More Halo 2 maps

By Ellie Gibson Published 29 June, 2005

Now free of charge.

Bungie has announced that a new set of Halo 2 maps is now available free of charge via Xbox Live.

The Killtacular pack, which was previously available for just under a fiver, contains two maps - Turf, described by Bungie as "a city based mid-sized map which is fantastic for exciting games of Territories," and Sanctuary - "a smallish symmetrical map with two opposing bases, perfect for games of multi-flag CTF."

Once you've downloaded the maps you'll be able to explore them in custom games or in the 'Team Preview' playlist via matchmatcking. Bungie says a playlist update, which will incorporate Turf and Sanctuary into the regular rotation and add five new maps due for release next week, is coming soon.

You can read about the Killtacular maps in more detail on Bungie's website.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • BEAR-ONE #1 7 years ago

    Good maps, downloaded them last night.

    And I'm first!

    BEAR

  • Dizzy #2 7 years ago

    Haha...

    Back to playing Halo 2!!!!

  • Huntcjna #3 7 years ago

    halo hasn't even been near my xbox live connection since I got conker that game is fantastic online

  • Zero Beat #4 7 years ago

    Aye, that it is.

  • #5 7 years ago

    Do people still play this game?

    What's the number's like now-a-days?

  • #6 7 years ago

    best.game.ever

  • Dizzy #7 7 years ago

    > Do people still play this game?

    Yep.. numbers are still about the same as when the game launched (400k-500K players a day)

    Conker? I dunno... I just like to see something on my screen except for clutter. While I like the gameplay I think Rare should patch it asap to solve the annoying interface. I don't need to see names of everybody... especially not enemies!
    Edited by 1 at 29/06/05 @ 12:20

  • trevd72 #8 7 years ago

    i play every day

  • onyxbox #9 7 years ago

    XBox Live is so last year

  • trevd72 #10 7 years ago

    the screen on conker is fat too cluttered. you cant see a damn thing it is a mess. and "rockets for noobs" should be the tagline. far to out of balance.

  • mad_caddy #11 7 years ago

    I agree the clutter on conker is infuriating,
    they dont need the health bars to appear maybe just the names or some other way of distinguishing between the 2 sides, at distances i have a bit of touble!

    /notices no-one joins his team anymore!

    where is the review anyway?

  • Zero Beat #12 7 years ago

    And yet only 'noobs' (including myself when I first started playing, except I kept at it to figure a counter) can't handle demolishers. Only the player names annoyed me to begin with, now I barely see them, you get used to it.

  • Dizzy #13 7 years ago

    > you get used to it.

    Maybe.. but I am sticking to Halo 2 until this is fixed. I really want to play Conker online but it feels painful.
    Edited by 1 at 29/06/05 @ 15:48

  • Xerx3s #14 7 years ago

    I still play H2 on live, but not as much as I used to before the weapon balance. And mainly custom games, because of the screaming little yankee children/idiots that keep insisting that you are a n***er or a b**ch and that everyone who is not from yankee-land is crap/a looser, even though youve beaten em with ease.


    (im sure that most europeans on xbl have had similar experiences)

  • Zero Beat #15 7 years ago

    Have Bungie fixed it so shotguns consistently kill people in one or two shots close range like they're supposed to? How about shooting someone with dual SMG's before they've seen you and them replying with the same weapon loadout and killing you first? I guess not.

  • Dizzy #16 7 years ago

    That's laggggg Zero beat.. bad luck.

  • Zero Beat #17 7 years ago

    It's a pretty widespread problem but not amongst the Americans, I can't see how it doesn't work both ways. I can't instakill them with the shotgun consistently so why can they instakill me? Same supposedly inferior 4Mbit Telewest connection at my end seperating us so why aren't they disadvantaged by my UK connection too.

  • #18 7 years ago

    because there is a bit of code in Halo 2 that automatically sets the host to the guy with the most powerful connection.

    this will always be an american. therefore americans being closer will always have the latency advantage over us poor brits.

    Bungie have apologised for this and vowed to make it better for the 360.

  • Zero Beat #19 7 years ago

    Maybe this new X360 matchmaking system will help with that, not only will you not play with certain people because of the type of gamer they claim to be or because you've given them negative feedback before but also their location. Other Brits get priority, should be less people complaining about x language speaking people if that's the case too.

  • onyxbox #20 7 years ago

    Zero Beat,

    That's what killed it for me in the end, too many unfair games and too many screaming kids... arghh! I still play halo but only with friends now. You can tell almost straight away when you join a low latency game (people die loads easier) and when you have high latency (youre aiming the same but they always win).

    It's a real pisser but I'm not sure what anyone can do about it, apart from making it easier to play against people who are geographically close to each other.

    Here's hoping 360 live sorts this situation out otherwise XBL will be mostly used by teenage American boys with their hands welded to their controller 24/7

    :-/