Zeus
02-02-2008, 10:11 AM
In this weeks Bungie Update it was revealed that the upcoming multiplayer map "Purple Reign", which was meant to be coming in Halo 3's Spring DLC, is not ready yet. However they say it’s being replaced by something potentially much more exciting, the “Moonlight Sonata” map. Bungie promises they will list specific details about the upcoming Halo 3 title update which should include a new and improved melee system.
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In the very near future, we will bring you a release date for the autoupdate, complete with a list of all the (visible and publicly consumable) changes. In the interim – it’s going to be “soon-ish” and will contain roughly, in order of bigness:
Melee Fix
* Physics fix for “flying” dead bodies
* Fixes to make future Forge-related playlists better.
* Lots and lots and lots of tiny, neat fixes that will make everything better.
* We’ll give you a detailed list later, since some things may be more important to you than others.
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One of the maps, actually one of Luke and I’s favorites, the oft-mentioned “Purple Reign” is being held back after class, so to speak and will not make it into the next DLC pack. Booo! That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s being replaced by something potentially much more exciting – a map we haven’t really spoken about because it was a ways behind.
But things change. That map’s progress accelerated as Purple’s slowed a little. As we looked at the schedule it became apparent that we could probably leapfrog one to the advantage of the other. Now, I can’t tell you much more about this replacement map, beyond the horrible codename I just made up, “Moonlight Sonata” but I can tell you that it will be universally adored. Of that there is no doubt. Usually I am in the business of soft-selling new maps in case folks have adverse reactions to ‘em “it’s too big!” or “it’s not symmetrical” or “where’s XXXinsert fave map hereXXX” but this time, confidence is high. It will be beloved.
News Source: <a href="http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13207" target=_blank">bungie.net</a> via <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/02/bungie-changes-upcoming-halo-3-dlc-plans/" target=_blank">xbox360fanboy</a>
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In the very near future, we will bring you a release date for the autoupdate, complete with a list of all the (visible and publicly consumable) changes. In the interim – it’s going to be “soon-ish” and will contain roughly, in order of bigness:
Melee Fix
* Physics fix for “flying” dead bodies
* Fixes to make future Forge-related playlists better.
* Lots and lots and lots of tiny, neat fixes that will make everything better.
* We’ll give you a detailed list later, since some things may be more important to you than others.
-------------------------------------------------
One of the maps, actually one of Luke and I’s favorites, the oft-mentioned “Purple Reign” is being held back after class, so to speak and will not make it into the next DLC pack. Booo! That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s being replaced by something potentially much more exciting – a map we haven’t really spoken about because it was a ways behind.
But things change. That map’s progress accelerated as Purple’s slowed a little. As we looked at the schedule it became apparent that we could probably leapfrog one to the advantage of the other. Now, I can’t tell you much more about this replacement map, beyond the horrible codename I just made up, “Moonlight Sonata” but I can tell you that it will be universally adored. Of that there is no doubt. Usually I am in the business of soft-selling new maps in case folks have adverse reactions to ‘em “it’s too big!” or “it’s not symmetrical” or “where’s XXXinsert fave map hereXXX” but this time, confidence is high. It will be beloved.
News Source: <a href="http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13207" target=_blank">bungie.net</a> via <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/02/bungie-changes-upcoming-halo-3-dlc-plans/" target=_blank">xbox360fanboy</a>