre to me that 343 has never, not once, communicated a coherent plan for what Master Chief was supposed to do next after Infinite.