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343 Industries: We’re “Not Ready” to Show the Master Chief’s Face

October 8, 2012 by Alex Co

343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor reveals why they’re still not ready to show Master Chief’s face.

While 343 Industries is taking over development duties for Bungie when it comes to the Halo franchise, don't expect them to show Master Chief's face anytime soon — a precedent made by Bungie when it launched the first Halo back in 2001.

In an interview with Eurogamer, Halo Franchise Director Frank O'Connor states, "we're not ready to show Master Chief's face," but adds, "The funny thing is about the Chief is he's actually really well described."

If you went down into that line and found a nerd with a deep canon Halo t-shirt and said describe the Master Chief to this police sketch artist, that police sketch artist would then produce a perfectly accurate rendering of an older man, almost painfully pale, almost albino white, with pale blue eyes, reddish hair, close cropped to a skin head, and maybe the last remnants of freckles he had when he was a kid.

If you're unfamiliar with what O'Connor's talking about, he's referencing Halo: The Fall of Reach, a sci-novel penned by Eric Nylund and explains the origins of the SPARTAN II super soldiers and even Master Chief himself.

Is this really a concern for Halo fans? I doubt it, seeing as the franchise has survived and thrived without even showing Master Chief's face. However, it would be nce to someday actually have a look at who's doing all that bad-assery, no?

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