next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight

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Zoy
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next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 19, 2008 04:55
The second Halo 3 map pack is to be revealed, with release date, on Bungie.net tonight, " late in the evening." Bungie' s weekly updates usually happen around 6pm PST, but this could be different than the norm. If released in March, this will be the second map pack in just over six months since launch, the first having come at the three month mark. In addition to a new map, Ghost Town, already revealed, the other two maps, codenamed " Cottonball" and " Moonlight Sonata" are widely anticipated to be remakes of Halo CE' s classic Sidewinder and Halo 2' s Lockout... but Bungie has neither confirmed or denied this. They have, however, revealed a set of new skins for snow & ice encrusted and camouflaged vehicles -- including a more fairly balanced Hornet, the human VTOL vehicle.

Since they are announcing a release date, the map pack must have already passed certification. I' m hoping that it will be released within a couple of weeks since that is the case.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 19, 2008 11:23
Is the old one free yet?
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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 20, 2008 02:06
Not yet -- I think it will be when the new one comes out: April 15.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 20, 2008 16:41
hurrah more Halo3 maps. Not that I' ll be playing them, just hopefully it will entice some of the losers who are now appearing in CoD4 games, so things are better.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 21, 2008 02:38
Haha! Well, you guys will be getting a map pack of your own. Enjoy the most popular game on Live, with all its benefits and drawbacks!
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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 21, 2008 07:44
Are you sure COD4 is the most popular on live. Whenver I check Halo 3 has more players online than COD4. Maybe COD4 has more people online if you include the PC and PS3 versions.
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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 21, 2008 08:31

Are you sure COD4 is the most popular on live. Whenver I check Halo 3 has more players online than COD4. Maybe COD4 has more people online if you include the PC and PS3 versions.


It is the most popular on Live. Even the Bungie guys admit it.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 21, 2008 11:28
There are 220,800 people playing Halo 3 on xbox live right now and there are 130,080 playing COD4.

Whenever I look Halo 3 has way more online.
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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 21, 2008 15:25
With the weekly count that Major Nelson posts, I' m not sure if it' s referring to overall unique Gamertags, overall number of matches, or what. Maybe Halo 3 has fewer overall players, who play more? Or vice versa? Who knows.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 22, 2008 09:15
There are only 2 options as I see it. CoD4 has more unique players on xbox live than Halo 3 does. Halo 3 just has the same people playing a lot more.

or

CoD4 has more players if you include XBL, PS3, and PC than Halo 3 does just on xbox live.
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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 22, 2008 11:01
Back to the Heroic Map Pack, it will be free 2AM PST on Tuesday March 25th.

And as for the Legendary Map Pack, " Moonlight Sonata" is to be revealed on the same day.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 30, 2008 02:15

There are only 2 options as I see it. CoD4 has more unique players on xbox live than Halo 3 does. Halo 3 just has the same people playing a lot more.


You were right, Loco... according to IGN:


The Top Live Titles, as reported by Major Nelson, list ranks unique users playing Xbox games while connected to Live.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Mar 30, 2008 02:20

Is the old one free yet?
I think there is an advartisment on XBL that says they' re free now.

Someone told me one of the maps are a remake of Lockout that looks sort of like a COD4 map.

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Apr 04, 2008 02:28

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RE: next Halo 3 map pack revealed tonight - Apr 04, 2008 02:35
DL the new Heroic Map Pack, and everyone I play with vetos every single one of the new maps everytime they come up!!!!!!!!

What a waste of f.ucking time.
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