The long wait is finally over. For 800 MS points ($10) you too can play on the sweet new Mythic Maps for Halo 3. If you're a Halo fan this is a must buy, it's got: a Team slayer map, an objective map, and the best Forging map around.
Click here to buy Mythic and have it waiting for you the next time you turn on you 360.
Bungie released some new details about the upcoming Lendary Map Pack that is set to XBL on April 15th for 800 MS points.
Out of the three maps that are set to be released we now know about two of them: Ghost Town and Avalanche.
Avalanche is a remake of the classic Halo map, Sidewinder. Sidewinder was fan favorite from back in the day, but saw little play time due to it's massive size. Unless you had a huge LAN party rockin' you couldn't get enough people to fill the map.
So be on the lookout for Bungie to give us the last piece of the Legendary Map Pack puzzle soon.
Dear Xbox LIVE Members:
During this past holiday season you helped us break a number of Xbox LIVE records. This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day of concurrent members ever on the service.
As a result of this massive increase in usage we know that some of you experienced intermittent Xbox LIVE issues over the holiday break. While the service was not completely offline at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance. I would like to take this moment to thank you each and every one of you for your patience and understanding as our team has worked around the clock to return the service to a stable state.
At the same time we would like to offer a token of our appreciation to all of you in celebration of record success for the service. And as a thank you for your loyalty during this holiday period, we will be offering all of our Xbox LIVE members around the world access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game that will be available to download free of charge. In the coming weeks we will be sharing the specific details of this offer with you.
Thank you again for helping make Xbox LIVE everything that it is today!
Sincerely,
Marc Whitten
General Manager, Xbox LIVE
Gamertag: Notwen
Here's this weeks new Rock Band content, more songs I don't know... How about some Maroon 5 guys?
Today's Rock Band DLC
Punk Pack - 440
"I Fought the Law" by The Clash
"Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones
"Ever Fallen in Love" as made famous by Buzzcocks*
Individual Tracks - 160
"I Fought the Law" by The Clash
"Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones
"Ever Fallen in Love" as made famous by Buzzcocks*
Today's Rock Band DLC
Black Sabbath Pack - 440
"N.I.B." as made famous by Black Sabbath*
"Sweet Leaf" as made famous by Black Sabbath*
"War Pigs" as made famous by Black Sabbath*
Individual Tracks - 160
"N.I.B." as made famous by Black Sabbath*
"Sweet Leaf" as made famous by Black Sabbath*
"War Pigs" as made famous by Black Sabbath*
All of these songs are by a cover band, but we all know that cover bands can be quiet good...
The first map above is Standoff,
Bungie announced on Monday (after weeks of taunting) that three new maps will be hitting Halo 3 on December 11th for 800 MS points ($10 dollars).
Q: Foundry is completely different from any map Bungie has made for a Halo game, how so?
CB: Foundry was designed from the beginning to be a Forge level. There is an almost limitless amount of potential map designs that can be made by arranging objects in different configurations.
You can remake Hang ‘Em High out of crates. Kind of.
SC: The second you see someone delete the entire level in Forge, you realize the potential a space like this has. The default layout Tyson put together is great, but the possibilities are definitely greater.
(Via: Bungie.net)
The news the whole world has been waiting for is finally here, the Halo 3 beta will begin at 0500 PDT, May 16th.
The above video show off some amazing new features in Halo 3 such as, the "Bubble Shield" that puts you inside a protective bubble that blocks bullets and grenades... I'm assuming that any player can walk in and out of it, so be weary cause guys can walk right into your bubble and blast your ass. Another new grenade is the "Trip Mine", now this isn't so much a grenade as it is a mine, you just drop it and the unlucky bastard that walks or drives over it (as in the video) will be waiting for their next respawn.
The coolest new feature in H3 is the new replay mode. You can now save, share, and watch your previous games over and over again. From my understanding it's going to work just like a Madden replay, where you can follow a certain player or the ball or just zoom around. Imagine watching replays of the last game and being able to see where "that guy" was hiding or watch your headshot in slo-mo, it's gonna be the shit.
If this video and news doesn't make you want to go buy a 360 nothing will, except maybe watching this video in high def on my Xbox 360... This little web version isn't nearly as impressive as the HD version on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Get yourself a 360 and a copy of Crackdown now, because once you play Halo 3 you won't be going back to Halo 2.
