Halo 3 matchmaking playlist updates detailed

Bungie sends word that with the Heroic Map Pack 's release next Tuesday, December 11th they'll usher in a new matchmaking playlist update as well. We've known about this mini update for a while now and it'll add a new Heroic Map Pack playlist as well as make tweaks to the current offerings by adding new gametypes, etc. Then, come December 18th, another playlist update will be unleashed bringing Team Hardcore to the mix, an overhaul of Team Objective and a new playlist called Team Control. And if that wasn't enough, Bungie promises to release another matchmaking playlist update in January that'll feature ranked Big Team Battle. Got that? All the deets can be read in this week's Bungie Weekly Update ... consume the information after the jump.