Halo 3 News

The pack includes three maps which are highly customizable: Standoff’s symmetrical valley : entrenched bases and fields of boulders — ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types. Rat’s Nest : Vast, labyrinthine passages and an indoor vehicle paradise, strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, ideal for big team battles. Foundry : The ultimate Forge map — players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, place stairways, walls, bridges and tunnels... Read Full Story

I spent about 4 hours my Xbox 360 last night going through the Halo 3 campaign. I started the campaign on the Heroic difficulty setting. I played 2 hours of the campaign solo and the other 2 hours playing the campaign using the online cooperative feature of Halo 3. Through my first short period with the game, I have to say that Heroic difficulty provides plenty of challenge. The difficulty of enemies is no so much the issue, but instead the pressure lies in the need to be accurate with you... Read Full Story

was posted on Bungie.net last night, there is lots of information on talks being given by Bungie employees at next week’s Game Developers Conference.  There is also information on matchmaking, upcoming DLC and improvements to the Bungie.net website.  Lots to get excited about! Read Full Story

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Bungie has announced that they are currently at work on 3 new multiplayer maps. The first map, Jodrell Bank, was described as being made for free-for-all slayer. The second map, Moonbase Alpha, is a map made for team-based games. The third map was not named, but was described as "the scariest map of all time." The maps are already being tested internally, so hopefully we'll see them soon. Read Full Story

The people over at Ars Technica have reported that Bungie has almost finished it's 'banhammer' to ban accounts that are deemed as cheating. Apparently most of the cheating has been occurring via DDoS'ers and such. Usually this results in unplayable lag for everyone but the cheater. Hopefully this will be implemented sooner rather than later. Head over to Ars Technica for the full article. Read Full Story

Check out Bungie's latest weekly update here . The banhammer is finally implemented, and the rankings are starting to level off so that you are actually playing with people around your own skill level. Also, recon armor is officially a reward piece from Bungie and there is a great video that is a must see. Head on over. Read Full Story

Bungie has announced that it is not a glitch that has prevented some gamers from receiving the 'Marathon Man' achievement. Check out the post on the Bungie Weekly Update Read Full Story