Halo 3 Packing Heroic Maps

Today Microsoft announced it is prepping three new multiplayer maps for Halo 3. Titled the Heroic Map Pack, the maps will initially set you back 800 Microsoft Points ($10) but will be made available for free in spring 2008.

• Standoff - This "symmetrical valley, with its entrenched bases and fields of boulders, is ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types."

• Rat's Nest - These "vast, labyrinthine passages bring something new to the Halo multiplayer experience: an indoor vehicle paradise, strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, ideal for big team battles."

• Foundry - "The ultimate Forge map -- players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, place stairways, walls, bridges and tunnels to create an entirely new play space and build almost any kind of map they can think of."

The Heroic Map Pack will be available for download on December 11.

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