Bungie weekly: what's next for Halo 3 DLC, Grifball
In the latest Bungie Weekly Update, Frankie and the gang lay down some information about future Halo 3 downloadable content and also discuss the latest sports craze that's sweeping the nation, Grifball. A few vague but tantalizing tidbits were dropped about forthcoming DLC. Bungie lets us know that future DLC might arena maps suited specifically for competitive play, updates to classic Halo maps, weird maps designed for weird game types, and more items for Forge. It's important to stress the word "might," as these things aren't certain to be included in new DLC, but they very well could be.
The second major portion of the update discusses Grifball, a Foundry map variant and gametype that plays out sort of like an insane mixture between Assault, hockey, football, and American Gladiators. As the name suggests, the game was created by none other than one of our favorite machinima creators (and Fancast guests) Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth Productions. Why is it called Grifball? Let's just say that the man who grabs the ball turns orange. Let's also say that the opposing team wants to kill the man with the ball.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brave @ Dec 17th 2007 5:50PM
Grifball... Grows up so fast :')
BobTheMonkey @ Dec 17th 2007 5:54PM
I have played grifball with some friends, and it is really really fun. Sometimes I can jump over everyone when they try to kill me with the hammer, and then 'dunk' the bomb. Fun fun fun.
Tip: Don't try to kill Grif with the Hammer. You'll end up betraying your teammates. Use the sword.
bs6268d @ Dec 17th 2007 5:58PM
dude just got rrod while playing cod4 u think its goin take 4 EVA to get back cus chiristmas
guess I gotta play ps3 sry
colin @ Dec 17th 2007 6:49PM
turnaround is about two weeks now
dan stabbingworth @ Dec 17th 2007 8:52PM
God must really hate you.
Brave @ Dec 17th 2007 9:16PM
Please know that this has nothing to do with Halo 3, Download Content, or Grifball.
The Grif Reaper on XBLA @ Dec 17th 2007 6:10PM
Grifball...is genious....and it opens up ideas for even more zany crazy gametypes...
dixonij @ Dec 17th 2007 6:26PM
Roosterteeth held a Grifball tournament on Sunday between a few teams (most captained by staff members). Fun times were had by all. The team that I was on, Team SG:1 (aka Team Kroze), beat out all the competition to take home the tournament. We were the only team in the competition that did not have any staff members on it.
NukeAssault @ Dec 17th 2007 8:38PM
Ahh, so Krozes team did win. Havent had time to see who one. Who came in second?
dixonij @ Dec 17th 2007 9:03PM
Nico's team (aka Team Cannonball) came in second. The finals were won by Kroze's team 2 games to 1.
Eddie @ Dec 17th 2007 7:38PM
I want to play so badly, I hope I can get guys on my friend list to play. If you feel like inviting, GT: The Coup D Etat
Magic Whiskey @ Dec 17th 2007 10:42PM
What, no Calvin & Hobbes references yet in the comments section?? Griffball???
Ump bump pollywoggle ump bump fizz!
Gods...these kids nowadays.
MC @ Dec 18th 2007 7:34AM
Yea, but Calvin Ball had no rules, the only permanent rule was it couldn't be the same game twice. It was even more chaotic that grifball.
And he always made the bases way to far apart.