Halo 3 - fun stats, the MLG playlist and the upcoming new maps

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Bungie’s latest weekly update has dropped, full of goodies for the addicted Halo gamer. I’ll just summarize things a bit, since it’s easy to hop over to Bungie’s site and get the full details.

The impending addition of an MLG playlist
As I mentioned in a previous post, Team Hardcore in matchmaking will soon be replaced by an MLG 4v4 playlist. Bungie answered a few player questions about the change.

Q: What is the MLG Playlist? - A: It is a 4v4 Ranked Playlist that includes a mix of Oddball, Team Slayer and King of the Hill. It is based on MLG’s v4 Gametypes and Maps

Q: When can I play in the MLG playlist? - A: The playlist will be a part of the April Hopper Update

Some fun and interesting numbers
One of Bungie’s stats guys put together a list of stats showing some of the most popular (and least popular) aspects of Halo 3.

Most Popular Service Tags (I’m sure most of these will look familiar)

  • O07
  • M16 - this would be the one I use
  • I69
  • P26 - my cousin used to use this one
  • S80
  • H20
  • I87
  • D13

The Legendary DLC
The new maps for Halo matchmaking, dubbed Legendary are coming soon! Tuesday Bungie will post a press release which will include details of just when we can expect these maps to be available for purchase and download. You can also expect that the previously released maps (Heroic map pack) to then be a free download. I paid for them. Maybe I should have waited. Nah.

One of the new Legendary maps will apparently be another snow covered land mass. Bungie released a few pictures showing off the vehicles with their new snowy exteriors. Check out the mongoose. Pretty shnazzy.

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Spriggs Episode 4 - Halo3 Machinima

It’s Willy vs. Spriggs, Triple M vs. the computer, Meme vs. The General and The aliens vs. Food.

Spriggs Episode 3 - Halo3 Machinima

The big guns come out as Willy prepares for Spriggs ultimate demise, but Spriggs has other plans.

Halo3 - Making of the short films

This short documentary gives you a glimpse of the technology used in the making of the Halo 3 short films directed by Neil Blomkamp.

MLG playlist coming soon to Halo 3 matchmaking

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Soon there will be a new addition to Halo 3 matchmaking. Bungie will be adding an MLG playlist which replace Team Hardcore. This will allow gamers all over the world to play Halo using the same settings and map variants as the pros.

We’ve worked hard to develop game types and settings that ensure fair competition and emphasize skill, and these settings have been adopted by competitors all over the world.

To see the full story, head over to MLG’s website and check out the breaking news.

 

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