Bungie: More Team SWAT after Double XP wknd

by Terrence Stasse { Mar 28th 2008 at 9:00PM }

Given that the first Double XP Weekend playlist was very popular and got cut short, it was a bit obvious that Bungie would be bringing back the Team SWAT goodness for this weekend. The fan-favorite Team SWAT playlist that saw so much play in Halo 2 isn't in the "default" set of Halo 3 playlists, and in the Bungie Weekly What's Update the issue of Team SWAT's permanence was teased at a little, saying that : "As for SWAT's long term future, don't worry, this isn't the last you'll be seeing of it."
So that's vague but good.

The rest of the update concerns various Halo 3 current events, mainly the Heroic maps becoming free, and the upcoming MLG playlist. The fun stuff comes in the form of the new Blackout content, which consists of a mouse-over image of the map's overhead view showing the weapon placement (almost identical), as well as another mouse-over image of the Lockout/Blackout sniper tower comparison, which we have handily converted to the animated GIF accompanying this post!

Tags: bungie, halo-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Toucha @ Mar 28th 2008 9:14PM

team swat? DOUBLE XP...HANDJOBS?!? Bungie you are better than my girlfriend!

Xav de Matos @ Mar 28th 2008 9:51PM

Oh yeah I look at that and think Halo 3 is a hi-res Halo 2. Stupidness. The game is great looking. Sure, it's not Gears but nothing like a hi-res Halo 2!

Mr.ESC @ Mar 28th 2008 10:16PM

I have a crapton of lag,I can't play Halo today...maybe tomorrow.

wickedpheonix @ Mar 28th 2008 10:48PM

so.... remind me again why Team SWAT cannot be made a permanent playlist?

Anticrawl @ Mar 28th 2008 11:04PM

@wickedpheonix

Because Bungie would just be proving to everyone they acknowledge that the multiplayer setup is dated, poorly designed and not what players really want. Bungie adding SWAT as a permanent playlist is like a overly macho homophobe admitting to himself that he's actually gay.

Anticrawl @ Mar 28th 2008 11:05PM

On another note I might actually start playing again if SWAT was made a ranked playlist permanently.

James @ Mar 29th 2008 12:09AM

who the hell cares about wether you want to play or not Anticrawl

Anticrawl @ Mar 29th 2008 12:25AM

Haha wow James, someone is off their meds.

And James clearly people do care, you took the time to respond to my opinion I voiced on the matter.

agdTinMan @ Mar 29th 2008 1:06AM

@Anticrawl

"Bungie adding SWAT as a permanent playlist is like a overly macho homophobe admitting to himself that he's actually gay."

Funny, I find swat filled with overly macho homophobes.

Ironic.