Even during our hectic GDC schedules, we're able to sense the vibrations caused by new Halo 3 information gently plucking on the strands of the interweb. Bungie has revealed "Ghost Town," a dilapidated African battleground included in the upcoming Legendary Map Pack. An "asymmetric map designed for 4v4 encounters," Ghost Town is the result of over 4 months of work and should be well suited to One Flag, One Bomb, FFA and Team Slayer gametypes.
[Via X3F]
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 5:47PM hey buddy said
Speaking of Halo 3 becoming a 'ghost town,' I noticed Call of Duty 4 was _again_ number 1 on the charts ahead of Halo 3 last week. That's the second week in a row and the third time in the last month or so. Halo certainly has nothing to worry about, but it's interesting that a multi-platform game can have as much presence on Bungee and Microsoft's home field.
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/19/live-activity-for-week-of-2-11.aspx
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http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/19/live-activity-for-week-of-2-11.aspx
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:34PM (Unverified) said
yeah, i read 'ghost town' and figured that halo 3's popularity on live was falling even more.
lol@halo3
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lol@halo3
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:01PM (Unverified) said
Does that screenshot look a bit out of place in the universe, or is it just me?
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 5:59PM Drago Dracini said
Well, now Microsoft can get more of my money... *goes to budget out the money for Commanders! and N+ on Live and the maps, and the games from the next 3 months*
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:02PM (Unverified) said
Microsoft barely gets money from it (they don't own bungie). also, they only get money for putting the content up (not from N+ games etc)
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:05PM Dr Stabbingworth said
I wish they would occasionally make gametypes that had 16 players on small maps like this. Nothing wrong with an occasional n00bfest.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 6:10PM (Unverified) said
Looks good, Ill probably end up checking this out =)
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 8:23AM (Unverified) said
Ludwig, this headline fills me with joy and happiness.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:03PM (Unverified) said
halo 3 and Cod4 have been fighting for most popular game since both came out.... ghost town sounds more like rainbow six or gears right now...
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 6:05AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
ZING!
I don't know about you guys, but I haven't picked up Halo 3 since CoD4 came out.
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I don't know about you guys, but I haven't picked up Halo 3 since CoD4 came out.
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 12:14PM (Unverified) said
Yes, but I wasn't quite sure of why it looked familiar until I read your post.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:40PM (Unverified) said
Looks like a good map. Hopefully they add one more game type before they're "done" with the game. I'd be great if it's a Counter-Strike: Source like mode where you buy weapons. I guess "Economics" would be a good name. Then have "Supply & Demand"(where the more people buy a weapon the more it costs) & "Power Struggle"(similar to Crysis' PS mode) variants. Other than that Halo's multiplayer is perfect in my opinion.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:47PM (Unverified) said
hopefully they don't rip people off and charge so much for only three maps, at least five should be included for the price they are charging.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:30PM (Unverified) said
If console people would stop paying for extra maps, they would probably stop charging for them.
Either that or stop making them...
But still. Wait until it is free.
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Either that or stop making them...
But still. Wait until it is free.
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 12:57AM Premature ejaculation man said
Looks great, but either I'm going to hope they charge less for the map pack, since it doesn't have foundry or so far anything worth as much in terms of replayability...
If you couldn't handle that mouthful (I'm sure your used to it, HA I'm such a killer a jokes), I'm just saying if its cheap I'll get, else I'll wait for free!
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If you couldn't handle that mouthful (I'm sure your used to it, HA I'm such a killer a jokes), I'm just saying if its cheap I'll get, else I'll wait for free!
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 7:00PM (Unverified) said
i tried cod4 but halo3 is just so much better. i wont buy the map pack... just wait till it is free.
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