What has just happened: The Microsoft E3 Press Conference has closed with a trailer for Halo 4, labelled as the next trilogy in the extensive Halo franchise.
The new game will star Master Chief once more, with the teaser showing the once-dead hero being revived on board a cruise ship under attack. After receiving something of a distress message from Cortana, the faceless Spartan jets off into space and into a round of applause from the conference audience.
Svend thinks: Nothing to go on here, but it's great to see the chief back. I probably would have liked Microsoft to have taken a chance on a new IP, but you can't argue with the staying power of the franchise that Bungie built. Let's hope 343 Industries has been taking notes over the last few years...