As I told you earlier, thanks to 1UP, there’s going to be much info in the coming weeks regarding Halo 3. Today they come with some new info about probably the most important aspect in the Halo franchise: Lets get into the depth of the multiplayer mode. They got their hands on 3 multiplayer levels, we bring you the newest facts sorted out after the jump!

Snowbound:

Look of the map:

• Snow level
• 2 Bases on either side of the map
• Tunnels beneath connecting them, with a shotgun in the middle of explosive fusion coils ($8000 dollar/s lamps)

New features:

• Auto firing turrets, see the draft below, this is a new of getting killed by the environment (like the train from Halo’s Terminal map)
• Shield Doors, you can see and walk trough them, but explosives or bullets can’t pass trough

Concept of the Auto firing turret

High Ground

Look of the map:

• Much like Zanzibar from Halo 2, with a beach and a High Ground base
• There’s a turret, vehicles on both sides, a shotgun, sniper rifles, everything needed for a good CTF or assault game

Drawing of what the map looks like

New features:

• Destructible environments to gain alternate routes to get in the base
• Spike Grenades! (read more below)

Valhalla

Look of the map:

• 2 Bases on each side, with a river in between
• Two elevated platforms with lots of weapons

New features:

• Contains the brand new Mongoose ATV vehicle (read more below)
• Contains a Spartan Turret (read more below)
• The Man Cannan, which can even launch the Mongoose or the Warthog while driving it

New info about weapons and stuff…

The ‘new’ assault rifle:
In Halo: Combat Evolved, the assault rifle had the following specs: It had a 60-round clip, was fully automatic and not effective at long range. This has changed quite a bit, the new assault rifle will have a 32-round clip, will still be fully automatic, but much more effective at long range.

Completing the Brute weapon collection:
After the Brute plasma rifle, and the Brute shot, we get some new brute weapons in Halo 3. The Spike Rifle and the Spike Grenade. The Spike Grenade basically is a combination between the two grenades we already know, it has lots of spikes sticking out of it, they grab onto a surface, and blow a “thin cone of energy”, enough to kill if used correct.

The Mongoose ATV:
It’s designed for racing someone from A to B, it is the fastest vehicle available. If you want to enter it says “Press RB ro ride Brokeback”, which is part of Bungie’s idea of the new controller layout. They are still looking for a way to counter this car. The Bungie team is not yet sure what to do with the rocker launcher, because the lock-on feature was too overpowered for ground vehicles.

The Spartan Laser:
This weapon will have a 3 second delay before it fires a thin red laser beam which completely obliterates when it hits. It’s mainly anti-vehicle, but also functions great as an anti-personnel weapon. The kills are saved as sniper kills, I personally hope they change that, cause sniper kills are seen as pro kills instead of kills with an anti-vehicle weapon…

Stay tuned for more updates!