There's not much this week, but it will have to do.
Post Press Carnage Report
Last week's Mythic
Map Pack press previews are all but over and done with. By now, via the Bungie
Blog, our RSS feed, or your own devices and ingenuity, you should have laid eyes
on new screens, video, and coverage of all three brand spankin' new multiplayer
spaces that combine powers to form the Mythic Map Pack. If for some reason, this
is the first you've heard of such news, we'll drop the links to the coverage
below and let you spend a few minutes getting up to speed.
1up.com
G4TV
GameSpot
Halo.Bungie.Org
IGN
MSNBC
TeamXbox
Tied the Leader
WorthPlaying
For those who immediately skipped
over all the neat blue text above and simply crave more coverage, sorry to say,
that's it for now. The well is dry. All that's left to do is wait, dear friends.
We're only about a week away from the Mythic Map Pack being thrust into
the wild by way of Halo Wars LCE. Everyone else, please sit tight. We're still
weeks out from the Mythic Map Pack hitting Xbox LIVE as DLC.
We know
"weeks out" is an ambiguous and aggravating term - a phrase that sidesteps
slapping a fixed date you can circle on your calendar with a big red marker to
denote the day the Mythic Map Pack makes its way into the Xbox LIVE Marketplace,
but we've said all we can about the how and the when you can get your hands on
the Mythic Map Pack in the post Halo Wars LCE world.
You're just going
to have to trust us. Weeks, not months. 800 Microsoft Points. And as soon as
possible, we'll provide you with more details.
Shishka's Neverending Story
From the press previews above, some have noticed the perimeter
defenses on Sandbox are a little bit different from those you've become
accustomed to on other maps. Though the boundary markers that denote the safe
zone of play are the same as those that line the outskirts of Sandtrap, the
mechanism by which the border is defended is slightly more deadly.
Forgers tempted to build outward into the dark shadows that lay across
the sand dunes beware. Shishka has made attempts - taken it upon himself to
blaze the trail. We've cringed at his guttural groans of frustration, seen him
pound his fist on the desk in anger, and heard him utter seething expletives
through his teeth. Though the watchtowers that surround Sandbox are not
technically Sphinxes, they can still judge a man, and eyes wide open, they've
peered into Shishka's soul, searching and seeking for signs of self-worth.
And what did they find?
Target Acquired
Target Neutralized
Target Humiliated
Sandbox 'Sky Bubble' Gallery
Another round of media
embargoed content has lifted and that means more Sandbox screenshots have now
found their way into our official Halo 3 Gallery. You've probably seen them
before, but we've got 'em giant-sized with only our own watermark to obscure the
view. If you want to take a look at the sky high screenshots of Sandbox's Sky
Bubble and scrutinize it for secrets, head on over, load them up, and touch your
nose to your monitor.
Charge! Click on the image above to open the gallery.
Mythic Map Pack Community Codes
A thread
on the Bungie.net Community boards drew a little bit of ire from the team this
week, with a few visitors dropping by to inform us that we simply don't care
about the community anymore. The impetus for this suggestion? The distribution
of a handful of Mythic Map Pack codes to media outlets so they could provide the
entire community with Mythic Map Pack coverage. Turns out, a select few thought
they should be the select few who got to romp around in Assembly, Orbital, and
Sandbox a few weeks early.
Were it so easy.
At the time of the
thread's posting, our own employees had yet to get codes. We simply had none to
give. We don't run the free code show, friends, and even if we did, our own
people get first dibs. I'm sure you understand.
That said, hanging above
our heads at the time this whiny rant made its way onto our forums, our
dry-erase boards already contained plans and schemes for handing out codes to
the community. We have that handful of codes now and we've already begun to
distribute them into the community at large. And while we know everyone wants
one, and we know that you're going to blow up our private message boxes with
pleading requests, please keep in mind, supplies are ultra limited. We only have
enough freebies to hand out early codes to a very small percentage of the
fanbase. Pestering and harassing via any method, including Private Messaging,
will result in your immediate removal from consideration [Luke made me bold
this, I wanted to be gentle].
If you haven't received a code by now, do
not abandon hope. We're not quite finished spreading the Mythic Map Pack love.
Be on your best behavior and who knows, you just might find yourself with a
happy little message in your Private Message inbox sometime next week.
If that's not concrete enough for you, here's a task: Fire up Halo 3,
take some campaign shots of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in action, upload them
to your file share, and add two tags to them for identification, "ODST" and
"Mythic." Come Monday morning, we'll check back in and see what kind of damage
you've done.
And as with all of our contests, cheaters and boosters need
not apply.
