Mythic Map Pack Now Available

The Mythic Map Pack is now available for purchase by itself via Xbox Live Marketplace.

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This is the same map pack that comes bundled with the Legendary Collector's Edition of Halo Wars, and includes Sandtrap, Assembly and Orbital. It currently costs 800 points (about $10). The Legendary Map Pack is also still for sale for 600 points, and Bungie maintains there are no plans to make either map pack free. Since we are not playing Halo 3 regularly as a clan anymore, I leave it completely up to you as to whether or not you should go out and get these. Currently, I am the only one I know who has these maps, so there is certainly not critical mass. OmniscientDeath, BeerMonkeee, MEAN MR MONKEY, and CoolerSopranos2 have all played the maps in matchmaking at my house. If you're interested in what they think, comment on this post.

Both map packs come with new achievements. Assembly is a visually stunning map that feels a lot like Midship or Gemini from Halo 2. It's a symmetrical map that's based inside of a Scarab factory. The environmental graphics are fully animated, and you occasionally see huge Scarab parts going down the conveyor belt overhead. Orbital is a very large indoor map with some interesting gaps and potential for Mongoose mayhem. Sandtrap is an enormous outdoor space with three unique playing areas. Sandtrap can be completely blanked out and is really designed for Forge. A near perfect recreation of Foundry has already been reconstructed within Sandtrap.