Brief Halo 3 DLC chatter

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 October, 2007

Bungie mentions three maps.

Bungie says work on "new maps for future downloadable content" is "progressing".

The latest weekly update makes mention of three, which author Luke Smith has nicknamed Jodrell Bank, Moonbase Alpha and, er, John Carpenter's Prince of Dorkness.

We'll let you scout over there to read the details by Smith's hand, since paraphrasing him is more than we can take on a Monday morning.

The developer also finally comments on last week's most space-filling story - that basketball player Gilbert Arenas "got busted for EXP boosting on Live".

You may remember that Arenas defended himself on the grounds that his cheeky ruse is "not messing with anybody". Bungie concurs: "Although it's a little sad, it's not strictly cheating at the game".

"EXP is simply a record of successful games played, and not an indicator of skill. There is nothing to be gained from boosting it other than the kind of embarrassment visited upon Mr Arenas.

"It should be noted that his skill level, 42 when we last looked, is not the result of chicanery and is an admirable skill level. It seems he just wanted the shiny epaulettes that accompany a high EXP rank."

However, it says, proper cheaters will not prosper so much as feel the thudding impact of the "banhammer". So don't get any ideas. Or if you do, lie and pretend someone made you do it.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • richardiox #1 5 years ago

    To be honest I am a little underwhelmed by the map selection on H3. Had never played Halo online before and, after the intricate yet open and well designed (3) maps from the Call Of Duty 4 beta the Halo maps feel quite barren.

  • xTinyDancerx #2 5 years ago

    the maps where much better in halo2 as a whole. high ground is still one of the best ever though.

  • Cloudane #3 5 years ago

    Sorry for asking but as I haven't played Halo 3 yet - *weeps* - how many multiplayer maps are there? Does the game also provide a few classic maps from the previous two Halo games?

    Surely Blood Gulch is in Halo 3?

  • barnard666 #4 5 years ago

    I am having a fairly good time playing them, I really feel like there should have been more though...
    seeing as its the last bungie halo, I kind of hoped that we would get every map from H2 and H1, well perhapsd except for the stupid teleporting one...

  • jack_klugman #5 5 years ago

    Blood Gulch > Valhalla.

  • Cloudane #6 5 years ago

    Thanks warzin!

    Jack, you don't mean that Valhalla IS Blood Gulch!?

    No Blood Gulch in Halo 3 then?

  • Xerx3s #7 5 years ago

    Valhalla has a lot of the bloodgulch characteristics. It is a much better map now though. For one, you can't spawnsnipe enemies in the other base from your base.

  • ecureuil #8 5 years ago

    I was personally hoping for Sidewinder, Hang 'Em High and Boarding Action from H1, and Beaver Creek from H2.

  • Rirekon #9 5 years ago

    I just want the option to play never-ending, BTB-CTF on Sandtrap!

  • Max_Powers #10 5 years ago

    The maps in Halo 3 are good, but I wouldn't mind remakes from Lockout, Ivory Tower, Foundation and Burial Mounds

  • L42yB #11 5 years ago

    Prisoner!! (from Halo 1) That was an awsome map. They shud make that for Halo 3 (or summin like it, where u're in a big closed room that goes up and has a big open space in the middle).

    I used to love having "plasma only" games on Halo 1 on that map. You just switch on infinite grenades and watch the chaos ensue :D (You do have to use a bit of social engineering and tell everyone playing to only throw plasma's - but wud be an interesting game mode to actually include too)

  • Runtime #12 5 years ago

    Bring Headlong back! I loved CTF and assault on Headlong

  • S.J.Rogers #13 5 years ago

    Snowbound sucks,

    + 1

  • BobsUncle #14 5 years ago

    I've stopped playing Halo 3 now. The whole game was so boring and the MP maps and games are dull. The CoD4 maps are much better and my copy of Halo will most likely find itself being traded for a far superior multi and single player experience when CoD is released.

    I much prefer tactical shooters. If I wanted a game where I have to run up to someone and punch them in the face (because my massive gun isn't powerful enough) I'll dig my old PS1 out and play Tekken 3.

  • SomaticSense #15 5 years ago

    This reminds me, where was that massive level that was always talked about in the build up to release? I think it was called Jub Jub or something. Where is that?

