What's behind a Spartan's helmet?

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Beta detectives reveal Halo 3's secret face

Before Bungie threw the big switch marked "Make Halo 3 Beta stop now," some investigative-minded souls took it upon themselves to discover what lies beneath that hefty Spartan armor. The footage taken - see it below - reveals a surprising image.

We've stitched together some grabs from the movie and created a full-face view of the Spartan's mug. Now, there's no reason to believe this is Master Chief's own face, but the intense scarring and piercing gaze gives this mug a real sense of personality.

Witness the impressive discovery for yourself in the movie below. Much kudos points and back-slapping to go out to Losingstreak, who detectified the hidden mug, and Shadow Chris 1 for the steadycam skills. So whose face is this behind the helmet? Guess we'll just have to wait and see...

June 12, 2007

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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.