Halo 3 Planet

Arguably Halo: CE’s most popular map, Chill Out was put on display last night by Bungie at the MLG San Diego event, the second stop on the 2008 MLG Pro Circuit. The new map - dubbed ‘Cold Storage’ - was displayed by Luke Smith and Shishka in an exhibition match against two MLG stars. The boys from Bungie made no mention of the intended release date.

MLG has kindly hosted some images from the event. Follow this link for the gallery.

We’ll be keeping you updated on the new maps as they are announced, and we might even help a few lucky readers pay for the pack.

Several folks have already started putting together Canvases for the Legendary Maps released today. If you’re interested in grabbing the blank versions of the maps, check out the links below:

• Avalanche Canvas
• Blackout Canvas
• Ghost Town Canvas

Thanks for the tip Max!

This is just a friendly reminder that the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack is due for release, tomorrow, April 15th. If you get a chance, you’ll probably want to start downloading the new map pack as soon as it’s released, as it will take some time to actually download all of the files.

For those of you looking for a recap of the Legendary Map Pack, here are the 3 maps that will be released tomorrow:

• Avalanche - A brand new rendition of Sidewinder. Not exactly a remake.
• Blackout - A remake of Lockout!
• Ghost Town - A brand new map, which some say slightly resembles Turf from Halo 2.

Tomorrow’s going to be an awesome day!

EDIT: *YAWN* Ok, the maps are live for all you night owls who stayed up.

Bungie has released a trailer for their upcoming Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, and this time, no one’s pulling an April Fools on anyone else (sheesh… I am April Fooled out). You can grab an HD copy directly from them if you’d like, or from the Xbox Live Marketplace eventually. We’re really excited about the launch of the three new Maps, Blackout, Avalanche, and Ghost Town.

Remember, you can grab em on live starting April 15th! Mark your calendars!

The flash video appears to be down, so I recommend using this link to the Bungie.net story and downloading the videos from there.

Bungie has revealed their final Legendary Map, Blackout.  Blackout is the Halo 3 remake of Lockout, as many fans have speculated up until todays announcement.  And when we call it a remake, it REALLY is a remake versus a new rendition (like Avalanche, the new Sidewinder).   The level is constructed to play almost identical to Lockout from Halo 2, only with a difference in style and setting.   Heck, even the name of the level brings back memories of Lockout.

High Resolution Shots of the new Halo 3 Map can be found in Bungie’s Gallery.