Reminder: Bungie to reveal Halo 3 Assembly map

by Dustin Burg { Aug 28th 2008 at 11:15PM }

Just in case you forgot or suddenly came down with a severe case of memory loss, we thought we'd post a friendly reminder about Bungie's upcoming Halo 3 PAX reveal of their latest multiplayer map called Assembly. Yes diddly do, according to last weeks Bungie Weekly Update, the map formerly known as "Purple Reign" is now called Assembly and is not at all affiliated with Halo 2 map Midship. Though, it is purple and Covenant themed.

We expect Bungie to do the big Assembly map unveiling sometime later on Friday when PAX starts. We'll post photos, our Assembly gameplay impressions and hopefully corner Bungie for some interview fun. It'll be good times, guaranteed!

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3, pax08

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

spamsphen @ Aug 28th 2008 11:37PM

wish i still played halo, damn cod taking me away from a good game. just can't deal with the lag issues after seeing how flawless cod4 plays, for me atleast.

ryan @ Aug 29th 2008 11:35AM

i wait...so freaking long for a match in Halo3. 3-5 mins sometimes. CoD4? seconds.

Saeth @ Aug 29th 2008 12:00AM

I don't know about anyone else.. but I'm kind of over Halo 3 maps, especially when you have to buy them for 10$ and they come out every 4 months.

I'd much rather have that map editor teased in the GOY acceptance video.

blake @ Aug 29th 2008 12:39AM

New maps actually cost 7.50 but I do hope that they come out with a map editor. When you think about it though the maps are actually pretty cheap. 3 maps is less than a large popcorn and drink at the movies. Furthermore that stuff won't last as long as the maps will. Finally I'd like to point out that items that normally cost 7.50 usaully didn't take long to make while new maps require 100+ man hours.

Doug @ Aug 29th 2008 2:46AM

Blake, nice try, but we've all spent $10 before and don't need a think-of-it-as-cheaper-than sales pitch.

The next map pack will be the 3rd chance to spend $10 on Halo 3 maps, which is $30 for those (like me) who started with Heroic map pack. If you play Halo 3 occasionally, $10 can be too much, especially with lots of other things to spend $10 on, like Moving Pictures DLC and Geometry Wars 2, to name just two.

007craft @ Aug 29th 2008 9:26AM

$7.50? its 800 ms points. Thats $12.50 here in canada. 12.50x x3 + tax = $40+. $40+ for 9 new maps is quite alot of money. 100s of man hours? who cares? They could of used those hundreds of man hours designing a map editor instead, and we would have 1000+ maps for FREE, not 9 maps for $9.

Look at farcry, and upcoming farcry 2. They got a kick ass editor, and while yes, 95% of maps will be garbage, they also have a rating system, so people can find, play, and download the professionaly built maps for FREE. Because people like me enjoy spending 100s of hours designing maps and letting others play on them for free.

Theres just no reason to charge for extra mpas ever, in ANY game. I wish more developers would take the farcry route and inclue map makers in their games.

Xoviet chiK @ Aug 29th 2008 9:48AM

$10 wouldn't be so bad, if everyone purchased them... I loved the Heroic and Legendary packs, they were some of the best in the game (Foundry should have been free though). But since no one had them, it was pretty much $10 down the hole.

Would be nice if they incorporated a way to only play with people who had them, like COD 4 does with the veteran map pack. At least they will be good fun in Forge / Custom games with friends, even if I have to wait six months for them to half-ass them into matchmaking playlists I'll still get this one.

Gun Barrier (Gamer Tag) @ Aug 29th 2008 12:04AM

I hope its free! :)

If not, how much would it cost? 280 points?

kics @ Aug 29th 2008 1:05AM

halo ??? ......

mmm...

never heard of it.

Andrew @ Aug 29th 2008 3:20AM

Well then you're missing out on a really great game, even if COD is a smidgen better.

Benjamin Three @ Aug 29th 2008 7:00AM

After halo 2 I don't think I can cope with any more purple levels...

JSBeckerist @ Aug 29th 2008 10:08AM

Yeah I find it funny that it's "in no way affiliated with Midship" yet in last weeks Bungie Update they specifically stated (in addition to the above:) It's medium size, about the same size as Midship. It's symmetrical, it's purple, it's covenant themed.....

We'll see, I just hope that there's a true moshpit in this one too (their levels with a defined pit are more fun hill games in my opinion.)

Wounded Varmit @ Aug 29th 2008 7:05AM

I think its time for BUNGIE to give us somehting not HALO related. Its starting to get so old its gettting wrinkles. Im starting to think BUNGIE cant produce anything but halo material. Its really a shame because the halo series is great & it would be nice to see what else they could make that could take on a life of its own like hako did.

Brian @ Aug 29th 2008 7:52AM

let's hope it is for free

psychohog @ Aug 29th 2008 9:16AM

After seeing Far Cry 2's map editing, I'm just gonna wait for that now.

NUFSAID @ Aug 29th 2008 9:44AM

I don't think Halo is getting old, but then again I don't play anything BUT Halo, I'd rather spend $10 on a new map pack than f'n arcade game, but then again I am 23...not 12.

Orion @ Aug 29th 2008 10:18AM

hmm... I am 28, and I own almost 90 XBLA games. But then again, I look at the fun for the value, not what section its in, nor the stereotype I can make up to justify and fit my preferences.

Anyways, I will be buying it, same as the rest, and anything else that appears on Marketplace that is fun, and worth the money :)