Peter Moore, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President (Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division), added something for gamers to look forward to this coming E3 - and boy was "something" an understatement. According to him, the legendary 'Master Chief' of Halo will walk the E3 red carpet - all geared up and with guns blazing!

Before Jack Thompson got word of this and request a TRO on Master Chief, what Mr. Moore said exactly was “Expect to see the first footage from the next instalment of Halo at E3, which might shift some focus away from the competition." In effect hinting that the revered Super Soldier will make an appearance to highlight the said footage (hey, a Halo video without Chief is not very different from a console without games). True enough, speculation piled up whether the gimmick will be a CGI, an in-game footage, or maybe even Jean Claude Van Dame dressed up ala Universal Soldier (Ugh, ok, that's a stretch).

Master Chief is a soldier named John carrying the code Spartan -117. He is a genetically and cybernetically molded Super Soldier designed to put down rebels and insurgents within the United Nations Space Command. Although he is technically strong, fast, and brilliant, he is surpassed by other Spartans in all those areas. What sets him apart is his leadership skills and equal distribuion of the said attributes. I know you're wondering how he'll look like if we come across him the real world, so here's something to feed your imagination. He's about 7' tall (as tall as Shaq), and weighs about 1,000 pounds when in full battle armor (as heavy as a rhino).

Although the game is currently still under development (and all-out promoting), Mr. Moore said that "the game won't hit stores until 2007, however.” So seeing Master Chief this coming E3 is really a must for us to control the boiling urge.