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Showing posts with label update maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label update maps. Show all posts
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
New Halo Online Update
There are a lot of changes coming to Halo3 online on September 16.
In this week's update, Luke Smith informs us of these changes:
On September 16, the Halo3 title update will coincide with the Matchmaking playlist update.
Before we drill into the playlist specific changes, here’s the list of changes that will affect all of matchmaking:
* Added Epilogue – Epitaph with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
* Added Boundless – Snowbound with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
* Added Sand Tarp – Sandtrap sans Elephants, default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
* Added Pit Stop – The Pit with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
* Ghost Town – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
* Team Slayer – Spawning configuration in default Team Slayer now includes a secondary weapon – the magnum
* Shishka is shuffling up the existing suite of playlists, moving things around, deleting others and adding some new playlists.
Lone Wolves
* Player count increases from six players to 8 players.
Team Objective
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
Team Doubles
* This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Legendary and Heroic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
* Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
Ranked Big Team Battle
* This playlist is retired.
Introducing Squad Battle
* Squad Battle is a Ranked six on six Playlist designed to fill some of the void left by excising Ranked Big Team Battle from the Halo 3 Playlists. Squad Battle gametypes are focused on Slayer and Capture the Flag and this playlist currently requires the Heroic Map Pack.
Big Team Social
* This playlist is retired.
Rocket Race
* This playlist is retired.
Multi Team
* Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.
DLC Playlists
* Since Big Team was cut from Social, eight on eight action is reborn in the overhauled DLC playlists section of Matchmaking. DLC Slayer and Objective are both retired. These playlists require Halo 3 Downloadable Content (at least up through Legendary, but in the case of FFA, it requires all DLC) to participate.
DLC FFA
* This is an eight-player Free For All hopper focused on DLC content. The gametypes contained herein are a mix of Slayer, Objective and Infection modes.
DLC Big Team
* Eight on eight Social Slayer and Objective action (Gametypes from Big Team Social)
* Focused on DLC content (Requires both Heroic and Legendary Map Packs)
Team SWAT
* Objective Gametypes, SWATGuns set to skip after veto
* Weighting on all Objective games, SWATGuns and Magnums reduced
* Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with grenades
* SWAT map variants now have Carbines and grenades available to pick up.
Head to Head
* This playlist is retired.
EDIT FOR NEW MAP INFO: “Purple Reign,” officially named “Assembly,” will be available to play (at PAX). This Covenant themed map is a symmetrical battleground, not too unlike Midship but a bit larger. (NOTE: This is NOT Midship nor is it meant to be a remake of Midship, it’s purple, but otherwise it’s all new and awesome).
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(Shoutout to Tufo over at X3F for posting this)
In this week's update, Luke Smith informs us of these changes:
On September 16, the Halo3 title update will coincide with the Matchmaking playlist update.
Before we drill into the playlist specific changes, here’s the list of changes that will affect all of matchmaking:
* Added Epilogue – Epitaph with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
* Added Boundless – Snowbound with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
* Added Sand Tarp – Sandtrap sans Elephants, default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
* Added Pit Stop – The Pit with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
* Ghost Town – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
* Team Slayer – Spawning configuration in default Team Slayer now includes a secondary weapon – the magnum
* Shishka is shuffling up the existing suite of playlists, moving things around, deleting others and adding some new playlists.
Lone Wolves
* Player count increases from six players to 8 players.
Team Objective
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
Team Doubles
* This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Legendary and Heroic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
* Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
Ranked Big Team Battle
* This playlist is retired.
Introducing Squad Battle
* Squad Battle is a Ranked six on six Playlist designed to fill some of the void left by excising Ranked Big Team Battle from the Halo 3 Playlists. Squad Battle gametypes are focused on Slayer and Capture the Flag and this playlist currently requires the Heroic Map Pack.
Big Team Social
* This playlist is retired.
Rocket Race
* This playlist is retired.
Multi Team
* Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.
DLC Playlists
* Since Big Team was cut from Social, eight on eight action is reborn in the overhauled DLC playlists section of Matchmaking. DLC Slayer and Objective are both retired. These playlists require Halo 3 Downloadable Content (at least up through Legendary, but in the case of FFA, it requires all DLC) to participate.
DLC FFA
* This is an eight-player Free For All hopper focused on DLC content. The gametypes contained herein are a mix of Slayer, Objective and Infection modes.
DLC Big Team
* Eight on eight Social Slayer and Objective action (Gametypes from Big Team Social)
* Focused on DLC content (Requires both Heroic and Legendary Map Packs)
Team SWAT
* Objective Gametypes, SWATGuns set to skip after veto
* Weighting on all Objective games, SWATGuns and Magnums reduced
* Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with grenades
* SWAT map variants now have Carbines and grenades available to pick up.
Head to Head
* This playlist is retired.
EDIT FOR NEW MAP INFO: “Purple Reign,” officially named “Assembly,” will be available to play (at PAX). This Covenant themed map is a symmetrical battleground, not too unlike Midship but a bit larger. (NOTE: This is NOT Midship nor is it meant to be a remake of Midship, it’s purple, but otherwise it’s all new and awesome).
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(Shoutout to Tufo over at X3F for posting this)
Friday, August 22, 2008
News and Notes
- There is a rumor flying around that the Arcade's price will be lowered at the holiday season to $199. That is not even the big news though. The BIGGER rumor is that it will include a motion controler.
- Cliffy B announced that there will be Gears 2 DLC shortly after GOW 2's release. The DLC will be multilayer map focused
- New Soul Caliber Demo is coming to the XBL arcade
- Duke Nukem will be able to take and rewind videos during gameplay
Thursday, July 31, 2008
New COD 4 Playlists
Alright COD heads its that time, this weekend Infinity Ward is testing four new playlists. This is the last test before these playlists get mixed into the game. The four playlist are:
- Bare-Bones team Deathmatch
- Hardcore HQ
- Multi-Bomb Search and Destroy
- Hardcore FFA
360 Fanboy described them perfectly:
Harcore HQ and FFA are fairly self-explanatory, as they are simply more hardcore versions of standard gametypes. They include higher damage and no HUD, so tactics are key. Multi-Bomb Search and Destroy, unsurprisingly, gives all memebers of the attacking team a bomb for their planting pleasure. Bare-Bones Team Deathmatch may be the most intriguing of the bunch, as it removes all perks and kill streak rewards. In other words, you can't blame all your deaths on enemies that poop grenades when they die.
These playlists are in testing so I have no idea when they will be publicly playable.
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