Eurogamer

Halo's Covenant-beating hero will appear "changed" in 343 Industries' upcoming Halo 4.

That means psychological changes, mind. Not just the physical loss of his Spartan codpiece. Although that has to affect a guy.

"There's some story behind his new look," studio boss Frank O'Connor told OXM. "There are specific reasons why he looks the way he does and why some of his behaviours have changed. We'll see in good time."

Some time has passed since the events of Halo 3, when the Chief finished the fight. Halo 4 opens with him floating through space towards an alien planet. "A lot of things have changed in that intervening period," O'Connor teased.

Halo 4, out late 2012, follows 343 Industries' upcoming original Halo re-make - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - out 15th November. It includes hints at the Halo 4 storyline and optional Kinect support.

I bet he had sex with cortana...

who wouldn't?

Wouldn't that be cyber sex?

Why not, I mean I have multiple times.

Really looking forward to halo 4. I still regularly play reach now. I have a reach lan party next Thursday wiv 14 people. =D

I hope they balance the armor abilities better (or completely exclude them) for Halo 4. Reach has a couple that imo are way overpowered and completely ruin the multiplayer experience for me.

I don't know about the multi.... but I think it won't be in the campain mode at least not how we know it.... it wouldn't make sense chronologically.... I mean it ends with reach.... so if it's not after why it would come back then unless they twist it in a way that we meet the spartan that leave on Halo Wars and that they share tech but still...

any Halo historiran around here??? :D

Reach comes before Halo:CE.

I know.... but the explanation for the armor being different in Halo 1 to 3 was that technology faded after the fall of reach that spartans were eradicated and only the &*^*&^ (can't remember the name of the armors) was still available or something like....