Orbital & Assembly Forge Item Lists
Though not as
appealing for those looking to make a Forge masterpiece on Sandbox, the Orbital
and Assembly item lists are set in stone and listed below if you want to take a
look at what's stuffed inside the two multiplayer maps. And while this pair
might not make for the most malleable of spaces in the Halo 3 stable, they're
going to be magnificent places to get your game on, and nice changes of scenery
for Machinima makers. Space Trashcans and Tube Shields? Imagine the
possibilities!
If you're interested, scroll down (and down, and down) to
take a look at what made the grade. We've included only Weapons, Vehicle, and
Scenery items for brevity's sake. Equipment, Teleporters, and Spawn Points will
be, of course, included when you fire up Forge on either map and give them a
good go.
And before you hit the forums up with your "Epic Fail, Bungie!"
thread, no, there are no Scorpions on Assembly or Orbital. Because that would be
ridiculous. And lame.
Assembly
Starting Budget (Default Objects
on Map) $252
Full Budget $550
WEAPONS
16 ASSAULT RIFLE
$2
16 BATTLE RIFLE $2
8 BEAM RIFLE $2
8 BRUTE SHOT $2
16
COVENANT CARBINE $2
8 ENERGY SWORD $2
1 FLAMETHROWER $10
4 FUEL ROD
GUN $6
8 GRAVITY HAMMER $2
4 MACHINE GUN TURRET $6
16 MAGNUM $2
8 MAULER $2
8 NEEDLER $2
4 PLASMA CANNON $6
8 PLASMA PISTOL $2
16 PLASMA RIFLE $2
8 ROCKET LAUNCHER $2
8 SHOTGUN $2
16 SMG $2
8 SNIPER RIFLE $2
8 SPARTAN LASER $2
16 SPIKER $2
8 SENTINEL
BEAM $2
VEHICLES
4 GHOST $15
8 MONGOOSE $10
SCENERY
16 BARRIER $4
16 CAMPING STOOL $2
16 COMM NODE $4
20 PLASMA
BATTERY $4
20 POWER CORE $4
4 TUBE SHIELD $4
12 SUPPLY CASE, OPEN $2
20 SUPPLY CASE $5
8 LIFT BLOCKER $4
8 WEAPON HOLDER $3
4 GRAV
LIFT $5
8 SHIELD DOOR, LARGE $4
8 SHIELD DOOR $4
8 CANNON, MAN $4
4 SOCCER BALL $4
1 FX, NOVA $15
1 FX, PEN AND INK $15
1 FX, OLDE
TIMEY $15
1 FX, COLORBLIND $15
1 FX, GLOOMY $15
1 FX, JUICY $15
ORBITAL
Starting Budget (Default Objects on Map) $251
Full Budget $700
WEAPONS
16 ASSAULT RIFLE $2
16
BATTLE RIFLE $2
8 BEAM RIFLE $2
8 BRUTE SHOT $2
16 COVENANT CARBINE
$2
8 ENERGY SWORD $2
1 FLAMETHROWER $10
4 FUEL ROD GUN $6
8
GRAVITY HAMMER $2
4 MACHINE GUN TURRET $6
16 MAGNUM $2
8 MAULER $2
8 NEEDLER $2
4 PLASMA CANNON $6
8 PLASMA PISTOL $2
16 PLASMA
RIFLE $2
8 ROCKET LAUNCHER $2
8 SHOTGUN $2
16 SMG $2
8 SNIPER
RIFLE $2
8 SPARTAN LASER $2
16 SPIKER $2
8 SENTINEL BEAM $2
VEHICLES
4 GHOST $15
8 MONGOOSE $10
SCENERY
20 SUPPLY CASE $5
32 FUSION COIL $4
8 CARDBOARD BOX, MEDIUM $3
8 CARDBOARD BOX, SMALL $3
16 SPACE TRASHCAN $2
20 STREET CONE $2
8 TOOLBOX $4
8 TOOLBOX, SMALL $2
8 PALLET $3
16 PROPANE TANK $4
8 WIRE SPOOL $4
8 SERVER $4
8 GENERATOR $4
16 DOOR $4
8
WEAPON HOLDER $3
4 GRAV LIFT $5
8 SHIELD DOOR $4
8 CANNON, MAN $4
4 SOCCER BALL $4
1 FX, PEN AND INK $15
1 FX, OLDE TIMEY $15
1
FX, COLORBLIND $15
1 FX, GLOOMY $15
1 FX, JUICY $15
And with that, we're out. Enjoy the weekend folks. Stay safe and stay tuned.
[via
bungie.net]
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