Halo Already Delivered the Perfect Master Chief Origin Story, 25 Years Ago

Xbox announced last month that development of the next Halo game would be handed to Activision, and a leak from Rebs Gaming this week indicated Activision is considering a hard reboot that would serve as Master Chief's origin story. But Combat Evolved dropped players directly into an already ongoing war between humanity and The Covenant, and a reboot threatens to overwrite that sci-fi story.