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Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, colloquially known as Master Chief, is the protagonist of the Halo video game series and its spin-off media. The character first appeared in the 2001 video game Halo: Combat Evolved , a science fiction first-person shooter that became a long-running franchise.
The Halo 5 beta launched on December 29, 2014, and ran until January 18, 2015. [41] With the release of The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft and 343 Industries announced an official esports league, the Halo Championship Series (HCS).
On June 9, 2014, it was announced at E3 2014 that the feature, titled Halo: Nightfall, would be included with Halo: The Master Chief Collection at its November 2014 launch. The feature introduces a new character to the franchise, Agent Jameson Locke, played by actor Mike Colter ; Nightfall is considered to be his origin story. [ 140 ]
Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, commonly referred to as simply the Master Chief, is the main protagonist and main playable character in many of the Halo games. The character is voiced by Steve Downes, a Chicago disc jockey. He is one of the Spartans, an elite group of augmented soldiers raised from childhood to be super soldiers.
The Banished, in turn, will use the repaired Halo as a weapon against humanity. Master Chief defends the pilot from a duo of Spartan killers deployed by Escharum. The Pilot reveals that he was a civilian engineer aboard Infinity who stole a Pelican to flee the battle. The Chief comforts him, admitting his own guilt over his failure to save ...
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was released on the Xbox One as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on November 11, 2014, with support for 1080p60 rendering. [46] A PC version of the game for Master Chief Collection was released on March 3, 2020. [47]
An additional focus of the writing for the series was on Master Chief himself. Kiki Wolfkill of 343 Industries wrote that they "set out to tell a story about Master Chief—and specifically to tell a story about John", and to further explore his humanity, the writers made the decision to allow Master Chief to take off his helmet and reveal his ...
A live-action web series released in the weeks following the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. [139] Hunt the Truth: March 22, 2015 – October 26, 2015 Podcast: An episodic audio-drama released as a promotional marketing campaign for Halo 5: Guardians. [140] Halo: The Fall of Reach (miniseries) October 27, 2015 Web series