  • Nostromo13 #16 5 years ago

    jub jub?! this ain't star wars dude and the map you're probably thinking about is called sand trap.

  • SomaticSense #17 5 years ago

    No, it wasn't Sandtrap as far as I'm aware, as from the way it was spoken about it was made out to be so much bigger than even that level. And I can't remember exactly what it was called, but it was something stupid like Jub Jub.

    I do know it was included in the 'friends and family' beta that we didn't get access to, so I was expecting it ion the full game :(
    Edited by SomaticSense at 15/10/07 @ 13:25

  • brooza #18 5 years ago

    My Halo 3 is broken :(

    I got the legendary edition with the faulty disc

  • Xerx3s #19 5 years ago

    Snowbound sucks,

    ...if you don't understand how to use the balance to your advantage.

    I've stopped playing Halo 3 now. The whole game was so boring and the MP maps and games are dull.

    Ah, so we rushed through the game on normal while being a FPS gamer and played a couple of online games and then complain that it's boring? Maybe it would be more fun if you played it on the difficulty level that the manual and everybody else recommends?

    If I wanted a game where I have to run up to someone and punch them in the face (because my massive gun isn't powerful enough) I'll dig my old PS1 out and play Tekken 3.

    It is possible to take out any mp enemy with every weapon without reloading.

    Tactical balancing your weapons and how you use them in combination with melee has been a pillar of halo gameplay since 2001. Never played H1 or 2 then?
    I also assume that you won't just the melee attack in COD4 either then?

    I much prefer tactical shooters.

    That much is clear. Played both, think they are equally good. Just because you don't like a game doesn't make it a 'far inferior mp and sp game'.

  • paulf #20 5 years ago

    good points well made Xerx3s, Im still finding out how well designed the halo3 maps are, I think you need to play it a good bit to see how good they are and comparing them to a 3 map beta of cod4 seems fruitless to me. I enjoy both games they just play differently. The only real issue I have with halo 3 is that melee and shotgun combat seems errattic, there are times when I one shot someone, other times where i do exactly the same thing from the same distance and they dont die, similar for melee attacks.

  • FunkyRenegade #21 5 years ago

    port H2 maps to H3 tbh.
    I love playing it online, the map selection is seriously underwhelming at the moment, it's good to hear it's being worked on :D

  • agparrot #22 5 years ago

    What are the chances of having to, you know, pay for these maps of which they speak? On the one hand, even as a 360 owner I avoid microtransactions at every possible turn. On the other hand, I'm going to be a bit... disappointed, or feel left out, or whatever, if I get into matchmaking and can't join games because I don't have the requisite downloads.

    Especially this near to the release of the actual game.

    I am fundamentally mean, I guess.

    Enjoying H3 immensely - enjoyed Herioc'ing the SP and the online is a blast if you either already have friends or are lucky enough to meet some like-minded players online... there are some, amongst all the noisy americans and foul-mouthed people from all over the place, I have already been lucky enough to meet up with a handful of players who, like me, are just happy to get some games and have some fun with it... we are never going to make it to the top of any scorecharts, and get fairly 'owned' against teams who have been playing H2 every day for the last N years... but the matchmaking means that quite often you'll get a game which you have a chance of winning, and the lobby functions make it easy to party up with players you do get along with.

    Depends what you want out of the game, as much as anything - there certainly seems to be a place for 'pro gamers' and people who believe that they are, but there is also a niche for people... well, like me... who are still learning all things Halo and are looking for a competitive, well-populated online shooting game, even one where getting beaten down in melee seems to be par for the course when meeting some opponents - it seems clichéd, but it is the only way to learn things like 'Where not to stand' on some maps, and to find routes you can jump through backwards, to give your guns more of a chance as the melee-ers approach.

  • reality_cheque #23 5 years ago

    How did he get to level 42 without getting enough XP to get the rank anyway?

  • captainrentboy #24 5 years ago

    The new Halo 3 maps still have to grow on me, infact my fave ones are still the ones from the beta, but I guess that's because I had soo much practice on them. The one with the yellow walls and target sheets that pop up, and the the one which is basically two bases connected by a big ole bridge are slowing becoming preferred ones though.
    And I'd pay for the new maps, but no more than £3.50, the cheeky bastards.