Bungie testing new Halo 3 maps
Getting sick of playing the same 3 maps over and over again in Big Team Battle? Bungie thought you might and has already begun testing out their first run of map DLC. Pretty soon you’ll have 4 different maps to play per play list, and you certainly can’t complain then!
From Bungie’s weekly update
Work is progressing on new maps for future downloadable content, with the design and art teams vigorously engaged in the process. More entertainingly however, the ad-hoc test team of Bungie staff is enjoying these new maps greatly. My favorites are what I have already nicknamed Jodrell Bank and Moonbase Alpha.
I “invented” a game type on Jodrell Bank which is actually just Team Slayer with Swords and Snipers. Thanks to some unique geographical features of that map, it works great. Moonbase Alpha, on the other hand is best suited to objective games, like CTF and Assault, but it has some natural deadlocks that make Slayer interesting and Infection terrifying.
Which reminds me of one more downloadable map. The scariest map of all time. Dark, frightening and surprisingly enormous. One of the scariest things that has ever happened to me (and this in a lifetime fraught with terror) was racing away from a marauding gang of zombies in Infection atop a Mongoose, only to have one leap out of the darkness ahead and unseat me with a throaty scream. I call that level John Carpenter’s Prince of Dorkness. It’s not as catchy as Jub Jub, but it’s every bit as accurate.
It’s good to see Bungie hard at work on new maps for those Halo 3 fanatics who are already starting to tire of the current map base. No pricing news yet, but expect Bungie to milk this cash cow for all it’s worth.
good to know. 4 NEW map coming soon
4 - wow - thanks for the update
“4 different maps to play per play list” … 4 x how many playlists? 5? = 20+ maps?
Obviously not what was meant.
sweet!
Hoorah
Old news have seen this site listing news 3 or 4 days old just of late
then submit it in the forums…?? People have Lives…
Great news….and Bungie can feel free to keep milking. I’m all too happy to send them money for new maps!
woot
SIDEWINDER PLEASE!!
“SIDEWINDER PLEASE!!” hell fucking yes
Sidewinder would be really cool with a bunch of grav lifts on the level.
SIDEWINDERRRRRRRR yes fuckin please
we need maps with tanks dammit!!!!!!!
A new map which is practically designed for Shitty Snipers?
:( 
I hate that gametype.
More Juggernaut and Team VIP would make me very happy indeed.
awesome.
more halo news please.
lol
Looks like someone is shaking in their boots.
Oh yeah, I lol’d. AGAIN.
Yeah after these maps I hope they bring some Halo 1 favorites
Yes bungie and microsoft,
please keep taking our money for 2kb, and 5 min work maps! please! please!
Im sorry, but Im just sick of DLC. take an example of epic and the ut series, u can give treats to your community, that bought your over priced game, instead of keep milking their money for no reason.
lol this guy sees the future
gj bungie, now just give us a fair price
bring on headlong!!!!
and this will make the first time i buy DLC!
hellz yea
3+ million x 800 ms pts (~10$) = a big ass number…
Free/cheap maps plez.
Maps we have now suck.
Agreed…I can’t believe they took out Blood Gulch! :’(
valhalla is the remake of blood gulch.
I don’t know about anyone else, but…I miss Boarding Action, from the first Halo. I always found that map fun.
they didnt take out blood gulch, they just added a new skin basically, we now call it valhalla
Bungie should let the people have these maps for free. Seems a bit of a Cheek (considering the game is only out on the shelves) to ask people to splash out more €€$$££. If you don’t by the new map pack will it be a repeat of Halo 2 whereby you trawl and trawl for a game but continually get booted because you didnt hand over the sponners????
Unrelated-
I sure most of you have heard about “Gilbert Arenas” - an NBA “Star” got caught boosting in Halo 3.
If you find boosting pathetic…. as I do…. feel free to send Mr. Arenas a message telling him so. I just sent him a message, and now, I fear for my life… Lol. So send him a message….. he can’t kill us all. (or can he?)
His gamertag is “Agent Arenas”
I will only get these if they are 400 MS or less
left out of the game so they can make a lot more money
Lockout will be there.
Gaurdian is a remake of lockout, so no…lockout will not be there….sorry
Sweet!!!!
I need 50+ maps for this game.
Even then, it wouldn’t be enough. C’mon bungie, feed my addiction!!!!