Friendly reminder: Halo 3 Heroic maps free today [update]
With all that said, there's currently a hiccup in the system and the content – which was supposed to be free at 2AM pacific last night – is still listed for $10 on Xbox Live Marketplace. Bungie's forum has a nice thread (about to break 100 pages) on the issue and we're trying to get an answer from Major Nelson for the Microsoft angle. We'll update when the map pack actually becomes, you know ... free.
Update: It's free now, go get 'em.
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When they release a patch, you have to download it or you're signed out of xbox live...the reason being they want all Halo 3 gamers to be compatible. So why is it different? I read a BWU where they were like "we can't *make* anyone download the maps.." Huh? Why not?
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Are either of you guys participating in the Battlefield: BC beta?
Just curious...
Yea I tried it this morning but they were having server problems. I managed to get into one match (Oasis) and I liked it. Weapons and controls felt good, you can get into some sweet tanks and even some boats to get around the map. You can tell it isnt finished though but Im liking what Im seeing so far. Ill try it out again later and see if they fix the issue.
"as of the April playlist update, the Free Heroic Maps will be required in Ranked Big Team, Social Big Team, Team Slayer and Rocket Race playlists. We’re requiring these maps in the following playlists to give players more options with the map rotations and by including a high population playlist like Team Slayer, we hope that the maps will permeate through the Community, resulting in more games played on these maps in Matchmaking."
So there you have it, (from April) you do have to get the maps if you want to play in the above popular playlists
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Foundry has been showing up in Team Doubles for a while now (if everyone has it)
sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,sword,swordsword,sword,sword,sword,sword
lololllollllolololololollulololullololullololollol Yes! I has rocket lawn chair!!!
-Lil Master CHief
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K, thanks.
K, thanks.
"I WANT IT FREE AND I WANT IT IMMEDIATELY!"
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I WANT IT ALL
I WANT IT ALL
AND I WANT IT NOW
god I hate that commercial.
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...I'm still playing Gears >.
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this kinda shit is so utterly retarded it boggles the mind.
100 pages?
really? is it that serious?
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-Team Slayer
-Ranked Big Team Battle
-Social Big Team Battle
-Rocket Race
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-Team Slayer
-Ranked Big Team Battle
-Social Big Team Battle
-Rocket Race
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:-(
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I havent played Halo3 in so long this should be a good way to dust it off.
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If i go back to Halo3 now, everyone will use my ass as target practice, i'll have to start from scratch.
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Thats not really true. I can be at level 1 on the 3rd prestige mode with no weapons but the 1st default ones and still own people who are ranked even higher. I can do some crazy vandammage with the MP5 (which is a starting gun). COD4 is the best MP game I have evar played. Evar. No one should miss out on it.
So make sure you check out Foundry on forge, and try to find some customs to play some maps people have made on it.
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Oh well.
One more thing. Don't be so surprised that people get excited about free stuff. I live in America and nothing is ever free.... Except for open source stuff. But it is invigorating to get something for free especially when it was previously valued.
Just don't hate.
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Are these maps free for today only? I'm going to buy a 360 on June 5th, so I hope I can still get them then.
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